Estimated safety rating

skype.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described in this document. It is not yet known if skype.exe is malware or a legit program which doesn't cause harm your PC. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

Usually, this program is stored in C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this program is dbab80b83b96579c998f1c29a36bba97.

Is running as a service

This program is NOT registered as a Windows service. This is good.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This application runs in 32-bit mode. It can not benefit of the full set of features of nowadays' computer chips. This is quite normal because the authors did not upgrade it to use the x64 instruction set.

File description

The description written in the file is Skype .

File version

File version extracted from the file 7.30.66.105.

Manufacturer

Company Skype Technologies S.A..

Copyright

Intellectual property rights notice © 2003 - 2012 Skype and/or Microsoft.

Has valid windows

This exe does NOT have visible windows. This is most likely a bad thing.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some unusual functions of the Operating System appear to be used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We recommend you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

skype.exe has a digital signature. Today the large majority of serious software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is broken, which indicates this program may be malware and that someone probably modified it after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier name

Digitally signed by: Skype Software Sarl

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2011

Starts with windows

This program starts at your PC's startup. Yes

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall routine, which is good. si are uninstall.