A novel bug come along to crash Skype when a short drawstring of text is send off as a substance across the service of process — and the effects are so bad that it requires a reinstall to get matter working hitch - liberal again .
Reports onSkype forumsandVentureBeatreveal that a message turn back the unsubdivided string of characters “ http:// : ” will ram Skype whether it ’s running on Windows , Android or iOS . seemingly the OS ten app is unscathed , as is the touch - specific version for Windows 8.1 . On forum , a Skype spokesperson has save that its teams are “ mindful of the problem and … wreak to put up an resolution . ”
unhappily , there ’s no unsubdivided solution to the trouble . blue-pencil your chat history wo n’t work , because Skype will download it anew every sentence you start the app . Instead , Verge reports , the current good suggestion air in forums to surmount the issue is to have the person who sent you the substance erase it and to establish an senior , bug - liberal reading of Skype .
It ’s not been a good week for bugs in messaging apps . Last week , it came to dismount that a simple textual matter messagecould dash message on iOS . So far , Apple has only release atemporary fix for that exit ; lease ’s hope engineers can desex Skype a little faster . [ Verge , VentureBeat , Skype ]
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