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Skype.exe

Skype

Skype Technologies SA

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Skype’.
Publisher:
Skype Technologies S.A.  (signed by Skype Technologies SA)

Product:
Skype

Description:
Skype. The whole world can talk for free. (BETA)

Version:
3.0.32.123

MD5:
1f1637ae9e6273b3a4af611f49fafaa4

SHA-1:
0904c9ec78cafebb0dc93225c1e040dd20a55d79

SHA-256:
7a86982f44633d03508b5e5b94130dd3026cf63c5e97a9092dd461d90a2bf550

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
8/17/2025 4:24:10 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
23.1 MB (24,250,408 bytes)

Product version:
3.0

Copyright:
(c) Skype Technologies S.A.

Original file name:
Skype.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\skype\phone\skype.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Skype Technologies SA

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/10/2006 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/11/2007 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Skype Technologies SA, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Skype Technologies SA, L=Luxembourg, S=Luxembourg, C=LU

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4FA2D63FF9F4E547C3CB954619D7849E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:p5P8DXlKyZ/LX1d7F8EQps4iT7eBU+Ka8YqZSTXocFov0UVWQyW54CYUb5yd:G7F83s9T7eEYqZAX/qv0UVWQyo4CYUl4

Entry address:
0x1EC6B8

Entry point:
EB, 57, BA, 04, 77, 77, 77, 52, B9, 54, C7, 5E, 00, B8, D9, C6, 5E, 00, 29, C1, BB, 03, 77, 77, 77, 30, 1C, 01, C1, C3, 03, E2, F8, 5A, 31, C9, BB, 41, 40, 39, 38, 81, FA, B8, C6, 5E, 00, 75, 05, BA, 20, 07, 60, 00, 52, 68, A0, 8E, 9E, 8B, 52, 68, 31, A2, 31, 01, FF, 32, E8, 1B, 02, 00, 00, 5A, 89, 02, 81, FA, 05, 77, 77, 77, 74, 05, 83, C2, 04, EB, D0, E8, 26, 01, 00, 00, 84, C0, 74, 1C, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 4C, 4E, D5, 00, FF, 35, 50, 4E, D5, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 25, C6, E1, FF, 6A, 01, E8, CE, B9, E1, FF, BA, 01...
 
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Entropy:
6.8594

Code size:
9.3 MB (9,749,504 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Skype

Command:
"C:\Program Files\skype\phone\skype.exe" \nosplash \minimized


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