Yesterday Microsoft confirmed a bug in Skype
where instant messages were being sent to the wrong person from their contact
list. Sometimes it was just a few messages, while other times it was a whole
conversation. Today, the company has started releasing patches for the software
on the Skype Garage blog in a post titled "Hotfix for multiple Skype
clients." Get the latest version of Skype from here: skype.com/go/getskype. The blog post is filed under Windows
and I was told this hotfix is already out. When I inquired about the others, it
turned out that the Linux version has also already been patched. The affected
versions are as follows: Skype 5.10 for Windows, Skype 5.8 for Mac, Skype 4.0
for Linux, and Skype 1.2 for Windows Phone. The versions you want to upgrade to
are Skype 5.10.0.116 for Windows, Skype 5.8.0.1207 for Mac, and Skype 4.0.0.8
for Linux.Here's what Skype had to say about the release:
The hotfix addresses an issue that occurs
only when a user's Skype client crashes during a Skype IM session, which may in
some cases result in the last IM entered or sent prior to the crash being
delivered to a different IM contact after the Skype client is rebooted or
logged in as a new user. Although we cannot determine precisely how many users
may have been affected by this error, we believe the number is small given the
very specific circumstances under which the error occurs. In addition, we have
fixed File Sending on the desktop versions of Skype where it was not possible
to save files for users who have a hard disk drive in FAT32 format.
Skype yesterday released a statement saying
it was "rolling out a fix for this issue in the next few days and will
notify our users to download an updated version of Skype." This was then
followed by an updated statement:
Based on recent Skype customer forum posts
and our own investigation over the past couple of days, we have identified a
bug that we are working hard to fix. This issue occurs only when a user's Skype
client crashes during a Skype IM session, which may in some cases result in the
last IM entered or sent prior to the crash being delivered to a different IM
contact after the Skype client is rebooted or logged in as a new user.Although
we cannot determine precisely how many users may have been affected by this
error, we believe the number is small given the very specific circumstances
under which the error occurs. At Skype, our customer experience is paramount
and we are working hard to release fixes for impacted clients within the next
several days.We sincerely apologize to our community for any inconvenience.
It's great to see Skype
resolve this problem so quickly. I will update you again when the other
hotfixes are released.Skype for Android was recently updated
with a major UI overhaul and few new features, but unfortunately, the update
also brought a fair share of bugs with all the latest goodies.
Skype has found out the bugs that have its share in the
malfunctioning of the app and has rolled out an update that squashes them all.
The update addresses a bug that was not allowing users to go online or make,
receive calls when their status was set to offline.The latest version of Skype for Android has video enabled
for devices that could previously make video calls in version 3.2 and not in
the recently rolled out update. Finally, Skype has also improved dialog
translations for Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and Traditional Chinese
languages.
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