Chicog Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Skype users have been hit by a major software glitch. Sending a message with the characters will CRASH the hugely popular cross-platform messaging app. The eight simple characters can trigger an endless loop of crashes which has reportedly forced some Skype users to reinstall the software. We are aware of the problem and are working to provide an resolution Skype spokesperson Mac OS and the modern, touch-optimised Windows 8.1 version of Skype appear to be unaffected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I recently updated Skype, and my PC crashed and I had to get in an expert to get everything up and running again. Amazingly, I went to my lap top while the PC was being repaired, and Skype had crashed there too, but not taken the whole computer with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaLovelace Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 So what are the eight characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Amazing that it hasn't been discovered before because those 8 characters would have been used a lot ---maybe when it crashed before people didn't connect the relevance to what they had typed, .......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 So what are the eight characters? Doc, Dopey, Bashful, Grumpy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy and Snow White. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 (edited) From what I have read you have to update to a new fixed version to get it running again. The string is everywhere, like here: http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/3/8717951/skype-crash-http-error Could have been a simple typo when someone entered a URL? Edited June 4, 2015 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I can confirm this doesn't work on the Mac OSX version - I opened a group chat with 90 odd employees, and sent out : http://: None of them went offline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Amazing that it hasn't been discovered before because those 8 characters would have been used a lot ---maybe when it crashed before people didn't connect the relevance to what they had typed, .......................... Why would a malformed URL have been used a lot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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