Where did Skype go? Windows 10 can run two types of applications: desktop apps ie. applications του Win32 αλλά και εφαρμογές UWP δηλ. εφαρμογές Universal Platforms Windows.
Πολλές από τις δημοφιλείς εφαρμογές του λειτουργικού της Microsoft διαθέτουν και τις δύο εκδόσεις. Για παράδειγμα, το Minecraft έχει μια έκδοση Java για χρήση σε Desktops, but is also available as a UWP app from the Microsoft Store.
The same is true with Skype. The users των Windows 10 έχουν τη δυνατότητα να χρησιμοποιούν την desktop εφαρμογή Skype ή την εφαρμογή UWP που είναι εγκατεστημένη από προεπιλογή. Αν όμως προσπαθήσετε σήμερα να κατεβάσετε την εφαρμογή desktop του Skype, θα διαπιστώσετε ότι η Microsoft την έχει αφαιρέσει από τη σελίδα λήψεων.
Microsoft withdrew Skype from the official download page because it was discovered that the deskop application has a security flaw. The flaw exists in how the application looks for and installs the updates.
The application, as we mentioned in previous publication uses one archive DLL που είναι αποθηκευμένο στο φάκελο Temp κάθε τρέχοντος χρήστη. Έτσι αφού το συγκεκριμένο αρχείο υπάρχει στο φάκελο κάποιου χρήστη, οποιοσδήποτε έχει δικαιώματα χρήστη μπορεί να διαβάσει και να γράψει αρχεία σε αυτό.
Microsoft has been notified of the problem, and has decided to withdraw the application installer from the official Skype download page. The company, however, enables Windows 10 users to use the UWP application.
Skype Alternatives
At present there are two alternatives. We mentioned this one and it is about installing the UWP version available in the Microsoft Store. The second is to use a different messaging application, such as Discord or Slack.
For users of Windows 7 who are banned using Skype, you can use it as long as you have an 7.40 or an earlier version. This is an older version according to the Microsoft forum that is not affected by the security vulnerability.
Unfortunately, this version does not exist on the official Skype website. You will need the offline installer that can install it 7.40 version. Beware of Scams, because it is possible for some to use the information for malicious purposes.
It should also be mentioned that the current Skype desktop application is in the 8.15 version, which means that the older version we recommend will not have all the features of the latest version.
You can still find the installer's latest version oflline from the link below. As it seems the company did not remove the exe from all its sites.
Caution! we do not recommend downloading and installing from this particular exe, as as mentioned above it contains security vulnerabilities….
