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Windows can sometimes say you have Skype, because it comes bundled even if you didn't install it yourself.
by valve1 5y ago
Windows can sometimes say you have Skype, because it comes bundled even if you didn't install it yourself.
- wnevets 5y agoI've explicitly uninstalled it on Windows 10, maybe Windows is still reporting it?
- tick_tock_tick 5y agoWindows 10 does some garbage where it installs handlers for URL schemas that take you to the windows store install page for the app. The vulnerability is only testing if you have an handler installed for skype:// not what application is actually handling it.
- wnevets 5y agoWindows 10 must be doing something weird. Skype url handlers aren't triggering the window stores or anything else from links. https://jsfiddle.net/ourcodeworld/aqq1w0qm/ https://jsfiddle.net/ourcodeworld/aqq1w0qm/
- wnevets 5y agoAccording to URLProtocolView[1] the handlers are still registered despite the application (and MANY others) being uninstalled. [1] https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/url_protocol_view.html https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/url_protocol_view.html