Versions

5.5.0.115	4.76%
5.3.0.120	85.71%
5.3.0.116	4.76%
3.2.0.163	4.76%

Skype.exe has 4 known versions, the most recent one is 5.5.0.115. Skype.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. By adding a startup entry to the run registry key, the file will be executed when the user logs into Windows. The average file size is about 16.9 MB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Skype Technologies SA by the certification authority VeriSign. The programs Skype™ 5.3, Skype™ 5.10 and Skype™ 5.5 have been observed as installing specific variations of Skype.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 113.71 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 71.33 KB per minute for reads and 66.53 KB per minute for writes.

Skype starts up when your computer boots and remains in the background throughout the lifecycle of your PC. If you have Skype installed on a computer that's connected to the Internet, you can make phone calls, send text messages, connect to video chats, access voice mail, send instant messages and much more. By default, Skype places an icon in the Windows taskbar during the installation process. This is the core Skype program.