02-09-2007, 02:56 PM
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Skype reads your BIOS
Talks to your motherboard when your dad is out, too
By Nick Farrell: Wednesday 07 February 2007, 15:02
REPORTS are coming in from eagle-eyed users who have spotted the Voice over IP outfit Skype's software reading their BIOS and motherboard serial number.
Over here, one bloke who runs 64-bit versions of Windows, spotted a strange dialogue box which says "the program or feature "\??\C:\Documents and Settings\Myria\Local Settings\Temp\12\1.com" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows."
In other words your phone is trying to run a .com file, which doesn't work that well in Win64 because theres no NTVDM.
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