Read Skype messages without security password

Some days ago, a friend forget her Skype account password, so she asked me if I could recover his messages, then I decided to research a little bit on Internet, to my surprise I realized that it can be do.

SO EASY...

Why?

Skype software uses SQLite Databases, and it hasn't any kind of encryption system by default. Just an SQLite database explorer, and access to user session in Windows (or even administrator user) is needed to query Skype data.

STEPS

1. Download SQLitebrowser Sofware from Sourceforge.net Site: Download
2. Extract it contents wherever i your PC.
3. Open Extracted folder and run SQLite Database Browser 2.0 b1.exe. 
4. Click on Open Database Icon
   
5. On PopUp window, write %APPDATA% on adress bar then Enter. It will go to data folder from user session.
   
6. Then go to Skype folder, inside look for a folder with your Skype user name (Location now should be like C:\Users\windowsusername\AppData\Roaming\Skype\SkypeUsername), then select main.db file and click on Open button
   
   
   
7. Now The program will show tables from Skype database, Messages table is where every message is stored
   
8. If we expand, should see different columns used by system, just we need are timestamp, author and body_xml, but no need to do this.
9. That what we going to do is select the "Execute SQL" Tab and put the following script in the text area (I've just made this script but you can go deep into database to make a better)
   
   
10. Then press "Execute query" button, and now you will get all the messages sort by date.
    

Well, as you can see, the best way to protect your Skype data is clearing profile constantly. You can do this going to menu Skype > Privacy > "Clear History" button.

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