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A simple eight character code has the ability to crash Skype, and cause it to keep crashing, until you install a new version of the app.
The error seems to occur if you send the characters http://: or receive a message containing those characters.
The characters could be accidentally entered into a message if you're manually typing out a URL or have made an error in copy-and-paste.
Venture Beat uncovered the issue when Skype user 'Giperion' posted on it in the community forums.

He said that 'clearing chat history not helps, because when Skype download chat history from server, it will crash again.'
The bug effects Windows, Android, and iOS, but doesn't seem to have any impact on Skype for Mac or Skype for modern Windows.
Skype has now created a fix for the issue. It first filtered out messages including that string from being sent in the first place.
Then this morning, Skype issued a software update which you can download here to fix the bug.

Another fix, suggested by International Business Times, is to flood your chat with photos or other large messages until the 'http' string is moved into the archive.
A Skype spokeswoman said in an email that the issue first became apparent yesterday, but didn't say what about the string caused the crash.
A post to the Skype community forums called the string a 'bad URL.'
The bug follows the discovery that an Arabic-character text message can crash your iPhone.
Note:
A bug discovered in Apple's iOS last week caused Messages to crash automatically when a certain text was received.
If an iPhone user receives the text, containing a mixture of specific words and characters, while their handset is locked, the bug also forces their phone to reboot.
Unsurprisingly, the text message content was shared on social media, with people complaining of being repeatedly sent the message by mischievous friends.
The message contains the word ‘Power’ as well as Arabic and Marathi characters and the Chinese character meaning 'redundant'.
Apple fan site MacRumours said it has tested the message and revealed it will crash any iPhone running the latest iOS 8.3 operating system.
On its support page, the tech giant explained: 'Apple is aware of an iMessage issue caused by a specific series of unicode characters and we will make a fix available in a software update.
'Until the update is available, you can use steps to re-open the Messages app.'
These steps include asking Siri to 'read unread messages,' or using Siri to reply to the message.
After the user replies Apple said they should then be able to open Messages again.