Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago
I appreciate you doing a security check on the program, it's a good idea to do
that with anything you let on your computer, however it is equally important to
be able to understand the output.
For starts, I did a sha1 check between the file downloaded, the hash saved on
Google downloads, and my own local build copy, they all match, so I do know
that the file I uploaded is the one you downloaded.
As for the "core system files" being accessed, there are a few things this
program does which may trigger that alert. To start with, this is a C# .NET
application, that means that it uses shared .net libraris from microsoft to
run. (This is why you must have dot net framework installed first) Every C#
program does this, although not every C# program needs to access the same
libraries.
Also, keep in mind what this program is designed to do, it reads your skype
logs. These are by default stored in what could be considered a "core system
file" inside your Application Data Directory. It must be able to do this in
order to be functional. You will notice that when it first starts up, it will
scan that directory in an attempt to intelligently provide you with a list of
user names in the default location for you to open.
Also, you don't need to take my word on this, in fact it is better if you do
not. One of the nice things about this project is that it is totally open
source. All of the source code used to create this program (the files where I
tell it to do what it does) are available freely right here, you can read them
for yourself to see exactly what goes on. This ofcourse has the assumption
that the binary I uploaded came from a un-modified copy of the source code
provided.. which you can also verify by using one of many C# decompile
programs. There is no obfuscation or encryption applied to these files, they
will cleanly be readable.
Sorry for responding so slow, apparently google doesn't notify me when people
add issues, if you have any questions feel free to email me at the email
address provided on the help form. (you can view the source for this if you do
not want to run the program yet)
Original comment by lordgreggreg
on 1 Aug 2013 at 9:16
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
ShaydeM...@gmail.com
on 13 Jun 2013 at 3:40