Skype roll out hotfix in coming days

Skype has been experiencing a bug where sending an IM to a contact may go to another recipient. Being wary on what you say on Skype will be prudent this week.

Clients affected by the bug are:

Skype 5.10 for Windows

Skype 5.8 for Mac

Skype 4.0 for Linux

Skype 1.2 for Windows Phone

The hot fix will address the following issue outlined by Skype:

Skype client crashes during a Skype IM session, which may in some cases result in the last IM entered or sent prior to the crash being delivered to a different IM contact after the Skype client is rebooted or logged in as a new user.

Full Details of the bug and all details can be found here.