Skype main.db

From 2008<ref>O'Connor, T.J. ''Violent Python: A Cookbook For Hackers, Forensic Analysts, Penetration Testers And Security Engineers''. Elsevier, 2013. p. 110. [https://archive.org/details/ViolentPythonACookbookForHackersForensicAnalystsPenetrationTestersAndSecurityEngineers/page/n109?q=main.db IA link]</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080716022445/http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/beta/ Note the date.</ref> to 2017<ref name="MS_QA">https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/where-is-the-maindb-file-for-new-skype/b4d3f263-a97e-496e-aa28-e1dbb63e7687</ref>, when a split occured and some versions replaced it with [[Skype skype.db|skype.db]] (see that page for details), the [[Telephony|VoIP]] + [[E-Mail,_newsgroups,_and_forums#Chat.2C_Texting_and_Instant_Messaging|chat]] program [[Skype]] stored the most accessible copy of its message and call history in an [[SQLite]] database named '''main.db'''. After version 12 was released in 2017, message history was instead kept in a slightly different database called [[skype.db]], although main.db remains in the filesystem.<ref name="MS_QA" /><ref>https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/skype_windesk-skype_messms-skype_sms/sqlite-maindb-file/75258f84-4b2d-4284-82b0-958bed9f3b36</ref>. Much of the information stored in main.db, and some that wasn't (namely "deleted" messages), was also stored in [[Pre-2017 Skype chatsync|a directory structure called "chatsync"]].