
This enables the software to have a back-end platform which is light enough to be used on mobile devices.

The Skype tool (also Firefox and Chrome) utilize a lightweight SQL engine called SQLite 3. The discussion below utilizes these tools. In my Computer Psuedo-Forensics & Tools post, I pointed out some helpful software a SQLite database browser called, appropriately, SQLite Database Browser and a raw hexadecimal file editor called HxD Hex Editor. The file is located in Windows 7 at C:\Users\ WindowsUserName\AppData\Roaming\Skype\ SkypeUserName and in Windows XP at C:\Documents and Settings\ WindowsUserName\Application Data\Skype\ SkypeUserName.

The main.db SQLite 3 file is the heart of Skype. Because now it is time to roll up our sleeves and get dirty! I hope you've read the Skype primer I posted a while back.
