{"id":353,"date":"2015-01-02T11:10:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T05:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/?p=353"},"modified":"2015-01-02T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T05:13:21","slug":"btvstack-exe-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-seeking-permission-in-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/2015\/01\/02\/btvstack-exe-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-seeking-permission-in-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"btvstack.exe &#8211; What is it and why is it seeking permission in skype?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-355\" src=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-logo.jpg\" alt=\"skype logo\" width=\"580\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-logo.jpg 580w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-logo-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-logo-237x150.jpg 237w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-logo-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In your first run of skype you may get a little puzzled when you see the following in the top of skype window:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/what-is-btvstack-exe-why-is-skype-asking-to-allow-permission.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-354\" src=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/what-is-btvstack-exe-why-is-skype-asking-to-allow-permission.jpg\" alt=\"what is btvstack.exe why is skype asking to allow permission\" width=\"548\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/what-is-btvstack-exe-why-is-skype-asking-to-allow-permission.jpg 548w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/what-is-btvstack-exe-why-is-skype-asking-to-allow-permission-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/what-is-btvstack-exe-why-is-skype-asking-to-allow-permission-250x31.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/what-is-btvstack-exe-why-is-skype-asking-to-allow-permission-150x18.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The message is: &#8220;BtvStack.exe wants to use skype&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you see this &#8211; there is nothing to worry. It is actually the bluetooth driver in your computer which is trying to access Skype &#8211; so that if you&#8217;d like use Skype with Bluetooth headset. So, it is safe to allow btvstack.exe to access to your Skype.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You may Allow access if you intend to use any such bluetooth device with your skype. otherwise you may Deny access.\u00a0 However, you may change this setting in future from: Tools -&gt; Options -&gt; Advanced -&gt; Advanced Settings: Now select &#8220;Manage Other Programs&#8217; access to Skype&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-356\" src=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access.jpg\" alt=\"skype advanced settings other programs access\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-196x150.jpg 196w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may Allow or deny API access control from here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-api-access-control.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357\" src=\"http:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-api-access-control.jpg\" alt=\"skype advanced settings other programs access api access control\" width=\"544\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-api-access-control.jpg 544w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-api-access-control-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-api-access-control-205x150.jpg 205w, https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/skype-advanced-settings-other-programs-access-api-access-control-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;ve read this post &#8211; you are a security concerned person. Now a days many a person ignores small issues like these and suffer a lot later on. Although the issue I am talking about is harmless &#8211; but there are many other programs which are not safe for your computer or mobile devices. If you are not sure about something -always try searching in the Internet for reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In your first run of skype you may get a little puzzled when you see the following in the top of skype window: The message is: \"BtvStack.exe wants to use skype\" If you see this - there is nothing to worry. It is actually the bluetooth driver in your computer which is trying to access&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[29,138,118,137],"how-to":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353"},{"taxonomy":"how-to","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hasibul.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/how-to?post=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}