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Important PSA for Skype Users: Open up "Internet Options" (yes, the ones in internet explorer), security tab, and add https://apps.skype.com to the "Restricted Sites" list. Skype will still work fine, however there will be no advertisements.

This is important because Microsoft seems to use a lot of Flash advertisements without checking them (I've had plenty of "MICROSOFT VERIFIED DRIVER FIXING" ads come up inside of Skype, so I'm sure some zero day could slip though their ad system)



Skype on Windows has ads? Is that a recent thing? The Mac version doesn't, or not yet, anyway.


It's had ads for at least two years now. That was the last time I used it on Windows.


The OS X version now has ads, but only on certain pages. Highly annoying. This was one of the historical differentiators.


If you want to do this on a Mac you can use software such as Little Snitch. Create a rule prohibiting Skype to connect to apps.skype.com.




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