Skype driving me nuts

Katykat

Even when I dont have skype open, a pop up box keeps telling me that skype is attempting to use a programme I have open ( usually Ebay). It doesn't matter how many times I choose "dont allow", or tick the box that says" dont show me this warning again", it keeps popping up sometimes every time I click on the page. I dont really want to alter my security settings, so how can I stop this annoying message.

danmanchester

Sounds like you possibly have the Skype "callto" feature ticked, open Skype then Tools/Advanced and untick "Use Skype to call callto: links on the web" then click Save.

Also, in Internet Explorer: Tools/Manage Add Ons and see if Skype is enabled as a browser extension in that list of Add Ons currently loaded - and if so click it and disable.

Katykat

Thanks Dan, I've done all that, but its not made any difference. It only happens with Ebay, so I'm wondering if it is a setting with that site rather than Skype.