Weird slowdown of the web caused by Skype

Kymmy · 29-06-2009, 16:11

After rebuilding my PC the other week it's of course been running quite fast in it's current uncluttered state (probably won't last for long)

Anyway I suddenly had a slowdown on IE8 and thought I might have a redirect going on somewhere...

Turns out it the new Beta of Skype that loads a plugin that scans each webpage for telephone numbers and converts them into clickable skype links, so watch out anyone thinking of installing Skype 4.1 and notice a slowdown that'll be the cause...

You can tun it off either in options or directly in IE8's Manage Add-Ons

Walford · 04-07-2009, 21:34

This feature has been there for atleast a year now.

Kymmy · 05-07-2009, 09:30

Never used v4 before as I had major porblems with it accepting call forwarding when using an unlimited account.. It still tries checking to see if you have credit (looks like 4.1 does the same

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Dude111 · 06-07-2009, 19:15

I think Skype has gotton WAY OVER BLOATED with tons of un-wanted/needed crap!!

Used to be a good program!!