IT Queries: Computer problems answered

I’m receiving advertising messages from people through Skype. How do I stop this?

One of the irritants with Internet messaging is the amount of spam you receive. Regardless of whether you use email, instant messaging or anything else, as soon as your address is public, idiots will spam you.

Skype is a great service but its chat function not immune to this problem and can be a security risk.

We recommend restricting Skype chat to your contacts, that way only the people you know can talk to you. To do this, open Skype, click Tools, then Options, select the Privacy tab and tick the boxes that allow only people from your contacts to call or chat to you.

We discuss a specific problem with Skype on our Cranky Tech blog and this problem is discussed in depth on our PC Rescue website.

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