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Hi..

I've done a little homework on my problem before coming here... I kinda hope what I found out helps. Anyway, the problem I have had since early tonight deals with Skype.. or so it seems. When I turned Skype on tonight and set the indicator to Online, I got a MBAM block. And now, my log is full of blocks. It only happens when I open up Skype and set it to Online, and 99% it's been the same block IP each time. I traced it and found that it came from Moldova.

I've ran scans on both MBAM and Avast and both of them come out clean. Settings for my Skype client are that I don't let it start on starting Windows. Both options at the bottom of the login screen for Skype are unchecked. And still I get this block. Is it safe to use Skype if this is a constant thing on every login? I don't believe I am infected.. I haven't done anything except use Skype to do this.

Here's my log for yesterday...

19:11:58 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

19:20:29 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

19:20:31 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

19:20:37 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

19:22:26 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

19:22:48 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:12:05 Owner MESSAGE IP Protection stopped

21:12:13 Owner MESSAGE Database updated successfully

21:12:16 Owner MESSAGE IP Protection started successfully

21:18:12 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:13 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:14 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:15 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:18 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:20 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:24 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:26 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:18:32 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:26:38 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:26:40 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:26:45 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

21:46:56 Owner MESSAGE Protection started successfully

21:47:14 Owner MESSAGE IP Protection started successfully

23:26:19 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:19 Owner IP-BLOCK 83.128.80.116 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:19 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:21 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:21 Owner IP-BLOCK 83.128.80.116 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:21 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:25 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:25 Owner IP-BLOCK 83.128.80.116 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:25 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:29 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:26:31 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:30:53 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:30:55 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

23:30:59 Owner IP-BLOCK 89.28.0.55 (Type: outgoing)

I hope someone, anyone can help with this problem.. Thanks..

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Hi Karimoo

This is a well known issue with Skype, and nothing to be concerned about.

Following is the information received from Skype Support when I asked them why these ip addresses were being accessed. Blocking suspect ips by MalwareBytes does not cause any noticeable degradation of Skype's performance.

"We understand the inconvenience that might cause and we appreciate your patience and understanding. Skype is a peer-to-peer (P2P) application. Peer-to-peer makes it possible for multiple computers running the same P2P software to communicate and participate in traffic routing, processing and other bandwidth intensive tasks that are usually performed by a central server. P2P allows sharing files containing audio, video, data and real-time data.

Skype has no single

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