>>>BTW, does anyone know how to get rid of ads in Skype? Is it because Skype is now part of MS or did I get malware (I ran Malware Bytes now quite regularly),
>>>I don't use Skype often but when I do, I don't need to see Milwaukee Singles.
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>LOL. Apparently you can add apps.skype.com to your restricted sites to block the ads- but also the Skype home screen.
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>FWIW, the biggest intrusion I see at the moment is the Windows 10 nag icon/popup. I remove the culprit Windows updates and make the recommended registry settings and the nag goes away... only to return a day or ten later.

I never get that, but... on the list of about 40 things that I must remember to do every few years when I have to reinstall windows for this or that reason, disabling updates is about #1. Most of those updates are for windows explorer, internet explorer, Office stuff - which I never use anyway.

I don't see ads in Skype, but that's perhaps because I still have some money there, probably from six years ago, when I was regularly making phone calls from there to here. Even now I do make 4-5 calls from here to there, so the last payment (of about $20) is still not spent. And I had premium for a year when group video was not free.

Still, thanks for the tip. I've added it to hosts file, just to get rid of that bloody home page. I don't need it at all, and I sincerely hate them for shoving it in.