Two days ago I opened Skype and noticed it was taking up all the CPU on one of my cores (Quad-core, so 25% cpu). It was slowing down my computer, so I shut it down. I looked it up, and this problem has persisted for several months. However, the solutions are very inconsistent.
Some reports blame Avast and show where to add exclusions. However, this did not work for me.
Some reports blame Skype constantly trying to check download servers, and show where to add blocks in hosts. However, this did not work.
Some reports blame default browsers (Programs like to piggyback the default browser for displaying web content), and say to change it to Internet Explorer. However, this did not work.
Beyond this, I have also tried uninstalling, renaming the configuration folder to force refresh, and reinstalling. This also did not work.
The last primary reason involves Skype trying to update, but being broken due to a newer version having been installed. However, these reports don't make sense. The problem started around 6.3 and I've seen up to 6.9 blamed. However, I was using 6.10 and 6.11 was available but not updated. AKA I did not get a newer version for the problem to occur. Furthermore, installing the newest version didn't fix it. I'd rather not downgrade and risk some errors on Skype's servers, but if no other solutions are found, I suppose I'll have to try.
Help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
