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Skype graphic invading and hijacking my email text

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When sending my email via gmail an appointment time in the text 08.00-9.30 appears to have been hijacked by a skype advert. On searching some chatrooms it may have something to do with parsing and url's. This means nothing to me. When right clicking to remove the link all I get is options saying "call" "call from mobile" or "add to skype" Why do I wan't to call from skype? Why wasn't I asked if I want this link? Why can't I remove it? This is an invasion of my privacy and I don't like it. Please help. There is a little blue skype "S" logo to the left of the text and a pink "FREE" to the right that I cannot remove!! I did notice the email I replied to had skype logo's next to their Telephone numbers in their email footer. Could that be how the code got into my email?

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When sending my email via gmail an appointment time in the text ''08.00-9.30'' appears to have been hijacked by a skype advert. On searching some chatrooms it may have something to do with parsing and url's. This means nothing to me. When right clicking to remove the link all I get is options saying "call" "call from mobile" or "add to skype" Why do I wan't to call from skype? Why wasn't I asked if I want this link? Why can't I remove it? This is an invasion of my privacy and I don't like it. Please help. There is a little blue skype "S" logo to the left of the text and a pink "FREE" to the right that I cannot remove!! I did notice the email I replied to had skype logo's next to their Telephone numbers in their email footer. Could that be how the code got into my email? Any help appreciated

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hi, please go to the firefox menu ≡ > addons > extensions and disable the skype click-to-call extension - it parses the content of websites for phone numbers...

Disable or remove Add-ons

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hi, please go to the firefox menu ≡ > addons > extensions and disable the skype click-to-call extension - it parses the content of websites for phone numbers...

Disable or remove Add-ons