Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
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> Big smoking "sigh".
> 
> Skype has been running here for around a week, and it used 1 hour of CPU
> time. Just being idle showing its tray icon, I haven't made any call.

From:
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/security/howto/2006-06-21/


Best Practices for Skype Users
...
5.
A common recommendation is to only start Skype for pre-arranged calls
and to shut it down when it is not being used.
...
We have seen super-node problems when Skype is left running on
unattended systems who have not blocked access to ports 80/tcp and
443/tcp. Shutting Skype down helps to prevent your system from being
promoted to a super-node and consuming resources on behalf of others.
...


Also read the last part of this section at the bottom of the page:

Skype -- Super-Nodes, the "big" problem


-- 
Tor Olav
http://subcube.com

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