Skype used to be my favourite tool. I loved the way it eased communication, connected individuals and synched video, phone and IM – free of charge!

Today however, for me at least, a new day dawned. Today was the day that I was relentlessly spammed by a company purporting to be a Chinese importer of white goods trying to drum up business.

Here’s the thing – no matter what – I could not turn it off. I could not block the communications or stop the intrusion. Nor could I stop them by going invisible or turning on ‘do not disturb’.

So effectively – the only thing I could do was kill my Skype. So there goes my primary IM channel until this is resolved.