"Could not connect" error on skype.

I get an error saying "Det gick inte att ansluta" (Swedish) which means "Could not connect", I've tried everything, youtube vids rebooting computer, removing skype folders and reinstalling skype several times even downloading an earlier version of skype.
The current version I have is: 7.1.80.102
I really need skype working as soon as possible as me and my friend are programming a game and I'm teaching him some stuff, if you can help I'll be happy ,
One note, this all started after connecting my iPad to the computer and then got an error saying something like "bad usb" in a notification, after this it worked but one day later (today) I tried using it and it worked at first I was online but the soundcard didn't work I could hear my friend but could not talk to him, after this I started having troubles, skype was showing "connecting" status instead of online all the time, which made it inpossible to even chat, so I restarted skype and same error, after restarting again I noticed the error "Could not connect", Since then I've tried *EVERYTHING* I can promise you.
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ruwim wrote:
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Norton and McAfee Security Scan Plus, althought I mostly use Norton.
First, you should never have two different Antivirus applications installed at the same time. Often they will just conflict with each other.
I would suggest to completely uninstall McAfee.
https://service.mcafee.com/FAQDocument.aspx?id=TS101331
Try also to disable Norton Firewall.
https://support.norton.com/sp/en/us/home/current/solutions/v64908971_NIS_Retail_2012_en_us

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