Prevent Skype from updating?

I have a serious issue with Skype updating on its own.
Every few days, Skype will update to version 6.11 without permission. I've tried turning off updates within Skype's settings (didn't work), blacklisting the Skype update server (didn't work), removing the updater.exe (didn't work), disabling the Skype Updater service (didn't work), and removing the Skype Updater service from my computer using the Command Prompt (didn't work).
Even severely hobbled, Skype is still finding a way to update itself. Modern versions of Skype don't work properly with my (Windows 8 ) computer. I require Skype for work, so just getting rid of it like any sensible person would isn't an option. There has to be a better way than letting Skype update itself every time I turn my back, letting it mess up my computer, uninstalling it, and reinstalling a version that works.

This is what I got for ping:
Pinging download.skype.com [127.0.0.1] with 32 bytes of data&colon;
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Before last month, I was running 5.8.0.158, but after it started trying to update, I switched to 5.9.0.115 since it was the most similar version with the ability to disable automatic updates. Forced updating happens with both versions, even with the Skype Update service disabled, even with the service completely removed from my computer, and even with Skype's servers in the hosts file.
This is how the hosts file currently reads; I modified it on the seventh, with admin permissions.
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
# For example:
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 download.skype.com
127.0.0.1 ui.skype.com

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