Skype crashes and can not be closed

Hello! Recently I had Windows 7 installed on my laptop. I have Skype 6.22.106 and for several weeks everything was OK (though I did not like its new appearence).
Several days ago, in the middle of the conversation, the screen got like transparent.. A message appered that Skype need to close. But in fact it did not close. I could not close it either, nor did Ctrl+Alt+Del work. The only way was to restart the computer!!!! After restarting, sometimes it continued working normally, but most often the problem persisted. I had to add, that while 'not working" there was a slight connection - I could hear part of the words of the other side but they were like: "He-e-e......low. I-i-i......caaaan......".
So, today I decided to deinstall and reinstall. I used Add and Remove programs, but was prompted to UPDATE software with a file from Skype Software Sarl (Publisher), originating from "Hard drive on this computer" - c:\Windows\Installer\b006bc.msi.
May be I am paranoic, but as I am not good with computers, shall I accept this installation and (hopefully) continue with the deinstallation? Later I will try to get the older Skype. Or ask here again, if the problem persists. Thank you in advance!
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Uninstaller needs access to this  C:\Windows\Installer\b006bc.msi file, so this is OK.

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