Skype making random calls I don't make

Hi,
skype is making calls to my contacts when we are both online, but these calls were not place by me, skype is randomly and independently doing this. Does this happen to anybody else?! This is crazy, and it is beginning to happen so frequently that it is causing real problems. Is there someone that can help, any advice?
I'm using Windows 7, skype version 6.6.0.106, I have multiple antivirus software programs each which is run several times per week, and there are no programs accessing skype (nothing under Manage API Access Control settings).
Sorry if I've posted in the wrong area, I'm new to the sommunity. Thanks for any advice!

I've got the same problem, along with multiple people on my friends list. We're all getting random calls from each other, each with different past dates, none of which were ever actually made. (As in the calls were sent from the past... and we just got notified. The dates calls were made to me so far have been Sept 25, 29, and Oct 1)
I can also say that none of us have touched suspicious links like the one you mentioned for the 'lol is this your pic?' virus.
In the tools->advanced->manage other programs there is nothing listed, so I doubt that a program being there is the issue.
Daily virus/malware/spyware scans are also performed on each of our computers, with nothing significant ever being picked up.
We are all running Windows, and I know at least two of us are running the newest version of Skype.
And it really isn't a big deal since it doesn't seem to be causing any harm, but it would still be nice for it to stop affecting people ^^ So hopefully we can get this checked~

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