SKYPE - not a valid Win32 application?!?

Clarifications

Are you not able to download it from the website or not able to install the application after downloading it?

If you are not able to download it, try accessing:

http://download.skype.com/SkypeSetup.exe

If you are trying to download it at your work place, may be the site is blocked.

Or if you are trying to install it after downloading, it seems like the setup file wasnt downloaded correctly or completely. Try downloading the file again. If you are using some download manager, disable it and try again.

i wasnt able to disable firewall, can download now. thanks for the help thekonfuser!

This is an issue with the antivirus or firewall security suite running on the system.

Try exiting the security suite application and then try installing skype.