How to remove the ads from Yahoo Messenger 10
I don’t much like ads. I think nobody does. Besides, I’m ad-blind. So I thought that there are more useful ways of using the space on my HDD than storing a 2K add that ends up filling the whole allocation unit anyway.
There’s a simple way of removing these ads that is completely reversible and involves no hacking your registry or anything of the sort:
Open your hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) in your favorite text editor (Notepad++ for me) and add the following 3 lines to it:
127.0.0.1 ad.yieldmanager.com
127.0.0.1 insider.msg.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net
Presto! You’re add free in yahoo messenger!
What this does is “redirects” the requests going to those 3 servers to your localhost (127.0.0.1) and, in doing so, rids you of adds.
Cheers!
July 23, 2010 at 4:59 am
mersi, chiar m-am chinuit putin cu tweak-uri de registri si nu iesea
July 23, 2010 at 7:59 am
You’re welcome
January 2, 2011 at 11:11 am
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May 9, 2011 at 4:44 am
Great tip! Thanks so much! Messenger’s main window has a blank area where the ads used to be, but that’s so much better than the ads.
Cheers!
May 9, 2011 at 12:06 pm
Welcome, enjoy!
May 18, 2011 at 8:44 pm
This tip ROCKS! Thank you very much!
August 13, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Super trick ! Thanks a lot !