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Ad Destroy: Disable and Remove All Unwanted ADs from Yahoo! Messenger

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Following 2 methods can be used to remove ADs from the new Yahoo! Messenger 8 and 8.1:

A. Remove the BIG AD from the Main yahoo! screen, where we see our Buddy List:

1. Open "%Programfiles%\Yahoo!\Messenger\YahooMessenger.exe" file into a Hex Editor. You can use XVI32, its free.

2. Go to the offset 3981AC (or 3A1250 for the latest 8.1 version) and change the string "enabled" to anything you want.

B. Remove other ADs like in chat window, webcam, etc.:

1. Open notepad and paste the following code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\YUrl]
"First Login Beacon"="*"
"Tutorials"="*"
"Messenger Help"="*"
"Voice General Help"="*"
"Change Room Banner"="*"
"Address Book"="*"
"Finance Disclaimer"="*"
"Messenger Ad"="*"
"Chat Adurl"="*"
"Calendar Alert Ad URL"="*"
"Conf Adurl"="*"
"Mail Alert Ad URL"="*"
"News Alert Ad URL"="*"
"Personals Alert Ad URL"="*"
"Stock Alert Ad URL"="*"
"Webcam Viewer Ad Medium"="*"
"Webcam Viewer Ad Big"="*"
"Webcam Viewer Ad"="*"
"Webcam Upload Ad"="*"
"Chat Transition Ad"="*"
"N2Phone Adurl"="*"
"Webcam Viewer Ad Bid"="*"

2. Save the file with the name "VG.REG"

3. Run the file and merge it into registry.

This article was posted in Messengers, Yahoo! Messenger.

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