Remove annoying Yahoo! Messenger ads

  
                  

If you have the latest version of Yahoo Messenger 8.0 installed, you may notice a nasty ad plugin that appears at the top of the main window.

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How can I remove this advertisement?

1. Turn off Yahoo Messenger.

2. Applicable to Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.683 and below. Click here to save the .bat file and execute it.

Applicable to Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.701 and above. Click here to save the .bat file and execute it.

In the new version, you will not be allowed to enter the chat room, so if you use this feature, don't run the upgrade patch, in order to prevent automatic upgrade, you can C:Program FilesYahoo! Rename the yupdater.exe file in Messenger to yupdater.exe.bak.

This downloaded bat file only modifies most of the registry content related to Yahoo Messenger ads (HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftware YahoopagerYUrl). Change their values ​​to asterisks, as shown below:

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If you install a new version of Yahoo Messenger, you just need to perform the above steps, similar to the installer The contents of the registry have been rewritten. Annoying ads will never appear again.

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