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Remove Yahoo! Messenger 9 ads

Posted by Vishnu | On: Nov 27 2008

Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 in beta version is available for free public download. As with any previous versions of Yahoo Messenger, there are various ads blocks display advertisements in messenger or message and chat windows.The banner ad and text ad units can be disabled or turned off by using a simple registry hack To remove and disable ads display on Yahoo Messenger 9, follow the trick below:

  1. Run Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
  2. Navigate to the following registry key:HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareYahoopagerLocale
  3. In the right pane, locate a value named Enable Messenger Ad with default value as 1. Set the value to 0.
  4. Restart Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.

The ads will be disappeared from Yahoo Messenger after restarting. Enjoy

UPDATION

1. Exit Yahoo! Messenger.

2. Backup YahooMessenger.exe by creating a new copy of it.(C:Program FilesYahoo!MessengerYahooMessenger.exe )

3. Click here to download a HxD editor

4. Open YahooMessenger.exe in the hex editor.(C:Program FilesYahoo!MessengerYahooMessenger.exe)

5. Go to the offset 295928 (in HxD: Search/GoTo)

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6. Look at the right column and replace y from “y.m.s.g.r.a.d.s” with ascreenshotscreenshot-1

7. Save the file and close your hex editor

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Now restart your PC and run YahooMessenger.exe .Done now you can enjoy add free Yahoo! Messenger 9

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