Yahoo Messenger Without Ads OR Block Ads in Yahoo Messenger

Using Yahoo Messenger 8.0 or above? Then all you need to do is copy the stuff below in italics to a text file.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\YUrl]
“Messenger Ad”=”*”
“Webcam Upload Ad”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad Bid”=”*”
“Webcam Viewer Ad Medium”=”*”
“Change Room Banner”=”*”
“Conf Adurl”=”*”
“Chat Adurl”=”*”

Save that file with any name and do remember to leave the extension as .reg. So, noyahooads.reg with be fine name for this file. Once created successfully then all you need to do is double click on that file. Computer will confirm if you really want to update the registry. Click on ‘Yes’ and your job will be done. Now you can surf Yahoo without ads.

For other versions of Yahoo Messenger all you need to do is surf the registry manually for the keys that somehow relate to Ads like the ones shown above. Remove whatever the data those keys hold and your Yahoo Messenger won’t show ads.