How to Remove and Disable Yahoo Messenger 8 Ads Banner
If you upgrade and install Yahoo! Messenger with Voice 8.0.0.701 or above (latest version been 8.1.0.195 or 8.1.0.209), the previous tricks, hacks or workarounds to remove, disable or take off the advertisement banners in Yahoo! Messenger no longer working. Here is the new crack or hack that functions as the Yahoo! Messenger 8 ads remover that will remove and hide the animated flash ads banner at the bottom of main window for newest and latest version of Yahoo! Messenger.
Google Operating System has prepared a automated command prompt batch script file that will automatically merge the required registry values into the Windows registry and patch the urls.xml file in order to hide the YM ads. Download the batch file noYMads2.bat. Once downloaded the batch file, simply execute and run the batch script by double clicking it, and the every Yahoo Messenger ads removal fixes will be installed properly.
The batch script actually does the similar hacks and changes with the batch script for earlier version of YMessenger. It simply sets and edits the following registry values which related to ads in Y!M 8 in the registry branch of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\pager\YUrl by replacing the original value with a dummy asterisk (*). The list of string values that are been modified include:
Messenger Ad
Webcam Upload Ad
Webcam Viewer Ad
Webcam Viewer Ad Big
Webcam Viewer Ad Medium
Change Room Banner
Conf Adurl
Chat Adurl
Y Content (the additional registry setting been modified)
After that the script will empty the content for urls.xml located in C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\Cache\ folder. So you prefer to do the hacking job and ad removal process yourself, you can simply edit the registry values and file accordingly. After the crack, the registry branch will look like below in the registry editor.
Note that after using this patch, the Yahoo! Chat Rooms is not working properly. So if you’re using this feature, skip to the following crack.
Download YM Ad Banner Remover (now at version 4.1) which supports the ad removal in the following version of Yahoo! Messenger:
Yahoo Messenger 8.1.0.209
Yahoo Messenger 8.1.0.195
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.716
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.711
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.701
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.683
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.682
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.508
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.506
Yahoo Messenger 8.0.0.505
Yahoo Messenger 7.5.0.819
Yahoo Messenger 7.5.0.814
Yahoo Messenger 7.5.0.811
Yahoo Messenger 7.5.0.647
Yahoo Messenger 7.5.0.333
Beside animated ad banner in the Y!M8 main windows, with this tool, users can also enable or disable multiple instances of Yahoo Messenger 8.0, remove the change room anner, remove the chat ad, create a desktop shortcut to Yahoo! Chat, remove all webcams ads, and specify the the location where the Blank.html which is used to replace the webcams ads will be stored.
There is also another Y!Msgr ad removal tool Yahoo! Messenger AD-Remover New 2 Patch (download link) which patch the YahooMessenger.exe and edit some registry values. After patch, the flash ads on the main windows will be removed completely.
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January 12th, 2008 22:48
That Registry change does “not” work, it only works for people with very small resolutions.
January 12th, 2008 04:22
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January 12th, 2008 03:48
For new verion of yahoo messenger like 9 beta or above just do as follows
type in this command in the run
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Locale
now right click the Enable Messenger ad from the rght side and set the value to 0
Restart our messenger…. and give m me thanx
December 21st, 2007 09:12
Sorry about not posting in a while
I have build a .NET version of my Ad Destroy
available on my site
It should work on x32 and x64 vista
You should run it as administrator
Ad Destroy .NET beta and Ad Destroy 3.7 will patch all 3 9.0 beta builds
9.0.0.797
9.0.0.907
9.0.0.922
9.0 messenger trys to actively turn off read only on the urls.xml file.
Ad destroy will stop messenger doing that
People who are having problems with ads still showing from your ISP, just enter 0 in the custom registry field instead of *
Have fun!
Dermot
http://shadow-corp.net/smf/index.php
August 12th, 2007 15:40
[...] LINK TO CLEAN UP THOSE ADS [...]
July 13th, 2007 07:09
I am currently rewriting it in .NET so maybe that version will work on it when im finished.
however i give no garuntees as im not a vista user so can’t test it on that platform, maybe you can try it out when im finished.
July 13th, 2007 06:31
@ dragosh :
doesnt it work ?
(Yahoo! Messenger AD-Remover New 2 Patch)
http://depositfiles.com/files/440106
July 13th, 2007 01:02
it DOESN’T work in vista ultimate 64 bit.i didn’t find any ad remover that works!
July 10th, 2007 08:02
The file link posted above is not mine.
therefore i give no warranty on it been a clean file.
download at your own risk.
If you want the updated version and want to know where to get all new versions see my site.
July 10th, 2007 03:31
just download that add destroy from .. h**p://rapidshare.com/files/41974259/AdDestroy31.rar …. Its working
May 7th, 2007 21:20
thank you very much. It was so annoying with those Yahoo adds
April 13th, 2007 11:33
My ad patch will kill the majority of the ads and give you the option for polygamy, kill word filter, enabled tabbed ims and toggle nicknames in chat on/off as well as remove the buddylist ad from builds 8.0 to the most recent 8.1.0.249
Check my site for more info on Ad Destroy 3.1
March 27th, 2007 23:03
use AD MUNCHER! takes care of everything..
March 27th, 2007 20:15
I have Vista business and Ad Banner Remover 4.1 doesn’t work .. mscomctl.ocx it’s missing or bad registred
February 12th, 2007 12:17
IS working under vista ultimate, for me.
thanks!
January 25th, 2007 21:35
Could you please update the links – a few are broken. Thanks
January 20th, 2007 22:07
FYI..
The Ad Banner Remover Patch isn’t working under Windows Vista Ultimate..
January 10th, 2007 08:21
How I do change the banner with my banner ?
January 6th, 2007 22:54
great tips bro… anyway … I don’t remove it but I need to edit it. I want to replace my flash on Yahoo banner .. how can I do that … thanks .. for sahrin…
December 25th, 2006 14:34
You haven’t uninstall Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger aren’t you? Just upgrade your Yahoo! Messenger to latest version and your problem shall go away. Most likely a Windows Live Messenger user ask your Yahoo! ID to it, which require latest version of Y!M.
December 25th, 2006 14:00
But the “pop up” for learning how to connect with Windows Live Messenger still shows up…–WOLFSHADE
See that is my problem…Only it says:
System: Your contact is using Windows Live™ (MSN) Messenger, and wants to add you to his or her Messenger List. To start sharing instant messages, you’ll first need to get the latest Yahoo! Messenger with Voice at http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php
How can we make it go away…He can’t dwnload that right now.
December 19th, 2006 20:08
ym will nv be as good without u. thanks =)
*thumbs*
December 16th, 2006 02:24
The flash banner ad at the bottom is FINALLY GONE!! But the “pop up” for learning how to connect with Windows Live Messenger still shows up. Any workaround for this?
Thanks for this information!! Keep up the good work!!
December 12th, 2006 07:18
wow thanks for these.. thought there were only ppl patching MSN – so good to know us Yahoo users havent been forgotten!
December 12th, 2006 00:53
[...] Update: For Yahoo! Messenger version 8.0.0.701 and above, the above tricks no longer work. Use the new patches instead. [...]