How to remove/block Ads in Yahoo Messenger (Yahoo chat)

If you are an Yahoo's user and you using their Messenger called Yahoo Messenger, maybe you'll see some annoying ads that stealing focus from your current work. You can search the Internet & see many solution like changing Registry, download & run an application,..... but in my opinion, using hosts file of Windows to block these ads working 100%.

Let's talk less & do now:

- Go to Start menu -> Run (or typing directly to the search box for Windows Vista/Windows 7), type the command below to open hosts file & press Enter:

notepad %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

- Add the following lines to the end of the hosts file:

127.0.0.1 insider.msg.yahoo.com (skip this line if you want to see the NEWS from Yahoo)
127.0.0.1 tr.adinterax.com
127.0.0.1 ad.yieldmanager.com
127.0.0.1 content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net
127.0.0.1 us.adserver.yahoo.com
127.0.0.1 sg.adserver.yahoo.com

- Save the hosts file & Enjoy Ads Free Yahoo Messenger

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