There are a lot of patches and such to stop and remove ads from Windows Live Messenger. I even tried some (without naming), at the cost of stability of the program (Video/Audio chat stopped working), also these patches don't actually stop pulling the ads from Microsoft Ad Server! They just remove the banner ad at the bottom of Windows Live Messenger!
So, what's the easiest most effective way to stop Windows Live Messenger from pulling the Ads from Microsoft servers while you know what's going on? Well, the old plain loopback trick!
- Click Start->Run
- Type: cmd and hit OK
- Type and Hit enter after each line:
- echo 127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com >> c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
- echo 127.0.0.1 rad.live.com >> c:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
That's it! No more ads from Micro$oft!
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