Hack: Rip Out The Ads From Yahoo Messenger

Visit the site to grab the .bat file which removes the annoying banner ad in your Contacts List. Swanky!

clipped from googlesystem.blogspot.com Remove the Ads from Yahoo Messenger If you install the newest Yahoo Messenger 8.0 (and I'm sure it's hard to resist to Yahoo's update dialogs), you'll notice a very annoying animated ad at the bottom of the main window. How to get rid of the ads? If you install new versions of Yahoo Messenger, you'll have to repeat the steps above, as Yahoo setup rewrites the registry entries. New versions will most likely make removing the ads more difficult or even impossible.