Last updated on August 23rd, 2010 at 10:30 am
If you install Windows Live Messenger, you will feel that the advertisements shown on the main window and the chat windows (message windows) of Windows Live Messenger is pretty annoying and disturbing your visual when you’re chatting.
Here are few ways to remove, disable and get rid of the ads on Windows Live Messenger so that the messenger is ads free without disturb your chatting.
Remove ads from Windows Live Messenger Ways:
1) Modify the Windows Hosts file.
The Hosts file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names.
It is located at C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc.
Just Open your Hosts file with notepad and add the following entry to it.
127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com
Explanation : This remove ads on Windows live messenger trick is mainly modify the live messenger ads loading server address. So, it always translate rad.msn.com as localhost ( 127.0.0.1) which no ads located.
2) Blocking Live Messenger Web Address ( rad.msn.com)
Just Launch Internet Explorer > Click Tools > Internet Options > Security tab > Restricted Sites > Click Sites.
Now type ” http://rad.msn.com” in the text field.
Click Add > Close > OK.
Exit IE.
Explanation : This remove live messenger trick is done by using block your computer access rad.msn.com. Once block, Windows live messenger will not fill with ads anymore.
3. Third party utility to remove ads on Windows Live Messenger
An utility can remove live messenger ads or msn messenger easily. Beside of remove ads on live messenger, a patch features a lot remove customization aspects for Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger. it support remove ads utility for Windows live messenger, MSN messenger and yahoo messenger.
Live Advert Remover (Live Messenger Advert Remover formerly known as MSN Advert Removal) blocks all advertisement banners from being displayed in Live Messenger. It works with all versions of Live and MSN Messengers. You need to run it only once to “patch” your system.
Hope this remove ads live messenger trick can remove the annoying ads from your windows live messenger. 🙂
Option 2 is the least invasive, easiest to do, and works like a charm. Thanks!
Navigate to your Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc folder
Right-click the HOSTS file & check it’s not read only. If it is remove this flag
Right-click again | OPEN WITH | Notepad & don’t check the box to use it as the default application
You will see:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com <— add this line
Save the file
If the read only attribute was on or not, right-click the HOSTS file | PROPERTIES & add the read only flag. Click APPLY | OK
Close the ETC folder & restart MSN Messenger
Job Done
Live advert remove does nothing. Where is the old stuff that you would mod the exe to take it out?
Hi, I am not able to SAVE the changes I made in the Host File. It keeps telling me “Cannot create the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\hosts file. Make sure that path and file name are correct”
Crista and others having the same problem:
this problem usually happens on windows vista or windows 7 due to tighter security on system files.
1. click start, navigate\search to notepad, right click and select “run as administrator”
2. now navigate to and open C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\hosts (remember to change file type to all to see the file)
3. you should now able to edit and save.
thanks to the power of internet, i found this way somewhere else too and think its good to share.
cheers.
You can also set your location to some country for which MSN has no advertisements.
@Louisss: Maybe you should try to ask in French or Spain language…
thanks man for great job
Thanks for the tips 🙂
I used the 127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com line trick and it did the job.
I was a bit non-confortable using 3rd party tools to actually remove the advertising.
nice trick!
i used trick 2.
They all work dude =D
Thanks alot
They all work dude =D
Thanks alot
Works like a charm. I used the first option, and this is the best because you are preventing the computer from even communicating with the advert server.
I used the 1st method, i.e. modifying windows host file.
Works great! Thanks!