Now it is difficult to imagine the life of an ordinary person without Skype. Many of them have work, business, important contacts or just chatting with friends, relatives and acquaintances. This wonderful product is available to everyone, moreover, it is free, but you have to pay for this dignity by viewing advertising. It annoys many people and simply prevents us from enjoying all the benefits of Skype. This article is designed to help solve the problem of how to disable advertising in Skype.
First you need to check the program settings
To get rid of banners in the messenger window, first of all you need to go to “Tools” and select “Settings” in the menu. Next you need to go to the tab "Security", which is located on the left. Now remove the bird from the item “Allow Microsoft to display targeted ads ...”. After that, do not forget to save. This method will slightly ease your fate, but only slightly. So go on to the next method.
There, in the settings of Skype, open the “Alerts” tab, and in it “Notifications and Messages”. Here it is necessary to remove the birds from "Help and Tips from Skype" and "Promotions." As in the previous method, save the changes, and you're done. To all the ads are gone, you will have to restart the application.
It may be that the banners will be loaded from the folder of temporary files or cache, as it is called. In this case, you will need to clear the cache using a special utility CCleaner. In the program window, tick the “Internet cache” item in the “Clear:” list.
You can turn off advertising in Skype by changing the settings of the Internet Explorer browser. Please note that in the version of Internet Explorer, which is already built into the system, the settings we need are missing, so you will have to download the browser from the Microsoft website. After launching Internet Explorer, go to “Internet Options”, which are located on the “Service” tab. In the window that opens in the "Security" tab, click on the "Sites" button. Now you need to add two addresses to the list of dangerous sites:
//rad.msn.com
//apps.skype.com
Close the window and click "OK". After restarting Skype ads and banners should disappear. If this does not happen, add to the same list of dangerous sites other addresses to the ones you have already entered:
//api.skype.com
//static.skypeassets.com
//adriver.ru
It turns out like this:
After that, all ads and banners should no longer appear.
The next way to get rid of annoying Skype ads is to change the system hosts file. First, find this file on your computer. You can find it on the way:
C: \ Windows \ System32 \ drivers \ etc
Once you find the file "hosts", copy and transfer it to another directory, in any, which is convenient for you. Next, open the file through the Notepad application and after the sharp (#) enter:
127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com
127.0.0.1 apps.skype.com
Close the file, after saving the modifications. If this fails, then try to save the file as an administrator. This is done in the same place, through Notepad. Now transfer the modified “hosts” to the folder from which you copied it and confirm the replacement. After that, you can start Skype and make sure that all ads disappeared from Skype. If suddenly this was not enough, then add the lines to the same file “hosts” in the same way:
127.0.0.1 api.skype.com
127.0.0.1 static.skypeassets.com
127.0.0.1 adriver.ru
127.0.0.1 devads.skypeassets.net
127.0.0.1 devapps.skype.net
127.0.0.1 qawww.skypeassets.net
127.0.0.1 qaapi.skype.net
127.0.0.1 preads.skypeassets.net
127.0.0.1 preapps.skype.net
127.0.0.1 serving.plexop.net
127.0.0.1 preg.bforex.net
127.0.0.1 ads1.msads.net
127.0.0.1 flex.msn.net
It turns out like this:
It is desirable to tick the “Read Only” item in the “hosts” properties. This action will prevent the file from being modified by various malware. It is also worth noting that the method with the modification of the file “hosts” must be combined with the method of setting in Internet Explorer. Otherwise, instead of a banner, you will see question marks in the same place, which is also not very nice and convenient.
Another way to remove banners from Skype is an excellent Adguard software product. This utility perfectly copes with blocking any advertising and is considered to be the best in its class. In addition to blocking advertising content, Adguard filters traffic, protects against virus and phishing sites, and also allows you to configure parental controls. In general, a very good utility that will be useful for everyone to install for security and comfortable surfing on the Internet. As soon as you start Adguard, select the “Filtered applications” item in the main menu and click “Add application”. Now select the Skype file and click “Open”. The program will be added to the list of filtered Adguard, and advertising will disappear forever and will no longer bother you.
With the help of such simple actions you can completely remove ads from Skype. Write in the comments your opinion about this article and share your experience in eliminating such troubles.