How to Stop Paltalk Banners
Paltalk is an Internet chat service that comes in free and paid versions. The paid version gives you a green status, in which no ads appear in your chat application. When you use the free, black version, though, you get a lot of advertising. You can configure your computer so it does not accept many of the ads Paltalk brings in.
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Instructions
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Download GFI MailEssentials and install the program. (See Resources.)
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Go to "Start," then "My Computer" and open the "C:" drive. Locate and open the "Windows" folder. Open the "System 32" folder. Click twice on the "Drivers" folder, then locate and open the "Etc" folder.
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Locate and right-click the "Hosts" file. Select "Edit" and open the file in Notepad.
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Locate the line "local host." Type or paste the following command lines under the "127.0.0.1 localhost" line:
"127.0.0.1 advertising.paltalk.com
127.0.0.1 static.2mdn.net
127.0.0.1 content.yieldmanager.edgesuite.net"
Save and close the file.
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Open Paltalk and you won't see any more pop-ups, but you will get a "page cannot be displayed" message in the advertising window at the bottom of the Paltalk screen.
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