How to Block Paltalk Advertisements

Many people use a program called Paltalk. They don't necessarily pay for a green nick so they use a black nick. Going into the rooms with a black nick is very annoying because of the advertising and lots of pop-ups. You will probably be annoyed with the advertisements slowing you down, and those pop-ups. In this article, you will learn how to kill pop-ups and how to remove advertisements from your Paltalk windows (older versions).

Steps

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    Go to My Computer.
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    Open up your local disk. In most computers, it is usually (C:).
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    Open the folder named "Windows."
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    Look for your "System 32" folder. Open the folder.
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    Search for a folder named "Drivers." Open the folder.
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    Open the folder "Etc" and look for a file named "Hosts."
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    Right click on the file "hosts" and click on "Send it as a shortcut to desktop" menu.
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    Go to your desktop. Close all the files and folders and look for a shortcut of the file named "hosts" in which you just created. This host file determines which domain is allowed or restricted on your computer.
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    We can block the Paltalk advertising and pop-ups by simply editing this host file.
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    Right-click on the desktop and and open a new notepad.
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    Type in two lines www.exit.paltalk.com and www.advertising.paltalk.com. EDIT add all sites listed
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    Type the above lines in the following format to get results:
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    127.0.0.1 exitpop.paltalk.com and
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    127.0.0.1 advertising.paltalk.com
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    after doing this add all the following sites in the same manner with 127.0.0.1 in front of each line.
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    yads.zedo.com
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    bannerfarm.ace.advertising.com
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    udmserve.net
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    19.142.13/s0.2mdn.net
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    download.myads.com
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    ec.atdmt.com
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    dspads.sitescout.netdna-cdn.com
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    imagen01.247realmedia.com
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    choices.truste.com
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    cadreon.com
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    mcdonalds.com
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    dspads.sitescout.netdna-cdn.com
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    clickserv2.sitescout.com
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    ads.lfstmedia.com
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    content.quantserve.com
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    cdn.invitemedia.net
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    ib.adnxs.com
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    s0.2mdn.net
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    tag.admeld.com
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    ads.adsonar.com
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    media.gevalia.com
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    speed.pointroll.com
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    ad.adorika.com
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    media.fastclick.net
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    ads.adbrite.com
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    adserving.cpxinteractive.com
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    ad.doubleclick.net
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    ads.yimg.com
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    oasads.whitepages.com
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    spe.atdmt.com
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    interclick.com
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    ad.yieldmanager.com
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    ad.traficmp.com
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    servedby.advertising.com
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    Right-click on the host file and click on (open it with note pad)or directly click on the file and choose note pad to open from the list.
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    After opening the host file in note pad ,simply copy all the sites/lines from the other note pad (as corrected and shown in step 17 above) and paste them right under the last line "local host".
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    Save the file.
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    Go to your Paltalk program,open it,and you will see no advertising, no popups all you will see is "page cannot be displayed" in the banners and no pop ups will appear.
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Warnings

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Things You'll Need

  • A computer.
  • Internet connection.
  • Pal talk software (download it free from www.paltalk.com).
  • A black nick.

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