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Yahoo Messenger 10 pre-alfa is quite stable, despite it's version name and it has 2 major improvements over Y!M 9:

-For the first time you can change the language to something other than English.
-There are now 2 tabs in the main window: one for contacts and one for Y! Updates.
[more info, here]

How to set up Yahoo Messenger 10 multi-messenger (run multiple instances of Y!M) and ad remover

1. Download Yahoo! Messenger 10.0.0.331 from this location
2. Install Yahoo Messenger 10.0.0.331 pre-Alpha using the Yahoo!Messenger10.0.0.331-Setup.exe file from the downloaded archive.

DO NOT START YAHOO MESSENGER 10 YET!

3. Copy YahooMessenger.exe from the archive you downloaded at step 1 into the location where you installed Yahoo Messenger 10, usually:
C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger (for Windows 32bit)

C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\Messenger(for Windows 64bit).

At this point we have completele deleted the ads from Yahoo Messenger. But:

DO NOT START YAHOO MESSENGER 10 YET!

4. Open Yahoo Tweaker.exe from the same downloaded archive. Check the "Enable multiple instances" checkbox. If you also want to change the startup animation, pick one from the list. Then, click the Apply button.

That's it!

[via devirusare.com]