Disable ads in Viber

windows advertisements viber

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Solution 1

I put

127.0.0.1 ads.viber.com
127.0.0.1 ads.aws.viber.com
127.0.0.1 ads-d.viber.com
127.0.0.1 s-bid.rmp.rakuten.com

into my c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts file. Since then I have no ads ;) Hope it'll help for you, too.

Solution 2

I had to block extra addresses (discovered in Proxifier):

ads.cdn.viber.com
ads.*.viber.com
locp-ir.viber.com

Also I had to open preferences and close. Then the effect was achieved.

Solution 3

Owners of MikroTik routers who use DNS caching can create a static DNS entry on the router with Regexp field containing ads(\-d|\.aws)?\.viber\.com and Address field containing 127.0.0.1. That will stop all devices on the network (phones, tablets) from showing those ads, not just a single PC or Mac computer like with the hosts file.

Owners of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter devices can do the same but will have to create three separate entries because EdgeRouter does not support regex. Same goes for any other router or firewall, better to block on the edge.

64,860

janot

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

janot almost 2 years

Recent version of Viber on Windows started displaying ads. It appeared in sidebar under contacts. There is no GUI option to disable.

How can I disable them?
- cat almost 5 years
  
  superuser.com/questions/1477874/remove-ads-in-viber-for-pc
janot almost 7 years

Thanks. Haven't tested, but I hope this works.
Andras Sebö almost 7 years

Let me know if you have tested!
Howie almost 7 years

Confirming that it works.
icem almost 7 years

Also works on macOS. File /etc/hosts.
Andras Sebö almost 7 years

Same on Linux: /etc/hosts
mishap over 6 years

bless you kind person
Chris Koston over 6 years

Live long and prosper!
Art over 6 years

for linux/mac run: sudo echo 127.0.0.1 ads.viber.com >> /etc/hosts
Ivan Ivanic about 6 years

Still works as of writing this.
Miro almost 6 years

Viber should thank you and put you on the payroll. I was about to uninstall.
Axonn over 5 years

@Miro: same :). They have no idea how much the BAD kid of ads harm them. If the ads were more gentle and not long, cpu-hogging videos more people would probably use their software. sigh
WebBrother over 5 years

God bless you!!!
Borislav Ivanov almost 5 years

This no longer works after a recent Viber update.
Axonn almost 5 years

Thank you. The ads were back but thanks to these additional addresses managed to get rid of them again. ARGH, nevermind, they're back again. What software did you use to find the addresses? Wireshark is sometimes a bit too verbose.
Andras Sebö almost 5 years

New url added to prevent ads in the new Viber 11.4.0 ;)
PetarS almost 5 years

That helped a lot! Thanks you wise sir!
Danatela over 4 years

@Axonn I used Proxifier
darkred over 4 years

Ads are back after the latest Viber update, 11.9.1 .
Panagiotis over 4 years

block *.adnxs.com. Specifically fra1-ib.adnxs.com, mediation.adnxs.com, ams1-mobile.adnxs.com and crcdn01.adnxs.com. Personally I blocked everything from adnxs.com
darkred over 4 years

@Panagiotis Thank you! It works.