Leecher Mods -

Developed Exclusively for Yahoo! Messenger

YTK Enhanced : feature rich version for hardcore chatters!

SAY "Goodbye" TO CHATROOM ANNOYANCES

* Kills Spam & Adverts and says "Goodbye" to annoying Voice Chat abusers
* YTK Pro stops ALL client-side boots and the majority of server-side boots with Gawd Mode! lol @ Booters Everywhere!
* YTK Enhanced provides the very best Anti-Boot protection with U-Mode - so chat isn't interrupted!
* YTK Enhanced covers ALL the bases; Booting, Locking, Spam, VC Lag/Beep & 100+ Enhancements!
* YTK Enhanced supports both 32-Bit & 64-Bit systems! YTK Pro & VC Sync 64-Bit support soon!

YTK Enhanced Reference:

[Options]

Launch YTK Enhanced at startup - Loads YTK when Windows is started.
Show Event Logger - Opens a logger window that keeps track of detailed events as they take place.
Enable YTK Enhanced Alert Bar - Displays a top-most orange bar across your screen as events occur and notifications are available.
Set Alert Bar Color - Specifies the background color of the YTK Enhanced Alert Bar.
Create YTK Enhanced content tab - Creates a content tab inside of Messenger's buddy list window for loading web content/news from the official website.
Enable audible alerts - Turns YTK's sound alerts on so you can be alerted of events that happen during the session through your speakers.
Show Mouse-Over Hints on Options - Provides helpful popups explaining an option's purpose.
Show Splash Screen - Displays a graphic on the center screen upon opening of YTK Enhanced.
Enable Auto Update - Automatically check for and download YTK Enhanced application updates. (Not yet complete.)

[Chat Room Settings]

Enable automatic font resizing - Forces user's chat room message and PM text to 10-point or other specified size for ease of readability and to conserve chat room screen space.
Enable automatic font effect stripping - Filters out faded and alternating text from users in the chat room and in PMs.
Enable smart font face adjustments - Converts vague, exotic or otherwise unsual font faces to a legible font face.
Enable Recently joined rooms list in the chat room list window - Creates a list of rooms that you have previously joined for faster re-entry at a later time.
Enable Tiny Activity Logger - Creates an embedded activity logger in the main chat room window for ease of event viewing. The amount of lines that the logger uses can be specified in the range of 3-8.
Disable auto-voicing when I join a chat room - Prevents Messenger from establishing a voice connection on your behalf automatically each time you join or change rooms.
Show Friend's status changes in chat rooms - Prints buddy status messages to your chat room screen when your friends change them.
Alert me when buddies or safe list users join/leave the chat room - Notifies you in the chat room when your buddies or users on your safe list join or leave the chat room you're currently in.
Enable Blocked URL Catcher for Chat - Captures blocked URL content from the chat room for later viewing. (Block Valid URLs must be enabled.)
Window Filters - Applies chat screen visual effects.
Font Weight - Applies the bold style to all text on your chat screen.
Font Variation - Applies the small-caps style to all text on your chat screen.
Chat screen background color - Allows you to change the default white color of your chat screen to any other by selecting from the color palette or through your own custom hexadecimal color code.
Remove advertisements in chat room windows - Removes the ads that are found in Messenger's chat window when you're in a room.
Enable Mic Lock - Adds mic locking/holding support to Messenger and replaces the default "Hands Free" voice option so you can hold the mic down while you're away from the computer even when you're not playing music or talking.
Clear chat screen hotkey - Allows you to set a hotkey for quickly and accessibly clearing your chat screen regardless of whether or not the chat room window is the active window/has focus.
Auto-Ignore Voice "Bots" - When set automatically voice ignores bots that are connected to voice in the room but aren't in the chat room with a chat connection.
Block URLs, IP and E-mail addresses - Blocks chat room messages from users that contain web addresses, IP addresses and e-mail addresses.
Broadcast ignore messages in chat - Sends a chat room message to the room each time you ignore somebody.

[Additional Settings]

Enable username auto-complete in chat rooms - When typing a user's id or nickname in chat you can automatically complete the rest of their id/nickname by typing out a few characters of their name and pressing the "Tab" key on your keyboard. Name must be the first text entered on the line for auto-completion to work.
Enlarge chat room text input area - Enlarges your chat room text entry space for typing messages to the room.
Enlarge chat room user list - Widens Messenger's chat room user list window so you can read chat names that aren't all truncated to fit a small default size.
Room "Knocker" - Automatically retries joining chat rooms on your behalf that are "full".
Enable Voice Refresh Toolbar Button - Adds a button to the toolbar to refresh your connection to the RTCP server. (Repeated use may cause Messenger to hang and / or crash.)
Allow for Quick Voice Ignoring of Voiced Users - Creates a cross-hair cursor when the mouse is moved over the current user of voice. A double click places that user on Voice Ignore. (Users can optionally be addded to the Global Ignore Bin as well.)
Broadcast LAUNCHcase, WinAmp, iTunes, and Windows Media Player songs in chat - Sends your currently played artist and song names to the room for users to see what you are listening to. (This information can optionally be displayed only locally.)

[Anti-Boot | Settings & Security]

Enable Alias "Cloaking" - An anti-boot option that can be used to prevent malicious chatters from disconnecting you with most "boots" known and unknown. This option requires that you have at least one alias/profile name on your main Yahoo! account for it to work.
Enable YMSG Protocol Reversion - Forces Yahoo! Messenger to log in using a previous login version of your choosing.
Use TCP for voice instead of UDP - Forces Yahoo! Messenger to make a more reliable voice connection for streaming voice audio data.
Enable Filtering for Yahoo! Messenger-related "crash links" found in e-mails, PMs and web pages - If a "crash link" is invoked through your browser, e-mail client or from Messenger it will cease to operate with the default Yahoo! Messenger "ymsgr:" url handler functionality.
Enable File Transfer Type Screening - Prevents Yahoo! Messenger from receiving file transfer requests in which the file extension matches one of the known dangerous and/or user specified types.
Packet Profiling - A built-in proprietary packet handling system designed by Torseq Technologies for adding in increased protection to Yahoo! Messenger against "boots" and malicious exploits.
YMSG Server Selector - Allows you to select the YMSG server to connect to for your chat session.
Enable Flood Cap Control - Allows YTK Enhanced to make a Windows networking adjustment providing connection specific traffic-control optimization. (It is recommended that only users with 1Mbps and up utilize the full Flood Cap Control.)

[Global Ignore Bin]

Add - Adds a username to YTK's global ignore bin.
Remove - Removes a username from YTK's global ignore bin.
Mark Safe - Flags a user as 'safe', removes them from the global ignore bin and adds them to your safe list.
View Profile - Allows you to select a user from your global ignore bin and view their profile.
Settings - Ignore Bin Cleaning/Pruning. Allows you to clean your bin of names that have been on ignore for 1 week, 2 weeks or 1 full month.
Filter Rules - Allows you to create Regular Expression wildcard rules for auto-ignoring users in chat rooms. Options include auto-ignoring based on string patterns found in user's IDs/names, nicknames, location info and user's chat room message content. Wildcards can be applied to string content found at the beginning of each of these fields, anywhere within them or at the end of them.
Export - Allows users to save their Global Ignore Bin entries in a back-up file which may be replaced in future installations of YTK Enhanced.
Clear All - Erases all ignore bin entries from your list.
Search - Allows you to search through your global ignore bin for usernames that match your search query.

[Global Safe List]

Add - Adds a username to YTK's Global Safe List.
Remove - Removes a username from YTK's Global Safe List.
Clear All - Erases all entries from your Global Safe List.
Search - Allows you to search through your Global Safe List for usernames that match your search query.

[Chat Room Filtering]

Block duplicate chat room messages - Blocks chat room messages sent from users that are identical to their previous message. Sensitivity levels range from low to high where high requires a 100% match to the previous message for the message to be blocked.
Auto-Ignore "Bots" with similar names - Automatically ignores bots in the room with names that are similarly related to each other. Similarity levels range from low to high where high requires nearly a perfect match for similar names.
Auto-Ignore users who flood the chat room - Automatically ignores chat users that attempt to flood the room with messages.
Enable chat room message inspection - Analyzes chat room messages that could potentially contain "boot codes", rainbow lags, excessive smilies/emoticons, long repetitive character sequences, YELLING/SHOUTING, blank messages and messages that are too large.
Enable Bounce Bot Protection - Prevents "bounce bots" from flooding your chat screen and causing it to violently jump up and down in attempts to "lag" you or boot you from the room. This option will automatically ignore bots that are found to be bouncing in the chat room.
Automatically ignore chat names which exceed 'x' amount of characters - Automatically ignores chat names that are over a specific length that you can optionally set.
Block ignore message broadcasts sent by other YTK users - Blocks ignore messages sent by other YTK users that have their "Broadcast ignore messages in chat" option turned on.
Block "now playing" winamp song broadcasts sent by other YTK users - Blocks song broadcasts from other YTK users that have their "Broadcast winamp songs in chat" option turned on.
Show the contents of blocked chat room messages in the activity logger - Displays chat messages that were blocked in your activity logger for your review.

[Diagnostics]

Log Yahoo! Server Connection Events - Logs server-related events to your activity logger as they occur.
Log YTK Events - Logs events that occur pertaining to YTK and its functions to your activity logger as they occur. Such as the User Identification Challenges, Aliases and Buddy List Processing.
Log Chat Room Events - Logs chat room-related events to your activity logger as they occur.
Log Voice Events - Logs RTCP related information and events to your activity logger as they occur.
Log PC-2-PC Call Events - Logs SIP related information and events to your activity logger as they occur.
Log Unhandled Events - Logs critical application error and conflict events to your activity logger as they occur.
Enable UPV (Unknown Packet Variant) logging - Logs unknown and incorrectly formatted packet structures to a text file located in your Application Data folder as they are received.

[PM Zone]

Private Messages

*Friends Zone*

Allow private messages from this type of user - Allows private messages.
Block private messages from this type of user - Blocks all private messages.
Block private messages but save them for later viewing - Blocks private messages but saves them for you to review at a later time.
Strip IMVironment content from PMs - Removes Private Message content that contains embedded IMVironments.
Block "Buzz" PMs - Blocks privates messages that contain "buzzes" or "dings".
Block PMs containing web searches - Blocks private messages that contain web search queries which return search results in your PM window.

*Safe Users Zone*
(same as Friends Zone)

*Chat Users Zone*
(same as Friends Zone with additional options below)

Allow only users that I have contacted to PM me - Only allows users that you have privately messaged to private message you, all other private messages that are received falling into this group will be blocked.
Block A/S/L in PMs - Blocks private messages that contain Age/Sex/Location acronym inquiries.
Enable PM Challenge Integrity Check (magic word verification) - Blocks private messages until the user is able to correctly answer the "challenge" in the form of a randomly-generated alphanumeric code. The user has 3 attempts to answer correctly. If answered 3 times incorrectly all PMs from the user during the session (provided that this option isn't turned off later) will be blocked.

*Unknown Users Zone*
(same as Chat Users Zone)

[Invitations Zone]

Invitations/Requests Zones

*Friends Zone*

By default the friends group can send you the following invitations and requests:

- Add Buddy Requests
- Voice chat PM Requests
- Webcam Invitations
- Game Invitations
- Chat Room Invitations
- Conference Invitations
- File Transfer Requests
- Send Contact Details Requests
- Contact Details Requests
- Buddy List Send Requests
- Photosharing Invitations
- Audibles
- IMVironments
- Plug-ins

*Safe Users Zone*
(same as Friends Zone only they can't send you Add Buddy Requests)

*Chat Users Zone*

By default the chat users group can only send you Webcam Invitations

*Unknown Users Zone*

By default the unknown users group can't send you any invitations or requests.

[PC-2-PC Call Settings]
#Caller Group Management Zones#

*Friends Zone*

By default the friends group can call your pc.
Only accept calls from users in this group whom you've called - Allows call from users that are from your friends group that you have made a call to. If this option is selected over the default option then all calls will be rejected until you've made calls to specific users where they're able to call you back.

*Safe Users Zone*

By default the safe users group can call your pc.
Only accept calls from users in this group whom you've called - Allows call from users that are from your safe users group that you have made a call to. If this option is selected over the default option then all calls will be rejected until you've made calls to specific users where they're able to call you back.

*Chat Users Zone*

By default the chat users group can't call your pc unless you've called users from this group.

*Unknown Users Zone*

By default the unknown users group can't call your pc.

[Offlines Zone]

*Friends Zone*

By default the friends group can send you the following offline communications:

- Private Messages
- Add Buddy Requests
- Send Contact Details Requests
- Contact Details Requests
- Buddy List Send Requests

*Safe Users Zone*
(same as Friends Zone only they can't send you Add Buddy Requests)

*Unknown Users Zone*

By default the unknown users group can't send you any offline communications.

[Advanced Options]

File Transfer & Peer-to-Peer Configuration - Allows you to enter your IP address or a domain name that points to your IP address along with specifying a port for direct filesharing establishment. This option should only be used if you're behind a NAT router and would like to transfer files to users directly rather than uploading them indirectly through Yahoo!'s filexfer HTTP servers.
Enable SOCKS Proxying - Allows you to use a SOCKS proxy for your chat connection, chat room voice connections and cam connection. SOCKS4/SOCKS4a and SOCKS5/SOCKS5a are supported. If you are using a SOCKS server that requires Authentication then check the checkbox labeled "Authentication", select your SOCKS protocol version, enter the server's IP and port and then your username and password.
Flush DNS Resolver Cache Entries - Clears your local DNS cache so DNS Lookup requests are made each time you sign into Yahoo! Messenger. Enabling this option ensures that each time you connect to Yahoo! you'll have the newest/most current server addresses for cam, voice and chat.
Send Frequent Keep-Alive Packets to Improve Client Uptime - Increases the rate at which connection Keep-Alive packets are delivered to the server in order to obtain a stable and longetive connection.

[Privacy Settings]

Do not advertize my webcam status as "ON" when I join chat rooms - This option allows you to broadcast your cam and not allow other users in the chat rooms you join to see you as broadcasting your cam in their room list.
Enable webcam "fix" - If you're using a webcam that isn't supported well in Yahoo! Messenger (ieg: Aiptek webcams) and you're seeing a black screen when you broadcast then using this option may fix the issue. This option forces "Video For Windows", a documented Yahoo! adjustment, in an attempt to get these types of cams working again.
Block P2P connectivity - Blocks Peer-to-Peer PM direct connections and Peer-to-Peer super webcam sessions from being established.
Hide my PM "Typing" notifications - Hides your "Typing" status messages in PM windows so contacted users will not see you typing PMs to them.
Enable "idle" status message spoofing - "Spoofs" your pager status as "idle" so users that have you on their buddy lists will always see you as away from the computer.
Deny-a-Buddy - This feature allows you to remove your name(s) off of a user's buddy list. Type in the id to deny, select the user's chat network (Yahoo!, LCS or WLM) and type in the user's ID. A deny message is optional.
Disable local log file - Checks for and prevents a privacy vulnerability in Messenger that can be used to record all traffic passed bi-directionally over your chat connection including but not limited to: PMs, chat room messages, mobile text messages, conferences messages, your personal status messages, your buddy list, your cookies, your aliases, permanent ignore list, your buddy's status messages and all other session data from login to logout.

[P2P Scanning]

Buddy List Scan - This feature allows you to check if you are on a user's buddy list. It'll tell you if they're online (even if they're invisible) and whether you're on the user's list.
Webcam Scan - This feature allows you to check the cam servers to see if a user is broadcasting their webcam. This feature can be used even if you're not signed into Messenger (you can be offline).

[Recent Rooms]

Recent Rooms - This feature allows you to individually select rooms to remove from your Recent Rooms List in Yahoo! Messenger's "Join Chat" window (if you have this YTK Enhanced option enabled). You also have the option to clear all of the stored rooms.

[Message Archive Decoder/Viewer]

Archive Decoder/Viewer - This feature allows you to decode and view ANY PM conversations archived on your computer from past Yahoo! Messenger conversations (if logging in Messenger is/was enabled). It allows you to choose the names you have on your computer in the archives and will list the users that exist in the conversations stored. Simply select the logfile(s) and you can immediately view them inside the built-in decoder window. Available archive options allow for exporting of the archives once they're decoded, clearing the decoder window's content and deleting individual archive logs that are found on your computer.
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[YTK Enhanced Command-line Support]

YTK Enhanced Command-line support is available for use in chat rooms. To obtain a list of all chat-related slash commands for viewing while in chat, simply type /help or /?.

Yahoo! Messenger Chat Command Help
/cls - Clears the history.
/help - Displays this message.
/join roomname - Joins room "roomname", an additional appended colon and number (:#) can be used to specify the room.
/think xxx - Displays "thinking" text with the following format: . o O (xxx)
/invite username - Invites "username" to join the room you are currently in.
: emotion - Displays user defined emotion string.

YTK Chat Command Help
/cls - Clears the chat screen. This should be done regularly to free up memory if you are experiencing low-performance.
/i username - Ignores the specified username (accepts IDs only).
/unig username - Unignores the specified username (accepts IDs only).
/s username - Marks a user(username) as safe (accepts IDs only).
/unsafe username - Removes the specified user(username) from the Safe List (accepts IDs only).
/ver - Displays YTK version information to the chat room.
/about - Opens a window detailing YTK.
/die - Closes YTK and Yahoo! Messenger.
/sysinf - Displays your PC specifications to the chat room.
/uptime - Shows your system uptime to the chat room.
/filters - Opens the ignore filter rules dialog.
/fontsz - Forces chat messages to be resized to the specified font size (10 - 72).
/stripfonteffect - Removes fades and alternate fades from chat messages.
/wantfonteffect - Fades and alternate fades may appear in chat messages.
/logger - Opens the external event logger.
/bgcolor - Applies the specified bgcolor to the chat window (accepts hex only).
/snap - Takes a screen shot of the desktop, specify the -a paramter to capture the active window only.
/trans % - Chat room and buddy list become transparent (10 - 50).
/notrans - Undo transparencies.
/showignores - Shows a list of ignored chatters.
/gawd - Become Unbootable (You will see no chat room text).
/ungawd - Disables Gawd Mode (You will see chat room text again).
/help or /? - Displays this list inside of the chat window.

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