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April 23rd, 2008, 02:46 AM
Philip M

[Home] How do I stop the music?

Says it all!

Please get rid of this "innovation" asap
April 23rd, 2008, 05:34 AM
Steve R Jones

And specifically, you're wanting to stop What?
April 23rd, 2008, 06:32 AM
zzstevo

Thus Spake Zarathustra music for 2001 movie
April 23rd, 2008, 07:06 AM
Steve R Jones

Guessing you guys are talking about an ad on this site that targets people living in the UK...
April 23rd, 2008, 07:14 AM
zzstevo

those drums are doin my head in !
April 23rd, 2008, 09:59 AM
dunedin

Oh boy, do I second that :mad:

That ad music is just unbearable. I have to shut my sound off to visit here. If you just turn the sound off in the ad it starts again every time you click a link to read a thread.

If I forget to turn the sound off before visiting, it starts blaring out. It is awful :mad:

Please get rid of it

Elaine
April 23rd, 2008, 10:08 AM
Steve R Jones

If you move to the USA real quickly, you won't hear a thing...

JPnyc mentioned this to the guys "upstairs" from him about complaints on a sister site. Nothing else he can do......
April 23rd, 2008, 10:13 AM
dunedin

Hmm, well I hope that they do something soon.

It is almost enough to stop me coming here.

I`m sure it must put off all visitors from the UK and we can ill afford that

Elaine
April 23rd, 2008, 01:05 PM
Steve R Jones

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JPnyc

I never see these ads because they appear to be targeted to the UK. Those of you who are experiencing this issue, if you can grab a screenshot or save the source code when these ads come up, it will help me to know which adds to report. Thanks
April 23rd, 2008, 02:01 PM
dunedin

OK, here`s a screenshot

https://discussions.virtualdr.com/
April 23rd, 2008, 02:37 PM
JPnyc

OK, I think were going to get some action on this.
April 23rd, 2008, 05:16 PM
Train

Right click and select Properties. Then you can copy the url and paste it in.

Anyway should be able to.
April 23rd, 2008, 05:16 PM
dunedin

Thanks very much for your help JPnyc :)

I really hope they remove it soon

Elaine
April 23rd, 2008, 05:20 PM
dunedin

Train

Can`t do that. Right click just gives you Flash Player "Settings"

Elaine
April 23rd, 2008, 05:28 PM
jdc2000

It might be worth trying View, Source to see where the flash (.swf) file is coming from.
April 23rd, 2008, 05:55 PM
Train

Rats on the Flash Player. Irks me too.
JP's idea should wok too.
April 23rd, 2008, 06:26 PM
JPnyc

I routinely surf with flash disabled (actually with ActiveX disabled) because with 30 forums open all the time, that's a potential 60 to 90 flash ads running at one time, which would cripple most any processor. In addition there's no reason to have ActiveX enabled unless you actually require it for a site.
April 25th, 2008, 02:38 AM
Philip M

Quote:

Originally Posted by dunedin

Hmm, well I hope that they do something soon.

It is almost enough to stop me coming here.

I`m sure it must put off all visitors from the UK and we can ill afford that

Elaine

Yes, you really must get rid of it.
Is there not some way of stopping it?
If not I shall not be visiting this forum very often in future.

The ad is for Microsoft "Really Really Big". There is a very small link to click on to stop the infernal noise, but as soon as you move to a different page the cacophony starts again.

I find that the same ad is on other sites such as javascript.internet com.

Aarrggggghhhhhhh!

Philip M
April 25th, 2008, 04:16 AM
dunedin

I believe it is gone!

It is not there at the moment anyway so I hope it is gone for good.

Thanks for your help JPnyc :)

What a relief!

Elaine