Ads with sound on Neowin

[jamend]

Any chance they can be taken out of the rotation? That "Smart Spin" flash+sound ad that's sometimes on the front page is pretty damned annoying.

[tomwarren Veteran]

And the British Gas one and Blockbuster ones too, damn annoying.

[Trunten]

Site and forum issues? ;)

I don't see ads like these. :huh: I'm pretty sure Neowin doesn't use ads with sound. Maybe you have some adware or spyware? :unsure:

[.will]

using firefox, ive never heard a one. however the one on aim aim **** me off.

[Jonny Wake]

I've been hit with one on the front page. If your using Firefox just Adblock it.

[Trunten]

I must be a lucky one than. I've been coming to Neowin for over 2 years and have never gotten any ads with sound.

Only times I've had sound on Neowin are if members break the avatar and sig rules by putting sound in them (using flash).

[saxondale.]

blockbusters one is annoying

[kennyout]

of course...its blockbuster....

everyone of their commericals **** me off....

[Hez]

It will make my PC more slowly!

56K!!

[tkyoshi]

Ohhhh sheesh that's what it was.

I was listening to music on napster today and then suddently i started hearing the voices, then when i stopped the song the voices would continue for like 2 secs then stop. Then continue the song and the voices would start again.

I thought it was my AIW being stupid, but closing all IE windows fixed it.

Now i know where it was coming from :D

[b0m8er]

I've been hit with one on the front page. If your using Firefox just Adblock it.

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That shows your ignorance - Neowin makes money from these ads, if you block them you're an ass. Nothing personal, just my opinion on blocking ads on that site :p

To stay on topic: I saw those ads - pretty annoyng....

[russ0943]

i've never been hit with a popup ad on neowin...ever. However the google ads at the top are to support the site and not very annoying.

[jamend]

Nobody said anything about popups. The sound ads we're talking go in place of the more common google tower ads on the right.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

[Moved to S&FI]

[VGVL]

Damn sound ads. They mess up my music. :hmmm:

[badnewz]

i got them as well. zackly the same add as on tv for some space saving contrapcion that slides in and out of yer cupboard.

not a popup,, just audio.

happened a lot yesterday but 2day nuthin so far.

ran adaware and spybot but found nuthin and took a look at system processes and nuthin.

running 2 different puters and it happened on both and only on neowin.

[badnewz]

still getting them.

smartspin storage system.

[badnewz]

they are still happening,, what the deal?

[Lare2]

Strange, never hear one, and always surf with the audio up

[Nocstar]

yea i heard them in firefox too its not that bad you can click it off :)

[insanekiwi]

never heard a sound...wierd.

[Guest FaX]

thats what it was then, I was listening to Greenday album and I could heard voices :|

[Burned]

They are Flash Ads that are running on Neowin. You can turn the sound off by clicking on the speaker. The annoying thing is it does not stay off when you come back to the site.

[badnewz]

they are still happening and only on this site.

[sundayx Veteran]

yes. annoying as hell. please neowin find an alternative that does not annoy users