Windows Live Messenger Flash ads?!

By Denis W.
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Today Windows Live Messenger popped up a Flash ad, with SOUND, for some movie (forgot its name) on both of my PCs. The ad started playing with sound without me doing anything other than signing into Messenger. :pinch: The ad was also on top of all windows on my desktop.

Is anyone getting something like this?

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Today Windows Live Messenger popped up a Flash ad, with SOUND, for some movie (forgot its name) on both of my PCs. The ad started playing with sound without me doing anything other than signing into Messenger. :pinch: The ad was also on top of all windows on my desktop.

Is anyone getting something like this?

I am as well. It's extremely annoying. I suggest A-patch to remove ads.

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OK it's happening again with a f***ing ad for Underworld. :angry:

Worse is it pops up on its own without me having to mouseover it, and it starts blaring music. :angry:

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I'll see if A-Patch will fix that. I must note that for 8.5, even removing the ad wasn't enough. The Flash ad was in its own window and came up regardless of the ad space being removed by Mess Patch.

I really don't mind the video carousel and text ad nowadays, but I definitely will not tolerate Flash ads that HAVE SOUND. So far both Flash ads were advertising two films, first was Journey to the Center of the Earth, now it's Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.

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i don't believe WLM would do something like that. You guys sure about it?

I'm pretty sure it does. If you have the ads enabled and mouse over the ad.. I think a little video pops outside of the MSN window which you can play / pause. I dunno, was a few weeks ago now and I wasn't really paying attention.

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VERY annoying ad with sound (N)

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THANK YOU, that's the ****ing ad :angry:

The damn thing starts playing on its own without me doing anything. Other than clicking "Sign in."

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THANK YOU, that's the ****ing ad :angry:

The damn thing starts playing on its own without me doing anything. Other than clicking "Sign in."

You sure you aren't hovering over it? I get those ads when I hover over the little ad at the bottom of the messenger window...

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This is terrible if the ads are popping up without hovering over them or with A-Patch removing the ads :(

I have had something similar with me mousing over the ads before. I haven't had it with Windows Live Messenger 2009 yet though. I still have the advert showing and haven't had this.

This is definitely something which needs explaining or sorting by the Messenger team!

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I have about 25% of right side of Hotmail screen reserved for flash ad space

I have several machines on dial-up and flash kills em dead

I installed Hosts file so had's do not take bandwidth but still a lot of wasted screen space

How can I recover this invasion of privacy

and yes Firefox is coming as soon as I can spare the bandwidth to DL

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