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Can we opt out of the sounds on adverts?

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cozietoesie · 13/11/2014 21:52

Twice today, I've been having a deliberately quiet laptop session when suddenly I've had noisy MN advert soundtracks start going - very disconcerting and definitely unwanted. Is there a way to opt out of the soundtracks?

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EauLittleRougeofBethlehem · 03/12/2014 22:11

I've just had another one for Cillit Bang.

catsofa · 27/11/2014 22:07

If you haven't used it for a while you might find that the old Adblocker/plus isn't as good as it used to be. Adblock Edge is the latest and best version of the same add-on, and works like a dream. Enjoy Smile

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 27/11/2014 21:58

I've just re-activated ad-blocker, hoping that will take care of it.

mum9876 · 27/11/2014 21:50

Yes, it seemed to stop for a while for me (the past few days) now it's back with avengeance on AIBU - three different adverts just pinging off randomly when I'm nowhere near them with my mouse so to speak. If you click to stop it it takes you to their advert page.

catsofa · 27/11/2014 21:49

If you use Firefox as your browser you can get an add-on called Adblock Edge which will hide all advertising, it is wonderful.

coppertop · 27/11/2014 21:48

And now there's an ebay one on auto-play.

Really annoying.

Allalonenow · 27/11/2014 21:46

My nerves are in shreds with the noise, and they are just so very determined to play, seems impossible to turn them off.
It's certainly taking away a lot of the pleasure of just browsing MN.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 27/11/2014 21:34

And now Lemsip again. It's been OK all day, just started again now

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 27/11/2014 21:30

Strepsils tonight

Summerisle1 · 26/11/2014 19:41

I'm not someone to keep on complaining about stuff. But these adverts are making MN an increasingly impossible place to be.

ChippingInAutumnLover · 25/11/2014 23:03

Dawn I'm glad it 'shouldn't be happening' as I've had to turn the sound off on both the laptop and the ipad when I'm on MN which means I can't MN as often (as I need the sound for other stuff).

I'll turn it back on and report it if I hear it again. Unfortunately I didn't pay any attention to which advert it was. 'Irritating' never influences me to buy anything :)

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cozietoesie · 25/11/2014 22:53

I just don't know - but Tech should be able to have established what's happening, when it's happening, where it's happening and so on. Beats me.

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TheFarSide · 25/11/2014 22:43

It is happening with a range of advertisers, so it seems to me a Mumsnet problem rather than a problem with whoever is advertising.

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cozietoesie · 25/11/2014 22:16

I don't see what the problem is for MN. They know the symptoms and they know the ad candidates. Surely they shoud have been able to stop it by now.

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coppertop · 25/11/2014 22:12

Mine's IE-something and Google Chrome.

(Lemsip ad now starting by itself)

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 25/11/2014 22:10

I wonder if it depends on the browser? I use three computers, two pcs and a Mac, it only seems to happen on the Mac (Safari).

coppertop · 25/11/2014 22:09

The Nurofen advert seems to be on a permanent loop. Even when I manage to disable the sound, it switches itself back on as soon as the advert re-starts.

And now there's one for Cillit Bang...

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cozietoesie · 25/11/2014 22:04

Due to circumstances, I'm using a machine which hadn't been scrubbed of spyware for several days. I've just done a deep scrub and I'll see if that helps.

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 25/11/2014 21:56

Oh, I had MN open on another window in the background, closed it and Lemsip went away. Back to blaming MN!

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 25/11/2014 21:55

Hang on, just closed MN and Lemsip started up again when I was in FB. Hmmm.

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 25/11/2014 21:53

Just had Lemsip followed almost immediately by Nicotinell. And Lemsip has just started up again.

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cozietoesie · 25/11/2014 21:37

Well that really T'd me off. I was in the middle of writing a difficult response to another poster who was quite upset and suddenly I have blaring Cilit Bang all over me.

I quite lost my train of thought - which was not helpful.

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MEgirl · 25/11/2014 15:20

Have had some more. Haven't bothered to check what they are. I go for the sound button straight away, turn it off and then ignore. Not ideal as I like to have the sound turned on most of the time.

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cozietoesie · 25/11/2014 14:43

ebay, then National Lottery, then ebay again. 2 minutes ago.

Can we opt out of the sounds on adverts?
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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 24/11/2014 22:00

I had one today but couldn't find this thread to report it, it was for Cillit Bang.