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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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cozietoesie · 24/11/2014 21:58

Haven't had anything since Saturday. (Saying that might be tempting fate though.)

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Got99problems · 24/11/2014 20:57

Just had one for android. Annoying!

EauRouge · 23/11/2014 22:19

And a Tesco one.

EauRouge · 23/11/2014 21:49

I just got another one, I think it was for Google.

MEgirl · 23/11/2014 21:02

Happened to me for the first time (twice, one Dettol, the second I can't remember) this evening. Can't say how disappointed I was to find this happening. It has put me off using other sites. Would hate for it to do the same here.

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DawnMumsnet · 22/11/2014 20:16

Hi all,

Just letting you know that we have flagged this issue to our Tech team, and they'll be hunting the noisy blighters down and zapping them.

We're really sorry this has cropped up again; we know how annoying it is. Flowers

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cozietoesie · 22/11/2014 18:47

Now it just didn't occur to me that it might contribute to a breach of broadband data caps - so apologies for that, Extra.

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ExtraVolume · 22/11/2014 17:40

Now on this thread. Bye!

ExtraVolume · 22/11/2014 17:38

Four times in the last 10 minutes, even while searching MN for Site Stuff to see if there was already a thread on this.

I have a very small broadband allowance and can't afford to go over it, for that reason I never go on Youtube etc. Really don't want to be paying extra to have adverts looping over and over.

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cozietoesie · 22/11/2014 16:57

Not been happening for me today. I've been on a laptop when I've been on MN. (Win 8 and FF)

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WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 22/11/2014 16:44

Happening to me too but I've shut the browser down straight away and not seem what they are.

TiggyD · 22/11/2014 16:41

Lemsip and Dettol for me today.

Interesting taste.

Summerisle1 · 22/11/2014 16:35

Sorry to say that they are actually getting more frequent! Nearly every time I've refreshed a page for the last 2 days - be that in any forum - I've been blasted by a wave of unwanted sound. Really horrid, really intrusive.

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TheOnlyOliviaMumsnet · 22/11/2014 14:23

Hello
Sorry this is still happening, we will see what else we can do.

fuckweasel · 21/11/2014 23:34

Hang on, Nurofen and Android just started up as well. Grr.

fuckweasel · 21/11/2014 23:30

Yesterday; lemsip, dettol and Google. Today; just Google......but really annoying! Please make it stop.

TiggyD · 21/11/2014 23:17

They start and you have to click on them and it takes you to another site before you can get it to shut up. Can you disable all moving ads until it's fixed?

TiggyD · 21/11/2014 23:14

Seriously annoying.

mum9876 · 20/11/2014 21:29

I'm getting this too. When in AIBU a Neurofen one just keeps going off with the sound repeatedly. If you click on it to stop it you get diverted to an advert page.

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cozietoesie · 20/11/2014 20:18

Forget the browsing only. I've just been Dettol'd inside a thread.

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cozietoesie · 20/11/2014 19:39

Now it's Talk to Google, then Lemsip, then Dettol - interspersed with what seem to be headcam shots of someone crossing the Grand Canyon on a wire. It seems to be when you first hit a page and are just browsing on titles rather than inside a thread and posting.

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cozietoesie · 20/11/2014 18:58

I hadn't had any for several days - I had been hoping that Tech had sorted it - and just as I was typing that first 'I haven't....' (now 'I hadn't), the music started playing So far we've had Strepsils, Nurofen and Cilit Bang and they're just keeping on rolling.

Same place as before - but here's another screenshot.

Can we opt out of the sounds on adverts?
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MrsCosmopilite · 20/11/2014 14:48

Ebay, Strepsils and something to do with a google phone app.
Screenshots of Ebay & Strepsils

Can we opt out of the sounds on adverts?
Can we opt out of the sounds on adverts?
MrsCosmopilite · 20/11/2014 14:29

I'm getting this too. Will screenshot next time. It's a really annoying bit of music too.
When I tried to stop/mute it, the mouse wouldn't let me go near the controls on the ad, but I could use the rest of the page/screen with no issues and full mouse control.

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DawnMumsnet · 14/11/2014 17:01

Thanks for the screenshot, cozietoesie.

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