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Voice adverts!

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cuttingpicassostoenails · 09/10/2015 06:28

How do I stop the awful voice over adverts that keep appearing? One for Radox and now one with some bloke talking about London being the most popular city. It's driving me batty! The only thing that stops them is to close down mumsnet everytime.

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Allalonenow · 15/10/2015 23:37

Silence and sanity seem to have been restored last night and so far tonight (Wed & Thursday).
Very many thanks for getting rid of them!!

Hope you have a peaceful night Brew Cake

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cuttingpicassostoenails · 15/10/2015 23:19

Aha! I have the answer. Between the hours of 0300 and 0500 there are no voice ads.

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ColetteTech · 14/10/2015 11:17

Hi All, thanks for the reports and big thanks to those who've mailed in screengrabs Flowers.
I think we've managed to find the culprits and have now blocked them, could you let me know if they are still appearing in 15 minutes time, so after 11:30am?

EmpressKnowsWhereHerTowelIs · 14/10/2015 10:34

Colette - is all this happening because you're using AdChoices?

madhairday · 14/10/2015 09:16

Joining you in pissed-offness, cutting - just logged on and that bloody radox ad started up about 3 or 4 minutes in - on a thread about bereavement, ffs Angry - it starts off really loud so always makes me jump. I'm about all in with this, won't be using mn on desktop until you've sorted this out, tech, it makes it impossible to use - again, it slowed the page, my computer was making a horrible noise and heating up - my broadband isn't fab and can't take this. Please sort this out.

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cuttingpicassostoenails · 14/10/2015 07:13

5 minutes on mumsnet and it's started again. I am a bit pissed off with this. Is there nothing that can be done?

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UsernameIncorrect · 13/10/2015 22:48

That London ad is weird. It's like a 1950s style ad aimed at children. I watched it all waiting for the witty punchline.

Blodss · 13/10/2015 22:46

Report your post life so MN will see that there are more of us with this problem. I use IE.

lifesalongsong · 13/10/2015 22:44

I'm so glad I've seen this and the other thread, I really thought my PC was on its last legs it's been going so slowly. I use Firefox and desktop site.

Allalonenow · 13/10/2015 22:06

I'm still getting these ads, Fosters lager ( it starts off with rugby and dancing stuff) London tourist stuff, also one with Pink Grapefruit and Fennel in lettering at the start perhaps it's Radox?

They load very slowly and are slowing down the site for me, making it difficult to type/post and to read.

Why can't you just tell us how to turn them off???? Can it be done in options?????

I'm getting irrate now, and me so very easy going too!!!!!

Blodss · 13/10/2015 19:48

Right, I am getting the adds as well. Very alarming actually when you cant see anything.
Im also getting a pop up at the bottom of the page that is asking me if I want to open a different server but when I google this server I am told it is malware and that the site it is appearing on is possible infected. So they are saying that Mumsnet is infecting. Also having problems with typing going very slow. Have noticed many other posts with the same problem.
I think you have a problem.

RockNRollNerd · 13/10/2015 19:20

I'm using Firefox and have the latest version of both Flash and Firefox and the ads are driving me nuts. They are so slow to load that Firefox hangs really badly. They all seem to be autoplay, I can't work out how to stop them loading. I've reosrted do adblocking MN now, it's normally stored as an exception as I know you generate revenue from them but I just can't use the site at the moment with them. I'm having the same issue on both PCs I use.

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cuttingpicassostoenails · 13/10/2015 06:40

More ads this morning. It is beyond annoying and ruins the mumsnet experience....

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Allalonenow · 13/10/2015 00:06

Just on midnight and getting a high speed car, and then Fosters lager, don't they know this is MN and we all drink gin!

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cuttingpicassostoenails · 12/10/2015 22:46

The damn Radox ad! and the London one! Arrrggghhh! It seems to use up lots of broadband too...am on a limited allowance.

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KnobJockey · 12/10/2015 22:44

Still here too! Radox, and a football one. Using desktop site on Firefox.

notthe1Parrot · 12/10/2015 21:36

Still happening here - most recent one at 21:32 - the Radox one.

Allalonenow · 12/10/2015 19:52

Oh yes, I've been getting the views of London one, but it's much better today, far fewer of them since last night.

The worst part of them is that if you have the "View Pages" setup option, as I do, then every time you open a new page they spring into life Grin

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AmyGMumsnet · 12/10/2015 16:52

Thanks for the added information, that's really helpful.

We've passed the details of those specific ads over to the ad team who will be taking a look. Thanks very much for your patience! Flowers

madhairday · 12/10/2015 16:42

Still getting the Radox one, but can't screenshot as it honestly freezes down my page every.single.time. Like pp said though it doesn't start immediately, but I know when it's coming because everything slows down. Please get rid, I've hardly MNd in last few days because of this. It's out to get me, I swear.

It's made me want to boycott Radox forever, tbh Grin

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AyeAmarok · 12/10/2015 13:19

I swear it knows I'm talking about it! I'm getting it on every thread again, aaaaargh!

And the "blah blah blah" is tipping me over the edge. Honestly, how do they think that this will make anyone want to see this film!

AyeAmarok · 12/10/2015 13:13

I'm still getting the Transilvanian Hotel movie one.

"Dennis said his first word" " "I don't say blah blah blah ", or something like that. Hmm

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