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    Audio ads invading my PC? What the f"%! is going on?!

    I just had the most distressing experience. Out of absolutely nowhere, a guy started talking about Wallstreet and how to make money.
    No videos running. Nothing. I could see now ads on any page, but there he was in my ears, talking about money.

    I closed all Chrome tabs and he went quiet.
    What the hell is this? Hidden ads? Malicious malware?

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    Use an add blocker.

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    Hidden video on a website. Just don't use the website.

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    Voiced adds on a site. It's nothing new, really. I use Adblock Plus on Firefox, and they are very much gone. All of the adds.

    Also, what was the site you experienced this?
    Last edited by Santti; 2013-05-22 at 03:34 PM.

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    yep that scared the hell out of me the first time too lol

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    Wait until you get barry scott, i've now plotted his whereabouts and plan to assassinate him soon.

    (Joking you lurking police officers... Don't bust my door down)

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    I think flash ads with sound should be illegal. I swear, if I didn't have adblocker, I'd have had a heart attack by now. They're directly culpable!
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    This one time I turned adblock off on accident and heard a commercial on Pandora, I freaked out. You should just turn adblock on, it'll fix that.

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    Yep, use Adblock Plus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RICH1471 View Post
    Use an add blocker.
    This... I can't stress this enough.

    OP - I had the exact same problem as you, particularly on this site.

    I don't mind ads, so long as they're not invasive to my viewing. Waiting 10 seconds and playing some off-window loud clip to scare the piss out of me counts as invasive. :P

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    Adverts are like hookers and without protection(adblock plus) u will eventually catch the AIDS(malware) from them, even happened with the ads on here before.

    Then theres the whole stopping annoying vid ads n etc etc, but SAFETY FIRST!

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    could also be the curse client who has annoying videos with voice on autorun even when it is minimized.

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    step 1 : calm yourself.
    Step 2 : confirm the ad is playing and that others can hear it. your brain may be compromised hearing things that arent there.
    step 3 : turn your speakers off.
    step 4 : install ad blocker to your browser.
    step 5 : install malware / anti virus and run it.
    step 6 : if still hear ad's, consider reformatting your computer.
    Hi

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    check for malware especially like the curse client. that garbage running in the background can be a serious backdoor. like other junk/adware it will always modify the configuration to automatically start with windows.
    annoying and very BAD practice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RICH1471 View Post
    Use an add blocker.
    I am using ad blocker!

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    So there I was, chillin' at a party; no better yet disco. I was jammin' on some sweet vibes, when all of a sudden, "HOW I MADE 24,564 DOLLARS IN THREE DAYS!"

    Stop advertisement abuse. It's wrong and kills thousands of baby seals and bambi's each year. Do the right thing and stop making audio ads.
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