Audio in banner ads

[Morrus]

I've asked Ed to block it.

 

[moxcamel]

And again...

http:// localpromotions.info/content/multipromo/index_v5.php?cid=XAJAN2011&audio=off

 

[Lanefan]

Audio in ads seems to be the new craze - it's cropping up more and more on other sites I visit as well - very annoying when one has the internet radio playing while you surf, as I often do...

Lanefan

 

[Dice4Hire]

Wow, I have ads disabled, and I think I still got this (or one similar). I heard the "Congratulations, you won!" audio, and I had no other windows open that normally come with ads.

Edit: It just happened again, and EN World was the only browser tab I had open. I cannot tell where the ad is coming from because I can't see it.

I am a CS with ads turned off, and on some pages, I still get a couple ads way down at the bottom of the page.

For example this very page.

 

[Dragonwriter]

I've seen/heard a few of these... Quite annoying. One is the miserable Flash pink one upthread, but another I just recently encountered is full video and audio. It even starts the commercials with another commercial!

Right-clicking the player and hitting Settings gives me something about "how much information can cdn (dot) onescreen (dot) net store on your computer?" I'm assuming this .net thing is the source of this disruptive advertisement.

So far, these audio ads aren't really common, but they are getting there. I hope you can get something done with this little bit of info, as I don't really know how to find the source site for these particular ads...

 

[Scott DeWar]

I have not seen any of those ads in a while now!

 

[drothgery]

I have not seen any of those ads in a while now!

Well, I never 'see' them... they're only appearing for me (sometimes, but as recently as yesterday) in the bottom spot, which is the only one that community supporters can't turn off (and far enough below any useful content that I can't think anyone is ever clicking on those ads).

 

[Dragonwriter]

Dredging this thread up because I've got another source for audio ads... This particular one also doesn't have a Mute or Pause feature. The source info given when I right-click and go into Settings is "wac.1e41.edgecastcdn.net"

And as drothgery pointed out, they only seem to appear in the bottom ad bar.