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#4025751 - 10/22/14 07:25 PM Video ads now?  
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Not really the best thing for those that are "bandwidth impaired"

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#4025918 - 10/23/14 01:32 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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Yes I'm often closing my browser as I hear adds. I have limited bandwidth
#4027339 - 10/26/14 12:30 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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Nor are they greatest when you've had your volume up playing a game, close the game, open your browser, and get blasted by a commercial a few minutes later out of the blue. The video ads are awful.

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#4027375 - 10/26/14 02:18 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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yeah it blows...took me a few min to determine where the audio pollution was coming from. sad to see that it was SimHQ. site's gotta eat, I guess.

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#4027478 - 10/26/14 12:45 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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your computer/browser might be infected....


http://www.malwarejail.com/get-rid-of-viewster-com-popup-malware
#4027515 - 10/26/14 03:22 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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thanks, I checked. Thankfully I don't have that virus.

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#4027621 - 10/26/14 08:33 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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I think maybe it's SimHQ's server that is possibly infected then. Here's a pic:





Notice how the video is playing right in the ad space square for SimHQ? It's not a pop up...it plays in the SimHQ ad space window. This video isn't through Viewster that I have in the pic...but the previous one was.

It only happens at SimHQ for me...no other sites have this issue.

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#4027689 - 10/26/14 10:58 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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seriously guys, kill these ads

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#4027759 - 10/27/14 02:24 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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Yeah, I get those ads too, on multiple systems, and the audio is very annoying. I check the site at work during breaks, and if I didn't use headphones at work, my co-workers would have gotten an earful of one of the ads. And since they're low on the page, it took me a while to figure out where it was coming from at first.

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#4027841 - 10/27/14 01:04 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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I get them at work (on a "secure" healthcare system network) and at home. So it is definitely not on our end. In the same box indicated by Force10. Firefox if it matters...

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#4029335 - 10/30/14 01:55 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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Really annoying.
#4029360 - 10/30/14 02:47 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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I think we found the viewster ads, should be gone in a few hours....
#4029418 - 10/30/14 04:43 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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Yay! Thank you! (they're still there as of this post, but looking forward to their departure).

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#4030172 - 11/01/14 01:51 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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The viewster ads appear to be gone, but I'm still getting auto-play video ads, many with audio. It's a performance hit, and just downright annoying.

I turn off the audio on one, but later it starts, or of course if I just go to a different forum.


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#4030867 - 11/03/14 02:35 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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added more filters, still seeing video ads?
#4032150 - 11/05/14 05:16 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: RacerGT]  
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Originally Posted By: RacerGT
added more filters, still seeing video ads?



Seems good here...thanks!

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#4034389 - 11/11/14 02:02 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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I'm still seeing video ads. They take up so much bandwidth that I can't even type messages fluidly, the buffering or something is causing pauses as I type...

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#4035125 - 11/12/14 06:25 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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I just had auto-audio ads, so they are still showing up. If someone could kindly kill them with fire, that would be amazing.
#4035316 - 11/13/14 03:27 AM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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yes, I've just started getting these auto-play audio ads today in Chrome. There's not even a mute button - I literally have to turn my speakers off to stop them.
#4035371 - 11/13/14 12:59 PM Re: Video ads now? [Re: Force10]  
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blocked some more, give it to end of day and let's see if they are gone..
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