Incredibly irritating "Error beep" ad

Post #1 » by **Alfred** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:37 pm

I have heard from a couple of other posters that they are also getting an incredibly infuriating ad on RealGM that makes the windows error message sound every 6 seconds or so. It has flashing type that says "YOU ARE THE 999,999TH VISITOR: CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON!!!!!"

I don't know what can be done about it, but it's really, really annoying.

P.S. You don't have to inform me about Firefox. I know about Firefox.

40InchVert · Post #2 » by **40InchVert** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:38 pm

I'm getting that too...so annoying. I have to turn off my sound to get rid of it.

Avalanche · Post #3 » by **Avalanche** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:40 pm

Thats what that **** is!!

seriously very irritating

PopAGat · Post #4 » by **PopAGat** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:43 pm

I know it is. Its gay. I thought it was something to do with my computer with the settings, software and its this stupid ad.

Grrrr.

ImmortalD24 · Post #5 » by **ImmortalD24** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:50 pm

Yeah I know!! I just installed the firefox flash block plugin.

Shak23 · Post #6 » by **Shak23** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:51 pm

Yes it is annoying I thought some application was running in the background.

RealGM do something about some of these annoying ads.

Usuyami · Post #7 » by **Usuyami** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:53 pm

flashblock THANK YOU! That banner was seriously driving me insane.

Post #8 » by **5DOM** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:55 pm

i agree. annoying as hell

Silk Wilkes · Post #9 » by **Silk Wilkes** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:58 pm

Stupid ad. Beep yourself.

matt2727 · Post #10 » by **matt2727** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 9:02 pm

same problem for me. so annoying!

applesauce · Post #11 » by **applesauce** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 9:06 pm

Wow, I just found out it was this ad. I was wondering what the hell that was.

Blue_Bomber · Post #12 » by **Blue_Bomber** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 9:09 pm

Scared the crap out of me when I had my speakers blasting.

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #13 » by **Buck You** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 9:12 pm

If you have firefox just type in addons in your browser and it should take you to a page where you can download ad block plus and you will never see another ad again. :thumbsup:

Post #14 » by **Alfred** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 10:01 pm

IIIIITTTT'S BAAAAAACK!!! The ad is back, except this time it does a cricket chirp instead of the error message.

Do any people with the actual power to do anything about it read this? I haven't seen any moderator post anything about fixing this.

KB89 · Post #15 » by **KB89** » Mon Feb 4, 2008 11:56 pm

I'm amazed so little people use adblock.

Black Jesus 1 · Post #16 » by **Black Jesus 1** » Fri Feb 8, 2008 3:46 am

OH
MY
F'IN
GOD

GET RID OF THIS DUMB XBOX AD, PLEAAAAAAAAASE! It's coming up 8/10 times basically for me

Triangle Theory · Post #17 » by **Triangle Theory** » Fri Feb 8, 2008 4:41 am

Black Jesus 1 wrote:OH
MY
F'IN
GOD

GET RID OF THIS DUMB XBOX AD, PLEAAAAAAAAASE! It's coming up 8/10 times basically for me

SAME.

http://www.last.fm/user/DPF55 · Post #18 » by **Buck You** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:40 am

KB89 wrote:I'm amazed so little people use adblock.

They probably can't figure out how to install it. :lol:

Post #19 » by **bleu** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:37 am

Black Jesus 1 wrote:OH
MY
F'IN
GOD

GET RID OF THIS DUMB XBOX AD, PLEAAAAAAAAASE! It's coming up 8/10 times basically for me

"Congratulations. You've just won a free XBox 360. Bla Bla Bla. Participation is required."

Gek · Post #20 » by **Gek** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:55 pm

RealGM can block it - ads with sound make more $ though...