Just recently began hearing Spanish speaking ads, I guess, as I don't speak spanish. I hear these when I get on XDA developers website using my PC. Anyone else experience this and is there a way to turn them off? Thanks.
WTF is up with these ads auto playing in the first place??? Embarrassed the hell out of me at work today when out of the blue, my computer starts blaring out SPANISH crap from an ad playing automatically. Could you not simply beg for donations from members like us instead?
EDIT: Ooops! That's what I get for switching from Firefox to Chrome. Ad Block Plus had been saving me from this garbage and I never saw them in the first place. Time to find a suitable equivalent for Chrome.
it has nothing to do with Chrome i'm On IE at work and it started playing
Happened to me this morning too, took me a while to find the ad, way down in the bottom right hand corner of the page.
They should NOT auto play and, esp after you hit stop it shouldn't start itself again a few seconds later. ANNOYING!!!
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I'm starting this thread to let you know about a weird issue i'm having with xda-developers forum, a week has passed but i still haven't found a solution.
Basically, when i load any of the page of this forum my notebook starts playing some annoying beeps, 5 or 6 short (but strong) beeps, something like an alarm!
It looks like a pc's bios/hardware error, but it is not. It ONLY occurs while i'm navigating xda-developers, and in no other case.
Is that weird enough?
Is there anybody else who gets her/his computer turned into road runner while browsing xda-developers forum?
lol!
This sounds really really strange...are you 100% sure it's only on xda? And it's definitely a system/BIOS beep?
One way to solve BIOS issues...get a Mac
Sent from the XDA App on my FroYoed Sprint Hero...so forgive possible typos
thanks for your answers,
unfortunately (or problably i have to say fortunately!) i'm sure it is not a bios problem.
The one and the only condition which leads to these beeps is loading a xda-developers page. No virus, no hardware issues, nothing that i can find.
Actually, searching over the net i found this referred to the 6 beeps or led blinks (from HP site):
"The BIOS authentication error (Blink code 6) is extremely rare. It is the result of a discrepancy between the BIOS and the hardware that is installed on the computer. This error occurs when the BIOS cannot authenticate signatures from the hardware on the system. The purpose of the BIOS authentication is to be sure that no one has tampered with the BIOS on the computer."
But, no new hardware has been installed, and all works flawless except when i'm on xda. Then i really can't believe that loading a page from xda can arouse from sleep some hidden and unsigned hardware in my notebook
I will wait a bit for someone who has the same "beeps trouble" with xda.. otherwise i will try with some radical solution (formatting)
i have the same problem and only when i load xda pages (started two days ago)...guys, this is really annoying...i have to turn off speakers when i'm browsing xda...why? why? why???
browser is firefox 3.6.12
spyrale said:
i have the same problem and only when i load xda pages (started two days ago)...guys, this is really annoying...i have to turn off speakers when i'm browsing xda...why? why? why???
browser is firefox 3.6.12
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If your sound disappears when you turn the speakers down, it's not a BIOS beep. It must be an ad or something at the top of the page that makes the noise.
ok, i tried with internet explorer and doesn't beep...so, it is the combination between firefox and xda...how to solve this? any idea?
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If your sound disappears when you turn the speakers down, it's not a BIOS beep. It must be an ad or something at the top of the page that makes the noise.
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yeah, i never thought it was a bios problem i thought it was some fu*** ads on xda
now i get it, it's the square ad at the bottom of the page (secondamano.it)...jesus...how can i get rid of it? maybe installing an ad block plugin....
i think it is only for italian people...
installed firefox plugin Adblock plus...no more beeps
thanks a lot!
It's exactly the solution i was looking for, i use firefox too, i tried lot of things but not the easiest way: trying with another browser!
so, firefox + xda + ads = beeps
now i'm going to install the ads blocker, thanks again
I have the exact same problem, except it has originated (I think) when I was using appbrain. It also happens even if I only have a google tab open - with out that ad even on the page! Really annoying. I need to find a way to block this in chrome.
I too concluded it is the secondamendo add
Is anyone else having issues with banner ads on the portal page? I dont usually mind them. But lately if my mouse goes anywhere near them they pop out, take up half my screen, play loud audio and are just such a pain to exit out of. especially when they pop right back up a few seconds later.
dont get me wrong, i dont mind ads, im glad to see the site making money from them, but do they really need to have pop out audio ads
!?!?!?!?!
davidstre said:
Is anyone else having issues with banner ads on the portal page? I dont usually mind them. But lately if my mouse goes anywhere near them they pop out, take up half my screen, play loud audio and are just such a pain to exit out of. especially when they pop right back up a few seconds later.
dont get me wrong, i dont mind ads, im glad to see the site making money from them, but do they really need to have pop out audio ads
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Could you get a screenshot if they are audio ads or ones that block the site off?
I love Xda and what you guys do and I know that ads are what keeps this site going but the flow player ads are loud and they play automatically. Is there something that can be down about this? When I click on a page now I have to scroll down to the bottom click stop and they still automatically play about 5 seconds later. Please help
Have flagged this to the admin.
i was coming here to ask about this also. i stepped away from my desk today and come back to pop music playing out of my speakers. i was less than thrilled. the reason the ad plays again is because they refresh every 30 seconds
i love xda and what yall do and how you foster the community and i understand that ads are a big part of how you're able to continue which is the #1 reason i have xda and a handful of sites that i love and visit regularly whitelisted on adblock but if this situation continues i'll have to adjust my settings.
I also have to mention how annoying this is. Especially when browsing at work, the ads are so much louder than the streaming radio I keep playing at low volumes. I'm forever having to mute the sound on my machine to keep my office mates from wondering what's going on.
How can these ads be blocked? This is a little disturbing and I don't like it. I understand they are selling ads, but give the users of this forum an option. Hidden to some, I'm getting several calls from friends of mine that use this forum about this. I'll just stick with the Android version until I can isolate the code and stop it from accessing my network.
Ended up using a flash blocking plugin in Firefox. 'Flashblock'
Post screenshots please please.
At the bottom right of most pages there is a interactive flash ad for CLEARASIL which is not visible unless you scroll down to the bottom of the page, and yet has loud and annoying audio. for me it loaded on pretty much every page I loaded for a few minutes, even playing at the same time in different tabs. Seems like its the wrong sort of ad for a site like this, its extremely intrusive and distracting.
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At the bottom right of most pages there is a interactive flash ad for CLEARASIL which is not visible unless you scroll down to the bottom of the page, and yet has loud and annoying audio. for me it loaded on pretty much every page I loaded for a few minutes, even playing at the same time in different tabs. Seems like its the wrong sort of ad for a site like this, its extremely intrusive and distracting.
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I believe it should be removed... If that's not the case, let us know.
I just had one a second ago... when your not expecting sound then all of a sudden it starts going, next thing you know the house wakes up and wife comes downstairs and boots me off of XDA. It's in all of our best interests to stay as covert as possible. Please make the video ads go away or make them silent.
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I just had one a second ago... when your not expecting sound then all of a sudden it starts going, next thing you know the house wakes up and wife comes downstairs and boots me off of XDA. It's in all of our best interests to stay as covert as possible. Please make the video ads go away or make them silent.
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We are trying to. Can you get us a screenshot of it, so we can pass that on to the company?
Its very annoying and even more annoying when you have lots of tabs open. I've installed an ad blocker and it does the trick
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So I have had my Pixel XL for just over a week now and for the last few days I have been getting annoying pop ups appear in chrome when browsing sites such as xda, phonearena and techradar.
When the pop up appears in chrome the phone vibrates and it will not let me close the tab. Usually the pop up will claim that I have won the lottery or a free iphone etc.
I have tried, deleting all history, cache, cookies etc from chrome since the beginning of time and I have done the same on my laptop to prevent it syncing back across. I have also tried resetting all network settings but the issue persists.
I get the same issue both on WIFI and on 3/4G.
Has anyone had the same issue? if so how did you fix it? I thought the Pixel was supposed to be a secure phone, i feel like its already riddled with malware!
Thanks in advance!
* I will grab a screen shot of the next pop up and upload it to this thread. *
Update 5th Nov: added Screenshot.
This happens to me from time to time. My best guess is that it's just malicious ads on the sites, and not actually malware on the phone or anything to worry about. Closing the tab has always ended it for me. What happens when you try to close it but can't?
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This happens to me from time to time. My best guess is that it's just malicious ads on the sites, and not actually malware on the phone or anything to worry about. Closing the tab has always ended it for me. What happens when you try to close it but can't?
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I find it strange that sites like xda and techradar have malicious ads though? also this has only surfaced in the last couple of days? before this is had no issues...
My concern lies mainly in the fact that you can't close the tab. What happens exactly when you try to do that?
when the pop up if present on the screen you cannot press the tab button (top right) to close the tab. The way I get around it is pressing the switch app software button at the bottom and then selecting google chrome. I then get a split second to quickly press the tab button top right on chrome or the ad wont let me press it again. The pop up ad causes the ad to vibrate violently when chrome is open. Its winding me up.
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when the pop up if present on the screen you cannot press the tab button (top right) to close the tab. The way I get around it is pressing the switch app software button at the bottom and then selecting google chrome. I then get a split second to quickly press the tab button top right on chrome or the ad wont let me press it again. The pop up ad causes the ad to vibrate violently when chrome is open. Its winding me up.
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I expect that it's a dialog box preventing you from pressing the tab button. Is this the case? If so, did you try checking "Prevent this page from creating additional dialogs", then dismissing it?
Thanks for your help, I. Was trying to find a way of preventing the pop ups in the first place if anyone has any ideas? Could it be a rogue app on my device, I've only installed a handful of 3rd party apps and most are from large companies, BBC, premier league etc.
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Thanks for your help, I. Was trying to find a way of preventing the pop ups in the first place if anyone has any ideas? Could it be a rogue app on my device, I've only installed a handful of 3rd party apps and most are from large companies, BBC, premier league etc.
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Not a rogue app, my freshly restored Pixel does it. I installed an adblocker.
HOSer_hut said:
Not a rogue app, my freshly restored Pixel does it. I installed an adblocker.
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Which ad blocker have you installed, Im not going to root this device.
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Which ad blocker have you installed, Im not going to root this device.
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I installed AdAway, I did root my device.
Adguard works really well if you don't want to root.
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Adguard works really well if you don't want to root.
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Thank you, I will give this a go.
So I remember having this issue a few months back. I'm looking for the Google problem that was logged but from what I remember the issue is not device specific but actually based off of your unique google ad profile. These malicious ads are going after those ID's and then that's how you get vibrate ads on reputable sites. I stopped using personalized ads and that fixed the issue for me a few months ago. I will try to find the link to add. It is an issue Google is aware of.
Ad support is fine and XDA has the right to have ads.
Where I draw the line is the Ad described by the OP, I would complain to XDA.
With XDA I support the site by subscribing
I had the same thing happen to me. I determined it was a bad or unofficial .apk for ShowBox. Once I deleted it, the vibrating pop-ups stopped. I ultimately found the proper .apk, installed it and haven't had the issue again.
So I've installed Adguard and I'm a little concerned that my traffic is being routed through their vpn. I don't really trust that.
Also I've added a Screenshot of one of these annoying pop ups that vibrate my phone. FYI I didn't have Adguard running at the time.
I've also gotten these a few times. If I remember correctly I also noticed it on my Note 7.
Vibrating ads have nothing to do with malicious apps, webpages have permission to vibrate natively
Narrow down the problem... process of elimination.
Exactly what sites/pages/tabs do you have open when this is happening? Either your phone has been jacked and needs to be wiped (or maybe Chrome removed/reset) or you are visiting the same page(s)/websites that have been jacked. Believe it or not, this happens to some very reputable sites due to poor security on the part of themselves or an advertising vendor purchasing and displaying ads on the site.