Audio Ads

Buddahaid · 10-01-14, 03:06 PM

I'm getting audio only ads on two different computers that seem to be related to Subsim. What's going on?

Onkel Neal · 10-01-14, 03:20 PM

?? How? Need more information.

Buddahaid · 10-01-14, 03:27 PM

Three times today I've had an audio only ad play that doesn't match up with the banner ad. At first I thought it came from photobucket but it just happened on another PC where I don't use pb and it happened right after clicking to refresh GT at Subsim. I'm not saying I know it's Subsim but it's never happened before anywhere without a pop-up creeping through. These have no pop-up windows and were for GM products.

Wolferz · 10-01-14, 04:10 PM

That sounds like a very persistent cookie. Or maybe a malicious pop under ad. Have you tried deleting your browser history and cache?

Buddahaid · 10-01-14, 05:29 PM

I would think so as well save for two different PC with different cache histories. Well, well, number four just happened and it was for GMAC finance. I had two tabs opened in Chrome and I closed the other one leaving Subsim running. The ad continued to play and I noticed a speaker icon in the tab that went away after it was done. This is certainly coming by way of Subsim or the speaker would have been in the other tab.

Buddahaid · 10-01-14, 05:31 PM

Number five just now with only Subsim running. It was a Capital One CC ad and the speaker was again present. The ads may all have been Capital One.

10-01-14, 03:06 PM	#1
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,324 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Audio Ads I'm getting audio only ads on two different computers that seem to be related to Subsim. What's going on? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-01-14, 03:20 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	?? How? Need more information. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-01-14, 03:27 PM	#3
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,324 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Three times today I've had an audio only ad play that doesn't match up with the banner ad. At first I thought it came from photobucket but it just happened on another PC where I don't use pb and it happened right after clicking to refresh GT at Subsim. I'm not saying I know it's Subsim but it's never happened before anywhere without a pop-up creeping through. These have no pop-up windows and were for GM products. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-01-14, 04:10 PM	#4
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	That sounds like a very persistent cookie. Or maybe a malicious pop under ad. Have you tried deleting your browser history and cache? __________________ Tomorrow never comes

10-01-14, 05:29 PM	#5
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,324 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I would think so as well save for two different PC with different cache histories. Well, well, number four just happened and it was for GMAC finance. I had two tabs opened in Chrome and I closed the other one leaving Subsim running. The ad continued to play and I noticed a speaker icon in the tab that went away after it was done. This is certainly coming by way of Subsim or the speaker would have been in the other tab. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-01-14, 05:31 PM	#6
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,324 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Number five just now with only Subsim running. It was a Capital One CC ad and the speaker was again present. The ads may all have been Capital One. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie