MacroF$#@&*%GMedia pop up

[indahook]

Is anybody else getting the prompt to download the latest and greatest Macromedia when they come to ET? If I wanted popups every 3 seconds I would sign up to AOL. GEEEZZZZZ!

 

[richtrader]

Download it and the prompts will go away.

I got them too.

 

[Magna]

Have to admit, it is a tremendous nuisance.

 

[Tech Analysis]

Plus, you can't effectively block/not install Flash anymore because many websites use it for basic navigation or menus.

 

[onewaypockets]

Quote from indahook:

Is anybody else getting the prompt to download the latest and greatest Macromedia when they come to ET? If I wanted popups every 3 seconds I would sign up to AOL. GEEEZZZZZ!

Since I switched to the FIREFOX browser http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/0.8.html I don't get pop-ups or many prompts anymore at any sites. My "Ad-Aware" rarely finds any data miners either.

MS Internet Explorer is the pits.

 

[Baron]

The problem is that sometimes our advertisers save their ads in the very latest version of the Flash format, which ultimately requries the latest version of the flash player. I took down the ad that I believe was causing the problem though.

 

[Magna]

On my system it's the CMS Forex banner ad that's causing the problem, and I still get the MacroMedia update request most times when I click "Your Account" to check PM's. Wouldn't mind it if I got it once, said no, and was done with it as long as I stayed in Your Account. But it keeps popping up the request repeatedly, and that's a real pain.

 

[indahook]

Quote from Baron:

The problem is that sometimes our advertisers save their ads in the very latest version of the Flash format, which ultimately requries the latest version of the flash player. I took down the ad that I believe was causing the problem though.

thank you

 

[aphexcoil]

No offense, but what is the problem with downloading a 200k macromedia update file?

 

[Tech Analysis]

Well for one I resent installing intrusive crap on my system that does little more than provide a vehicle for advertisments.