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on some websites i visit....sometimes on Sky news you get a little flash movie that u have to close or ignore or wait for it to go away. is there a way to block theese. they are soooooooooooo annoying.

thanks.

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Originally posted by may73alliance
on some websites i visit....sometimes on Sky news you get a little flash movie that u have to close or ignore or wait for it to go away. is there a way to block theese. they are soooooooooooo annoying.

thanks.

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No, because they're 'as one' with the page as it were, therefore you can't block it, without blocking the pages source or w/e... therefroe not being able to view the page itself... thats all I know anywa y.

Unninstall flash thats the only way.. i think so.. i think adblock plugin for firefox can do something about it also.. didnt test tho

Flashkiller for Firefox. It is the best thing for those. It pwns all the Flash on a page.

often those are hosted on a different server than the rest of the content of the pages, so a hosts file might be able to save you the annoyance.. i dont see any ads on that link you gave, so mine seems to do the trick there.
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you could use the firefox extention "adblock"  (linkage) or you could rewrite the page with The Proxomitron (linkage)

so adblock can stop them then?

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Originally posted by may73alliance
so adblock can stop them then?

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Possibly, but if those images are hosted on another site, then you can simply block that site, therefore not being able to view those flash things... Just find out the website. go to:

C:/ > Windows > System32 > Drives > etc click on 'hosts' and open it in notepad.

in there you should have:

code:

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# Copyright 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
# For example:
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host
127.0.0.1       localhost

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all you need to do there is add:

code:

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127.0.0.1       site.url

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and you won't be able to access/see any information off of those sites ever, without getting them off of the hosts file of course .

i think so.. because all the time a flash apears in page it appears.. with a small tab in the bottom of it and as it says adblock.. its self explanative..

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Originally posted by traxor
all you need to do there is add:

    code:
    127.0.0.1       site.url



and you won't be able to access/see any information off of those sites ever, without getting them off of the hosts file of course .

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blah in adblock just add a filter with

code:

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url*

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and it will have the same effect and its way easier to get to than finding and editing the hosts file each time