ads that play sound without asking

[KTPhil]

There is an add at the bottom of the forum page that starts playing sounds.
I can't see the ad except for a thin strip, but when I right click it says "Powered by JW Player 7.4.4"

This precludes viewing the Samba at work, where i need sound turned on, but I don't want to be busted for non-work web surfing.

Can anything be done to prevent this?

Here is a snippet of the ad:

[EverettB]

This is not allowed by the Ad provider and it should be removed soon.

If you see it again I can block it too but I would need to know the advertiser name - meaning what web site is being advertised in the banner or if you click on it.
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[KTPhil]

Thanks. This is the only time I have had this happen (the sound thing). I was hesitant to click on it. I waited for it to reload so I might get another screen shot, but after 3-4 repeats it had stopped and turned black. If it happens again I'll click on it and grab a screen shot.

[EverettB]

Crap, I just got it too but the ad was only 1/2 visible and was not clickable so I couldn't figure out the advertiser to go block it
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[EverettB]

It was an ad from Tide that was auto-playing with sound - I reported it and have blocked it for now.
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[KTPhil]

Just now got hit with another auto-run ad with sound... I killed it after a few seconds (again, at work!) so I didn't get the source. It was probably again from those that play at the bottom of a page. That funny triangle in the wide, short box at the bottom.

Next time I'll try to remember to lower the volume instead of mute, so I can identify it.

[mandraks]

if you can, use Opera as your browser, it blocks all that stuff. browsing is so much faster whenever you are on a site with ads
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[EverettB]

Ok, I will keep an eye open.
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[KTPhil]

[Clara]

Just had a Maserati ad autoplay on the samba with sound. Egads!!!!

[jays58s]

I've been dealing with a Ford ad all day. It's been messing up the screen to the point that I can't scroll up or down, I can't close it. and it keeps playing over and over. It can't be muted either.