Can Jamster be stopped?

[Sol]

I have had enough of that Jamster ring-tone ad that has infected most Mac sites I visit. It is so annoying to be reading something and then to suddenly hear music and sound effects playing because my mouse rolled over a certain part of the screen. This is a problem more annoying than spam and something must be done about it. I am sure that I am not the only person in the world to feel this way.

So, does anyone have a solution? I know that Flash could be un-installed from my system but too many web-sites use it instead of HTML these days. I could manually right-click on the Jamster ad and select Loop to stop it looping but that is too much work for every page I visit. Any other solutions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[barneygumble]

I hear ya, i downgraded my foxtel service so MTV was no longer there to avoid that crap , if they put it on TV1 and Fox sports i am truly dead

 

[TheMonarch]

I have had enough of that Jamster ring-tone ad that has infected most Mac sites I visit. It is so annoying to be reading something and then to suddenly hear music and sound effects playing because my mouse rolled over a certain part of the screen. This is a problem more annoying than spam and something must be done about it. I am sure that I am not the only person in the world to feel this way.

So, does anyone have a solution? I know that Flash could be un-installed from my system but too many web-sites use it instead of HTML these days. I could manually right-click on the Jamster ad and select Loop to stop it looping but that is too much work for every page I visit. Any other solutions would be greatly appreciated.

If you use firefox. there are plugins that will make it so flash content will only display if you click on it. I use it all the time.

 

[ohcrap]

If you use firefox. there are plugins that will make it so flash content will only display if you click on it. I use it all the time.

holy ****ing hell

i mean...

Link, please?

 

[Whyren]

I hope this doesn't become more prevalent. Any site that dares to play music or some sound (that doesn't have good reason to) when I access it will likely never finish loading on my computer. Embeded autoplay midi files, for instance, need to be banned from use on novice sites.

 

[ohcrap]

Ah, found it!
http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

Works great!

 

[kineticpast]

Ah, found it!
http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

Works great!

I prefer using Adblock myself, and then specify domains I don't want content from, so the ads are completely removed and leave most flash content alone. I don't mind ads on the internet, I just don't like obnoxious ads.

I haven't seen Ripoff Frog on the net in a long time.

 

[Sol]

No solution for Safari?

Thanks for the replies. Firefox used to be my main browser but now I use Safari. If there is no solution for Safari I will switch back to Firefox but I would rather not because I love my Bookmarks Bar the way it is and Safari is better for RSS feeds.

 

[baummer]

Thanks for the replies. Firefox used to be my main browser but now I use Safari. If there is no solution for Safari I will switch back to Firefox but I would rather not because I love my Bookmarks Bar the way it is and Safari is better for RSS feeds.

Check here: http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/?c=Adblocking

 

[Sol]

Check here: http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/?c=Adblocking

SafariBlock took care of that Jamster ad. Thank you for saving my sanity.