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How do I stop a site from loading video ads? It hangs up my computer.

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AnonymousUser
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How do I stop Firefox from loading video ads from certain sites? They hang up my computer and I'd rather not see them.

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http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?showtopic=2348219&st=120&gopid=6805775

How do I stop Firefox from loading video ads from certain sites? They hang up my computer and I'd rather not see them. == URL of affected sites == http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?showtopic=2348219&st=120&gopid=6805775

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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You can use FlashBlock to stop Flash displays from automatically loading. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/

Neekii
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I really just right click the ad and click "stop download" on the drop-menu. :/ not sure if it works for all ads though.