   Intel's Visual Adrenaline Level Up 2009 Game Demo Ad Freezes my Computer
  Whoever made this ad must have done something stupid because I've had my computer freeze up twice while typing posts on here. Both times, the ad was playing. I did just switch over to IE8 so maybe it has something to do with it but so far, this is the only thing I've had go wrong with IE8. Besides, my entire computer freezing isn't the same as IE freezing. This ad is actually playing now so I'm trying to hurry and finish before it freezes up a third time. (I'm using an AMD proc so maybe Intel just hates me lol)   
  Use Firefox 8-)   ;  lol. I like IE's tabs better among other things. Plus I'm too paranoid to use something like that to do my online banking and what not. (I almost didn't put IE down because I knew the first post was going to say FF)   ;Quote:Original post by afsd42Plus I'm too paranoid to use something like that to do my online banking and what not.Ironic given your current predicament, wouldntchasay?   ;  Just a few questions:Are you running the latest version of flash?Have you updated your computer recently to ensure you have the latest security patches etc?Is it just the intel ad that does this or other ads? Does it only happen when posting, or has it happened other times?When it happens can you run Taskmgr and check to see what the current processor utilization is, and who is using it?What AV product do you use? If you're using Norton/McAssy/TrendCrap I would recommend you upgrade to an actual AV solution (AVG, Avast, AntiVira, NOD32).   ;Quote:Original post by afsd42I like IE's tabs better among other things. Plus I'm too paranoid to use something like that to do my online banking and what not.<offtopic>Personally, I wouldn't enter my bank details / credit card number into a site in IE if someone paid me £1000. And Firefox had tabs first [smile]</offtopic>;Quote:Original post by Evil SteveQuote:Original post by afsd42I like IE's tabs better among other things. Plus I'm too paranoid to use something like that to do my online banking and what not.<offtopic>Personally, I wouldn't enter my bank details / credit card number into a site in IE if someone paid me £1000. And Firefox had tabs first [smile]</offtopic>I thought Opera had tabs even before firefox?</offtopic>   ;Quote:Original post by WashuJust a few questions:Are you running the latest version of flash?Have you updated your computer recently to ensure you have the latest security patches etc?Is it just the intel ad that does this or other ads? Does it only happen when posting, or has it happened other times?When it happens can you run Taskmgr and check to see what the current processor utilization is, and who is using it?What AV product do you use? If you're using Norton/McAssy/TrendCrap I would recommend you upgrade to an actual AV solution (AVG, Avast, AntiVira, NOD32).1. yes2. every week3. the intel ad is the only once i've seen this happen to on this site or any site. It's only happened to me while posting and when I go to post, its the square one that pops up next to the icons. I've only seen it happen when posting, and it doesn't happen right away. That's probably why I've only noticed it while posting because I'm sitting here typing for quite a while, and then it will freeze.4. I can't open task manager because the whole computer is frozen, not just IE. I did have it open and watched it for a minute to see if I saw anything gradually increasing but I didn't notice anything5. avgQuote:Original post by Evil SteveQuote:Original post by afsd42I like IE's tabs better among other things. Plus I'm too paranoid to use something like that to do my online banking and what not.<offtopic>Personally, I wouldn't enter my bank details / credit card number into a site in IE if someone paid me £1000. And Firefox had tabs first [smile]</offtopic>funny.. that's exactly how I feel about using other browsers to enter my details. I'm certain that MS doesn't care about my measly bank account. Another browser made by some crack team of programmers that may or may not have any idea what they are doing... Yeah no thx. I know its open source and I could crack it open and look myself, but I don't feel like searching through all that sloppy code. And yes I know one of those other browsers had tabs first but software isn't about who finishes the product first. It's about who has the best product. For me, its IE   ;  Well, you could still test the site in Firefox. Or Chrome (or will Google steal your identity? Wait, actually, they might do that. [wink]). Or Opera. How do you know its the ad?   ;Quote:Original post by EzbezWell, you could still test the site in Firefox. Or Chrome (or will Google steal your identity? Wait, actually, they might do that. [wink]). Or Opera. How do you know its the ad?Well when I've posted on this site and other ads were displayed, nothing has happened. I've been using IE8 for probably 2 weeks and I've never had anything like this happen anywhere else. If it only happened once, I might just shrug it off but for it to happen twice? Seems strange. Also it didn't blue screen because I don't have automatically reboot on. It flat out froze up.   