gnu4us Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 uTorrent developers need to stop video advertisement in uTorrent. I left my computer on recently with uTorrent running when some video advert came up, at loud volume, very early in the morning. I know it is a free version and therefore adverts are necessary to help fund uTorrent. I think video adverts that early in the morning are a nuisance. If it happens again I am moving to another torrent program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Without knowing approximately what time the ad came through, We won't be able to remove it from the rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equinox74 Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 I just had an advert pop up stating my computer was infected and to call a number to get rid of them. If i did not call then my computer would be frozen to stop infecting their systems. Obviously a scam advert, disgusted to see it in utorrent. If your going to start using these scams then its time i uninstalled and moved to a new client. Advert was displayed approx 16:45-50pm UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted December 6, 2016 Report Share Posted December 6, 2016 Getting it looked into @equinox74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantumkitten Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 I'm also having an issue with video ads that auto-play with sound in the free version of uTorrent. I'm in Thailand, and the offenders are all Thai-language ads. It's incredibly frustrating, because there's the link to report the ad, but that doesn't stop it from playing, and I get the same offending ad repeating over and over, even after I've reported it. The only options I have are to close the program or mute the volume on my computer. I've been a uTorrent user for many years (uTorrent for Windows, uTorrent for Android, and uTorrent Remote for Android), and don't want to switch to a different torrent client, but I've started looking for good alternatives due to this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20021969 Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 9 hours ago, quantumkitten said: I'm also having an issue See this: https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/81421-321-how-to-turn-off-ads-except-for-the-silly-upgrade-banner/?do=findComment&comment=496240 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantumkitten Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 On 12/8/2016 at 7:26 PM, mike20021969 said: See this: https://forum.utorrent.com/topic/81421-321-how-to-turn-off-ads-except-for-the-silly-upgrade-banner/?do=findComment&comment=496240 Thank you. I'm running v.3.4.9, and many of those options were not present. I edited the ones that were there, but the ads still appear, and still play sound. Is there an updated version of this? I followed the instructions at both the New and Old links in your signature. Note to DreadWingKnight or other Admin: The prime offender for me is the Nescafe Dolce Gusto Thai language ad, which comes up over and over again, often just playing in an endless loop, even after I report it or skip it. I've been reporting this same ad for many weeks, and nothing's been done. Could you change things so that an ad no longer appears for a user who has reported it, at least until you get around to reviewing said ad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike20021969 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 9 hours ago, quantumkitten said: the ads still appear Try adding these entries to your hosts file: http://pasted.co/acb7b2d4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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