Why is the forum front page asking me to activate Adobe Flash?

[khaz]

I've deactivated Flash by default in my browser so that I have to willingly activate it on websites of interest. It makes for a much lighter and faster browsing experience.

But cpcwiki.eu is asking me to activate flash on its forum frontpage? What for? it doesn't happen on the rest of the website, and it doesn't come from an advert either.

[Poliander]

It's the shoutbox thingy

[mr_lou]

Don't blame Flash. Blame advertisements.

Re-active Flash, and then "deactivate" advertisements.
Then the internet becomes nice and usable again.

I'm using the HOSTS file approach. Works really well, is ridiculous simple to do and affects both sites and videos.
Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck (as much)

[khaz]

Don't blame Flash. Blame advertisements.

I blame both. So many sites use flash for useless "interactive contents", or embedded autoplay videos, that I'd rather keep flash off until I do actually need it. But I don't know what it's used for on cpcwiki.

The shoutbox works fine for me without flash, so it can't be it?

[Zoe Robinson]

I'm surprised anything is asking you to enable Flash. I have Flash disabled and nothing is asking me to re-enable it...

[Gryzor]

Yeah, shoutbox uses a Flash element at . Never noticed it up to now, to tell you the truth!

[khaz]

Well it's an element that isn't needed in any way, since the shoutbox works perfectly fine without ever activating it.

[Gryzor]

yeah, that's why I'm puzzled...

[EgoTrip]

Don't blame Flash. Blame advertisements.

Re-active Flash, and then "deactivate" advertisements.
Then the internet becomes nice and usable again.

I'm using the HOSTS file approach. Works really well, is ridiculous simple to do and affects both sites and videos.
Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck (as much)

The two are to blame. Flash is a pile of steaming dog turd on a hot summers day, with big shiny blue flies buzzing around it.

Thanks for that site, thats made a slight difference.

[SRS]

I'm using the HOSTS file approach. Works really well, is ridiculous simple to do and affects both sites and videos.
Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck (as much)

I tried this monday and somehow it crashed my DNS-Cash / DNS anywath so I had no way into internet with PC AND it was very
hard (safe admin mode and stopping some krypto-services) to get rid of it again. WIN10 64bit.

Won't try it again that soon 

[remax]

I tried this monday and somehow it crashed my DNS-Cash / DNS anywath so I had no way into internet with PC AND it was very
hard (safe admin mode and stopping some krypto-services) to get rid of it again. WIN10 64bit.

Won't try it again that soon 

You did no backup of the original file ? Great mistake...

[EgoTrip]

You did no backup of the original file ? Great mistake...

You can just create a blank hosts file. There's nothing in there other than comments by default. Then it will use DNS servers for everything and the internet will work as intended.

[SRS]

OFC I had a backup.

But WIN10 didn't let me change new HOSTS back to backup ... it was locked access from kryptoservices once it was changed.

All I want to say is: this is NOT easypeasy for WIN10, so Create system restore point before trying.