can't rid my excite home page of sudden unwanted audio

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Level 2

329 points

can't rid my excite home page of sudden unwanted audio

in the past few days an audio clip from a Bush speech on Iraq plays every time i go to my (Excite) home page. Maybe this is an excite problem, but i'm hoping someone can tell me how to end it in Safari.
I'm not aware of any software installs coinciding with the onset of this problem. I've quit and restarted safari. i've emptied safari's cache. i've restarted the computer. the problem occurs in both user areas on my Mac.
Any ideas how to get rid of the sound bite? someone said it's an embedded flash audio. but they didn't hae any suggestion for how to find it, much less how to remove it.
i'd appreciate any help. I emailed Excite, of course, but haven't gotten a response.
thanks
terry

dual 2.0 G5, 1.5 GHz AlPB, 2.0 MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.7), 2 GB Nano; 30 GB Video iPod

Posted on Jul 10, 2007 9:27 PM

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Answer 1

mafiaking

Level 1

105 points

Jul 10, 2007 11:59 PM in response to rtdunham

hey there Terry this is certainly an issue with excite
if you really hate to hear the same thing each time you open a new browser just change the home page

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Answer 2

rtdunham Author

Level 2

329 points

Jul 11, 2007 8:35 AM in response to mafiaking

thanks.

i might have solved it: although i had scrolled thru the page earlier looking for clues before and found none, today i noticed new audio playing and scrolled down to find a video link open, that associated with the audio. I edited my home page to open without that video link, and on at least one restart neither the audio nor the vid has opened. I hope this solves it, and i mention this in case anyone else has the same problem.

i've had excite as my home page for years and have it customized to my satisfaction so simply abandoning it wasn't an attractive alternative.

thanks for your help
terry

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