"Click to Activate" in Interactive PDF

I am creating a document using InDesign and then exporting it out as an Interactive PDF file. Whenever someone cursors over a media file inside the PDF, a message pops up (like a tool tip) that says "click to activate".
Does anyone know how I can remove this message? I did quite a bit of searching and didn't come up with much (although I did see some recommedations for Javascript and IE).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I am going to give a dumb suggestion so don't laugh.
I assume like in fields for a Form ther ise two boxes when you fist click on Properties
ones for title. ones for tooltip. If you don't fill out the one for tooltip there is no tool tip.
Have you clicked on the movie within Acrobat and looked for Properties. On a Mac click once to select the you hold down Control key or (right-click and wat fot context menu to come up then you choose properties.  For PC may be completely different.
Also, In adobe preferences there may be a setting to turn tooltips off.

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