Weird marquee around my flash .mov

I get this weird marquee around my flash movies on
my site and I'm not sure how to
get rid of them. It's this white halo that is around any of my
flash content. Then I get this message on the flash movie that
says, "Press SPACEBAR or hit ENTER to activate this control." It's
not a big deal, but it annoys me because it looks bad and you have
to click on the flash movie (anywhere to select it) and then click
on the buttons within the movie.
Does anybody know why this is happening? Thanks.

just search anywhere for "active content" - been front page
news for a few weeks and the most
discussed topic here on this forum - you'll find a wealth of
info if you search the forum.
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dirtyvegas14 wrote:
> I get this weird marquee around my flash movies on
http://edmontonrush.com/ and
> I'm not sure how to get rid of them. It's this white
halo that is around any of
> my flash content. Then I get this message on the flash
movie that says, "Press
> SPACEBAR or hit ENTER to activate this control." It's
not a big deal, but it
> annoys me because it looks bad and you have to click on
the flash movie
> (anywhere to select it) and then click on the buttons
within the movie.
>
> Does anybody know why this is happening? Thanks.
>

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