Speedtest.net Trickery

[ttwalker]

In Adblock Plus I have the option turned on to allow non-annoying ads. I notice that at Speedtest.net, they put an ad above "Begin Test" screen, and the ad often has a "Begin" button -- tricking the user into clicking the ad to begin the speedtest. Furthermore, they delay the real "Begin Test" button from appearing so that the user will be more likely to click the ad with the "Begin" button in it, which launches the ad's website and does not begin the test.

It seems that sometimes Adblock Plus blocks this trick-ad, and sometimes it doesn't. I know I can turn off the option to allow non-annoying ads, but I want to allow sites with non-annoying ads to display their ads. This "trick-ad" on speedtest.net is annoying and seems to often get through.

-Tom Walker

[fanboy]

Force an update of the subscriptions.