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Post by Amsterdam »

banner ads on top and sides on homepage.
Chrome with ABP

http://imgur.com/a/gHcsb

same crap that's on all of the tronc newspaper sites:

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orlandosentinel.com
sandiegouniontribune.com
sun-sentinel.com
mcall.com 
chicagotribune.com
capitalgazette.com
baltimoresun.com
carrollcountytimes.com
courant.com
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Post by intense »

well, you just know which filters you need

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@@||example.com^$generichide 
@@*$image,domain=example.com
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Post by intense »

or you could try something radical like this:

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$script,domain=ottawacitizen.com|orlandosentinel.com|sandiegouniontribune.com|sun-sentinel.com|mcall.com|chicagotribune.com|capitalgazette.com|baltimoresun.com|carrollcountytimes.com|courant.com
sure, some functionalities will be broken, but you can still read the news
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Post by Amsterdam »

yes @intense thanks :lol:
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Post by gotitbro »

@intense Can you tell me what this filter:@@*$image,domain=example.com is and how is it useful.
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Post by -Mark- »

Isn't it obvious ? Logical interpretation would be Allow ALL: IMAGES @ example.com, allowing images and stylesheets globally doesn't break websites, ergo, saves you the time to mend a website, every-time you visit it.

You know you should install uMatrix from chrome/firefox store and experiment, you will learn a lot.
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Post by intense »

@gotibro, in these cases the site / code is testing if some images are still unblocked / blocked. If they are blocked they use another channel to push up a lot of g00 crap. So, for this reason I whitelisted the images.
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Post by gotitbro »

@intense makes sense, will this filter allow images from third party websites as well?

@Mark I was interested to know the answer by intense as nothing was broken on this site, I will definitely look into uMatrix.
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gotitbro wrote:@intense makes sense, will this filter allow images from third party websites as well?
sure, exactly those are tested by the code
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Post by gotitbro »

intense wrote:sure, exactly those are tested by the code
If all images are allowed on a website, can't it load ad images from a third party website as well?
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Post by intense »

gotitbro wrote:
intense wrote:sure, exactly those are tested by the code
If all images are allowed on a website, can't it load ad images from a third party website as well?
cat & mouse game.
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Post by gotitbro »

intense wrote:cat & mouse game.
Oh well :roll:, from the topic @fanboy listed seems like a lot of websites are using this trick.
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Post by -Mark- »

Just block 3rd party resources and allow only those resources which are deemed necessary for the website to function, that way, you won't have have to play cat and mouse game and won't have to post threads every now and then regarding every website you visit.
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@Mark, those are first party resources... it's a subdomain.
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Post by -Mark- »

@theGamer: tested with US IP with uBO on chromium, no ads or banners and it's not sending any g00 from any sub-domains either. can't reproduce.
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-Mark- wrote:@theGamer: tested with US IP with uBO on chromium, no ads or banners and it's not sending any g00 from any sub-domains either. can't reproduce.
Mark, if you open a console, they will add a cookie that will result in no ads anymore, don't do it and you will see ads.
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Post by intense »

chicagotribune, again hundreds of g00 elements (and ads on page with ubo chrome)

http://i.imgur.com/3PwYdfP.png
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Post by ncsercs »

Here is just a sample - something on that site has obviously changed:

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http://pastebin.com/raw/qD543Xe2
 ! Message from: Lanik
Merged your thread forumsearch
 ! Message from: Lanik
Disabled your links links
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Post by intense »

try

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@@.js?&$script,domain=chicagotribune.com
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Post by ncsercs »

Sorry, still getting thru (no difference).
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Post by intense »

try similar filters (as for sporcle)
viewtopic.php?p=112383#p112383
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Post by ncsercs »

tried.............

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@@||chicagotribune.com^$generichide
@@||www.example.com^*=|
@@|https:*.js$script,domain=chicagotribune.com
does not work at all still getting thru (no difference).
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Post by intense »

working for me

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@@||chicagotribune.com^$generichide
@@||www.example.com^*=|
@@|https:*.js$script,domain=chicagotribune.com
be sure using only 1 adblocker (no other blocking extension - disable / remove any ghostery, disconnect, ...)
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Post by ncsercs »

Tried the most current version of Chrome & AdBlock (only, nothing else).
Tried the most current version of Chrome & Adblock Plus (only, nothing else).
Tried the most current version of Chrome & AdRemover (only, nothing else).

In each case, using these lists:

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https://cdn.adblockcdn.com/filters/adblock_custom.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/easylist.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/antiadblockfilters.txt
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/fanboy-annoyance.txt
Not allowing any cookies for "chicagotribune.com".

Results: No effect whatsoever. Tried everything suggested. Nothing.
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Post by ncsercs »

Let's just face it. Chrome + Any form of ad blocker + g00 ads = sh*t. :lol:
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Post by -Mark- »

ncsercs wrote: Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:45 pm Let's just face it. Chrome + Any form of ad blocker + g00 ads = sh*t. :lol:
Install uBO + uBO Extra 2.9.
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Post by intense »

what is

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https://cdn.adblockcdn.com/filters/adblock_custom.txt
?

Use only easylist + the filters above, don't play with the cookies.
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intense wrote: Sat Feb 04, 2017 7:55 amwhat is

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https://cdn.adblockcdn.com/filters/adblock_custom.txt
?
AdBlock Custom is our own filter list. It's pretty small. It includes filters to fix a few overly aggressive EasyList filters, fixes for some bugs and sites that don't play nicely with AdBlock, filters to not break navigation on Flickr or get Safari users' Outlook email marked as spam, that sort of thing.
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Posting on behalf of AdBlock (not ABP), when users come to us first and we have some reason to get involved with the discussion. http://help.getadblock.com
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