adx.js [added]

[Josh Triplett]

I've used the filter ://*/adx.js since before I switched to adblock plus, and it works wonders on several sites. Numerous sites use this ad script; I think it comes from the OpenAds project at https://developer.openads.org/browser/trunk . Among many other things, this filter solves the unresolved problem with gameplay.hr reported elsewhere on this forum.

The file always contains this content:

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function phpads_deliverActiveX(content)

{

	document.write(content);	

}

So it just appears to serve as part of the delivery mechanism. Nevertheless, blocking it proves sufficient to stop this ad system's ads on sites that use this script.

[Guest]

Which reminds me that I need to change the format of that filter. I used to think that * wouldn't match slashes, so ://*/something would only match "something" at the top level of a site. How can I match at the top level of a site only?

[Guest]

Also, I've had the same success with the filter /hbx.js . Note that that one intentionally matches at any level.

[Josh Triplett]

Which reminds me that I need to change the format of that filter. I used to think that * wouldn't match slashes, so ://*/something would only match "something" at the top level of a site. How can I match at the top level of a site only?

Also, I've had the same success with the filter /hbx.js . Note that that one intentionally matches at any level.

Both of the above came from me, but I didn't notice that the forum didn't remember the username, so I didn't sign them.

[rick752]

Which reminds me that I need to change the format of that filter. I used to think that * wouldn't match slashes, so ://*/something would only match "something" at the top level of a site. How can I match at the top level of a site only?

Also, I've had the same success with the filter /hbx.js . Note that that one intentionally matches at any level.

Both of the above came from me, but I didn't notice that the forum didn't remember the username, so I didn't sign them.

Ok Josh, lets try this one at a time:
First, using the string:

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://*/

... is a total waste of typing because ALL addresses for EVERYTHING would be included in that .. it is just redundant. Scripts use "http://" in the MIDDLE of a string all the time which makes that extra filtering still a waste of time. Furthermore, EVERY address that I could possibly think of would contain ://*/

Blocking only the top level of a domain would be:

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|http.whatever.com

... the "|" denotes that it must start the address with it ... a "|" at the end means it must end with that.

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/hbx.js|

... is already in our ABP Tracking Filter:
http://easylist.adblockplus.org/index.htm#filters

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/adx.js

... may be already caught by another filter. If it is not, please let me know.

[rick752]

Never mind ..... added:

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/adx.js|