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AdblockBender
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Need a filter explanation

Post by AdblockBender »

Hi,
Could anybody explain what this filter is supposed to block?

/adiframe|*|adtech;

The confusing part is "|*|". As I read it - it should end with /adiframe and start with |adtech at the same time. Is it possible?
Haven't seen links with ";" in the end either.

The explanation will be greatly appreciated.
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Post by barbaz »

That filter blocks URL containing the string /adiframe| somewhere before where URL contains the string |adtech;.
(Yes, such URLs really do exist so I'd guess the filter is as intended.)

The | (pipe) character is only an anchor when at the beginning or end of filters, in the middle it's just a | character.
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Post by smed79 »

an example :

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