Does your ad-blocker still block ads?

[swee'pea99]

I'm pretty sure that after I installed AdBlock I pretty much stopped seeing ads. But I'm starting to get the feeling that advertisers are learning ways to evade it. I just got this, eg:

AdBlock says it stopped 9 ads on this page, but I can see at least three, in prominent positions.

It doesn't bother me that much. I just ignore them. But is it just me that's started seeing them again, despite blockers?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

MIne works fine: http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
Don't be put off by the site name, by the way: the above works fine on Linux also.

 

[Alex H]

I think the ads are embedded in the page, not from an external source. I use uBlock origin on Linux and have just added @Shut Up Legs solution as well.

Now I get this; The banner as have gone, but the others are still there.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I forgot to mention: that hosts file on the site I cited (see what I did there? ) does get periodically updated, because obviously the list of annoying ad, mal, etc. sites just continues to grow.
Also, you can use your browser to find the source of any ads that you still see, and add another hosts file entry for that site, et voila! Ad gets removed after the page is reloaded.

 

[Alex H]

Also, you can use your browser to find the source of any ads that you still see, and add another hosts file entry for that site, et voila! Ad gets removed after the page is reloaded.

Just did that and the Googlemonster just put a different ad in it's place

 

[swee'pea99]

Just did that and the Googlemonster just put a different ad in it's place

Hah - you feeble humans, you sink you can outvit zer googlemonster?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Just did that and the Googlemonster just put a different ad in it's place

I know, I've noticed that myself, it's a bit frustrating at times. Just think how the authors of that hosts file must feel, there's a huge number of blocked sites listed in it, which must have taken them a long time to compile.

 

[accountantpete]

I'm on Linux/Chrome with uBlock and get

 

[mjr]

No ads (Firefox with NoScript.net set up pretty aggressively). Site doesn't work either, but you can't have everything!

 

[swee'pea99]

Site doesn't work either, but you can't have everything!

Details schmetails

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Details schmetails

If you don't like our suggestions, feel free to say so. I was just trying to offer a suitable ad-blocking solution.

 

[ColinJ]

If you don't like our suggestions, feel free to say so. I was just trying to offer a suitable ad-blocking solution.

The quote was mjr's joke about the broken site, not your post!

I think it is fair enough to point out that a broadband speed checker that doesn't check broadband speeds is not much use ...

 

[Dan B]

Ad-free -

 

[Alex H]

No ads (Firefox with NoScript.net set up pretty aggressively). Site doesn't work either, but you can't have everything!

You still have 3 ads on the top banner- GooglePlay, Apple store and Microsoft store

 

[Alex H]

Ad-free -

Not so - fast