The Adblock Project

Keep in mind that this will also block images like:

cosmeticsexample.jpg
sportsextreme.gif
everyfirefoxuserlovesextensions.png

etc.

I was wondering why your Geocities account was bombed out for so long.

Now we know.

Ah, now I understand what you mean. Yes, sometimes that dark red color is a bit hard to spot, I agree.

What does the site background have to do with the Adblock-able Items list?

Maybe the color of blocked items can be changed using userChrome.css, I don't know. Making it a user-configurable option i ...

Adblock can't block it as it is created via an inline script, it is not remotely loaded content.

That page launches a DHTML popup.

It doesn't work for text links, of course. Adblock can only block remotely loaded content.

Just leave Obj-Tabs disabled and use Flash Overlay (ctrl+shift+f) when you need to block Flash ads.

The last official version is 0.5.2.039 aka v0.5 dev2 nightly 39 pass 6.

It can be downloaded from the [url=http://adblock.mozdev.org]Adblock homepage or from [url=https://addons.mozilla.org/extensi ...

Could you give some more details? What did you delete, where did you delete it, and what stopped working?

Does Netscape 8 support Firefox's extension system?

Ah, I see. That's not a bad idea, could be very useful.

Which search engine icons? If you are talking about the search bar in Firefox, there is no way Adblock should affect it.

If you mean the "favicons" on some sites, they can indeed be blocked by your ...

Which update? The official Adblock 0.5.2.039 was released over a year ago.

Which update? The official Adblock 0.5.2.039 was released over a year ago.

Sounds strange. How long is your filter list?

I fail to see how bullying G into posting a restrictive licence for his filterset can be considered "good" in any way...

Could we keep discussion of that unofficial version to this thread please:
http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1966

No, they aren't, and no, it isn't.
Really! And you have proof of this? So you can show us what has been done so far in the official version? Like a beta of somekind, because the unofficial devs go ...

(Beware though, this version is totally unofficial.)
Well, since these are the only people still developing it, it actually is the official version.

No, they aren't, and no, it isn't.

No, it's either on or off for all sites. If they bother you, turn them off from Adblock's options menu and use Flash Overlay (ctrl+shift+f) when you need to block Flash objects.

Indeed it is.
http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1124

Adblock is compatible with 1.0.4. Try this:

1. Tools > Extensions
2. Right-click Adblock and choose Disable
3. Restart Firefox
4. Tools > Extensions
5. Right-click Adblock and choose Enab ...

http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1775

Which version of Firefox? And where are you downloading Adblock from?

Adblock didn't work for me after update, but after disabling it in Extensions Manager and then restarting and enabling it again it worked fine.

Could you give an example of where Adblock fails to block iFrames or embedded content? It works fine for me.

Yes, in theory. Unless you have a very long list I doubt you will see any real difference in practice though.

In RegExs the wildcard character is a period. The asterisk means "one or more of the preceding character".

This should work:
/imdb\.com/.*/(48|38|88|98|09|19|58)\.(swf|gif|jpg)/

Does it work if you disable Adblock (ctrl+shift+b) and reload the page?

Are you using the latest Firefox (1.0.3) and the latest Adblock (0.5.2.39 aka 0.5 d2 nightly 39)?

Fitorion, you are using a very old version of Firefox (1.0PR?). I recommend that you upgrade to the latest version, 1.0.3.

Try downloading Adblock again from the homepage, and do a local install.

http://adblock.mozdev.org/dev.html

Right-Click the link named "Adblock 0.5 d2 nightly 39", choose Save Link As... and sav ...

Try creating a new profile:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile

Don't forget to export/import your bookmarks from your current profile. You can do this in the Bookmarks Manager.

There is no difference. The "patch" is the full installer wrapped in an XPI file.

Anyway, there has been several reports of User Agent Switcher conflicting with Adblock lately. Try disabling it and ...

Hmm. Why?

But the answer could easily be found using the Search function. Wink

Anyway, here you go:
http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=624

Does Adblock seem to be installed properly? Do you see Adblock in the Extensions Manager? Do you have an Adblock entry in the Tools menu? Is there an Adblock link on your status bar?

Adblock can block any image. Just add that URL to your filterlist in Tools > Adblock > Preferences.
http://data.playxp.com/banner/800x120.gif

You can still easily block background images. Just right-click and choose "View Background Image" (or whatever the option is). Take note of the URL loaded, and later create a filter to block it.

You're welcome. Glad I could help.

I wonder if you installed a modified build from the the Extensionsmirror site, and then it was automatically updated to the latest official version. I guess that could happen if those creating the mod ...

Which version of Firefox are you using? That popup was blocked automatically for me, by Firefox's internal popup blocker. Try updating to the latest version, 1.0.3.

You could also try adding this t ...

Not much to do about it with Adblock, that blinking background is not an image - it is simple HTML.

You can probably hide it by adding something like this to your userContent.css file:
div[id= ...

Firefox 1.0.x should not be slower in any way than 1.0 as far as I know. Have you tried a really clean reinstall of Firefox? With a fresh profile and everything.

You had a lot of duplicates in your ...

No, Adblock does not keep any history of blocked objects.

I see nothing special at that page. Exactly which images do you want to block?

You can disable animated GIFs in Firefox itself. Go to about:config and set image.animation_mode to once or none.

As for blocking animated Flash.. I thought all Flash was animated? You can easiliy ...

Could you post a link to the page?

Adblock does not care what it is you are blocking. All remote content can be blocked, no matter what kind it is.

1. Tools > Adblock > Preferences
2. Click "Options".
3. Enable "Check Parent Links."
4. Smile

Hmm, have you tried the sticky post [url=http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1302]Unable to unblock images? Read this first! at the top of this forum?

You should not need such a visual indicator. The absence of ads should be proof enough. Smile

You can always see if something is blocked by clicking on the Adblock link on the statusbar and looking f ...

Adblock doesn't block anything on it's own, it's all in the filterlist. The things that are blocked should turn up red in the Adblock-able Items list.

To be sure, you could try turning off Adblock ...

Good question. You volunteering for emailing them? Smile

Interesting. So it was probably an obscure rendering bug in Firefox that Adblock just happened to expose.

I tried Mozilla's Quicktime test page mentioned above, and test 2 and 4 does not work, no matter if I have Adblock installed or not.

Can you give an example of a page with a Quicktime movie that wo ...

The default for Quickblock is partial mode, and partial mode does not (or should not, at least) break shift-click. I can open links in new windows just fine.

That's up to you actually. If you go to Tools > Options > Adblock you can switch between Remove Ads and Hide Ads. The former blocks the download, the latter downloads and hides.

You are probably triggering the [url=http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=212]Quickblock feature.

Adblock does indeed cause problems with certain Java applets. This is a very old and well known bug. Unfortunately no one knows what is causing it, or if it is indeed a bug in Adblock, Firefox, or Sun ...

Sorry, I only tested the iRiver site. Yes, your test case appears to be fixed in Firefox 1.0.3. Obviously, Adblock exposed a bug in the Gecko rendering engine.

Still broken in Firefox 1.0.3, searching does not produce any results.

From the JS Console:

Error: obj.SetVariable is not a function
Source File: http://www.iriver.com/common/js/flashlink.js
L ...

Remove everything above the [Adblock] line. There is also a curly brace "}" at the end that should not be there.

Try installing from the Adblock homepage:
http://adblock.mozdev.org/dev.html

Or from Mozilla Update:
https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10

You should also go to Tools ...

Yes, they will overwrite the values in prefs.js everytime you restart the browser. However, someone could still modify the Adblock filters when the browser is running, as long as they don't restart it ...

If you have Java 1.4.x please upgrade it to 1.5 which works much better.

The site has been mentioned earlier:
http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=740

Get the latest Java here:
http://www ...

Yes, your first filter there is the culprit.

ad*.*

If you look at the URLs to the forum posts you had trouble opening:

(Example. I have bolded the matching part.)
http://www.misticriver.net/ ...

A simple filter like this will clean up much of that site:
*/ads/*

Here is some earlier discussion about that:
http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1683

kstahl, you've misread my regex. It will indeed match "_icon_", because it's really just the "_icon" and "icon_" filters with "OR" between them. Exactly the same behavior, squished into one line.
...

That will not block _icon_.

Follow the advice of Zachariah and NJH:
_icon
icon_

Be careful with false positives though. Those filters will also block "_iconsarecoolandsoisschool" etc.

Has anything been checked into the 1.0.4 nightly build? That is, exactly what is the difference between 1.0.3 and 1.0.4?

I'm curious, what do you think rue and wonko could possibly gain by telling people 0.6 was on the way if it wasn't?

It's not like they are taking preorders...

Yes, that will be enough.

Adblock does not block anything on its own. Either you have hit upon a bug, or one of your filters is responsible. Since I haven't heard of such a bug, I'm betting on the latter.

Do you have a filt ...

A few threads down:
[url=http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1823]Which rule blocked a given image?

Hmm. Both the pages fail to render properly in 0.6 too. Interesting.

http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=994

If you select the blocked (red) items in that list the offending filter will be shown in the box below the list. You'll then have to go to Tools > Adblock > Preferences, locate the filter in you ...

Tools > Options > Web Features

Make sure "Allow websites to install software" is enabled.

Then drag the downloaded XPI file onto an open Firefox window.

Update: [url=http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007905.html]Looks like 1.0.3 will not break Adblock after all.

You can view all your filters by going to:
Tools > Adblock > Preferences

Also, when you visit a page you can press the Adblock link in the status bar to open the Adblock-able Items list. Blo ...

The devs are on it. Stay tuned for more information.

The "sponsored links" you get when searching for certain things on Google, for instance.

Try searching for "registry cleaner" for an example.

[url=http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1124]Any way to hide Adblock in the status bar and Tools menu?

Unfortunately...
http://aasted.org/adblock/viewtopic.php?t=1199

Tools > Adblock > Preferences

Click Options and enable Check Parent Links.

Voila!

You can temporarily disable Adblock by pressing Ctrl+Shift+B. You'll have to reload the page for it to work.

You can also turn off the Obj-Tabs from Adblock's options menu and use Overlay Flash (ct ...

Some Google ads can be removed and some can not. Add this filter and see if it helps:
*.googlesyndication.com

Hide - downloaded but hidden
Remove - not downloaded at all

Just turn the Obj-Tabs off from Adblock's options menu and use Flash Overlay (ctrl+shift+f) when you need to block Flash.

When that happens you should click the Adblock link on the status bar, which will open the Adblock-able Items list. Blocked items appear in red, and when selected the offending filter will be shown in ...

It happens because none of those words are blocked by your filters.

Those filters are from the advanced filters thread. It hasn't been updated in ages and should not be taken as a "complete" soluti ...

Yeah, the website really needs to be updated. It will probably happen together with the release of Adblock 0.6.

If you try to block them by filtering on the full URL it's understandable that they return - the URL changes regularely.

Try adding these two to your filter list:
*/ads/*
?clickTAG=

One of the Mozdev mirrors might not be working properly, which could be why only some users experience problems.

Adblock 0.6 has not been released yet.

That is correct. Adblock hooks into the same mechanism used in Firefox's own internal image blocker. Every request for remote content is passed through Adblock which tries to match it against the filt ...

ZoneAlarm probably installs itself as a local proxy, just like Proxomitron etc.

Hi Carol,

If you add that line to Adblock's filter list you will prevent ZoneAlarm's JS script from loading (that's what Adblock do), but the code itself will not be removed from web pages.

I do ...