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Guest · Guest

Hi everyone,
I have the following filter (stolen from a previous thread on this forum):
/[\W\d]ad(server|s|v|x)?[\W\d]/

This has been working very well for me. But by chance it happens to block an image/hyperlink that I don't want to block:
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/images/t1adv.gif

How can I modify the filter to exclude this one particular image from being AdBlocked? (I use this web site a lot so I really only need this one exception).

Thanks!

kstahl · Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 Post subject:

In the next version of Adblock you'll be able to whitelist images you don't want blocked.

Until it's released, remove the first \d from the filter.

Guest · Guest

Thanks, that seems to work although now it seems to allow any item with a number preceding the "ad", not just this particular image. I was hoping to be able to modify it to only allow this one exception, even if it makes the filter somewhat unwieldy.

Can't wait for the White List!!!!!

kstahl · Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2004 Post subject:

Yes, you are correct. However, I think preceding digits are very rare.
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Guest · Guest

You are right, I removed the \d and have found no new ads. In fact, gmail now works better without it, too!
Thanks!