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Cannot subscribe to malware domains
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:00 am
by paulrichards
Hi all
I installed the latest ABP addon for IE 11. When I click on the malware domains subscription, I get a "The webpage cannot be displayed" message. Please advise.
Regards
Re: Cannot subscribe to malware domains
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:16 am
by mapx
ABP for IE does not have all the features as for the other browsers (like more lists, ABP protocol, custom filters)
see
a workaround (prepare in firefox your filters set, which is saved like patterns.ini, then replace that from ABP for IE):
forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=24600
Re: Cannot subscribe to malware domains
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:31 pm
by paulrichards
Thanks for your comments. I compared a Firefox patterns.ini to an IE patterns.ini of a new ABP installation and noticed quite a few differences. I therefore decided to only copy the malwaredomains subscription/filters section from the Firefox to the IE patterns.ini. Is this OK as well? For testing purposes, I added a domain to the subscription filters and it was successfully blocked, so I am assuming this will work?
How is this list actually updated? Does IE query
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus. ... s_full.txt on startup and compare this list to the filters in the patterns.ini file?
Our users in our environment don't have admin rights. Is there a way to prevent updates notifications of the ABP plugin? If possible, I would like to hide as much as possible from the user and deploy such updates using our patch management solution.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
Re: Cannot subscribe to malware domains
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 2:40 pm
by mapx
-for update notifications in such environments like yours see
Large scale deployments of ABP
forum/viewforum.php?f=21
and eventually add your questions
-I have no idea about how are updated those lists/sections added using modified patterns.ini but probably you could prepare a weekly patterns.ini update and distribute it to all your users