Adblock Detection Scripts
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:09 am
Recently, I've seen a lot of websites starting to detect the Adblock Plus extension and replace the ad banners with either a statement (trying to goad you into disabling Adblock) or with another advertisement.
Luckily, even if these attempts continue to grow I can still resort to the windows hosts file or firewall software. In the end, companies and web developers shouldn’t be able to try and trick or force people into watching advertisements that rarely ever appeal to the user in question. Additionally, many of the advertisement I’ve encountered are malicious or redirect to a compromised website.
I was wondering if the Adblock developers were considering implementation to counteract these attempts to nullify the use of an adblocker (especially such a great one as Adblock Plus). And, if not, what they will do if these attempts become commonplace.
Luckily, even if these attempts continue to grow I can still resort to the windows hosts file or firewall software. In the end, companies and web developers shouldn’t be able to try and trick or force people into watching advertisements that rarely ever appeal to the user in question. Additionally, many of the advertisement I’ve encountered are malicious or redirect to a compromised website.
I was wondering if the Adblock developers were considering implementation to counteract these attempts to nullify the use of an adblocker (especially such a great one as Adblock Plus). And, if not, what they will do if these attempts become commonplace.