False Positive at WSJ.com

[dbrinson]

This image:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/ ... 222057.jpg

is being blocked (false positive) by this filter:

/[^a-z\d=+%@](\w*\d+x\d)?\d*(show)?(\w{3,}%20|alligator|avs|barter|blog|box|central|context|crystal|d?html|exchange|external|forum|front|fuse|gen|get|house|hover|http|i?frame|inline|instant|live|main|mspace|net|partner|php|primary|provider|redir\W.*\W|rotated?|secure|side|smart|sponsor|story|text|view|web)?_?ads?(v?(bot|brite|broker|bureau|butler|cent(er|ric)|click|client|content|coun(cil|t(er)?)|creative|cycle|data(id)?|engage|entry|er(tis\w+|t(pro)?|ve?r?)|farm|force|form|frame(generator)?|gen|gif|groupid|head|ima?ge?|index|info|js|juggler|layer|legend|link|log|man(ager)?|max|mentor(serve)?|meta\.com|net|optimi[sz]er|peeps|pic|po(ol|pup|sition)|proof|q\.nextag|re(dire?c?t?|mote|volver)|rom\.net|rotator|sale|script|sdk|sfac|size|so(lution|nar|urce)|space|srv|stat.*\.asp|sys|(tag)?track|trix|type|view|vt|x\.nu|zone))?s?\d*(status)?\d*(?!\.org)[\W_](?!\w+\.(ac\.|edu)|astra|aware|adurl=|block|login|nl\/|sears\/|.*(&sbc|\.(wmv|rm)))/

Versions:
Firefox - 1.0.7
Adblock Plus - 0.5.10
Filterset.G - 2005-10-31a
Filterset.G-Whitelist-Beta -- wb-2005-10-31a

[dbrinson]

FYI - I submitted the above FP to the Filterset.G forum... I wasn't aware of that forum when I created the initial post. Surely, it's the better place for the notice.

[Guest]

either a. take your filters out of "site blacklisting" or b. "whitelist" the website e.g. I'm not getting any false positives

[Another false positive]

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/[\W_]ad[^=&](banner|click|flow|frame|ima?ge?|log|serv(er|e)?|stream|type|view|vert(ising|isement)?|v|js|trix|xchange|wrapper)?s?[\W\d_]/

Is blocking /wp-admin/add-link.php page in WordPress administration (and each other add-link.* page)

[Guest]

Same rule is blocking "send message" subpage of gmail.com