Malware Domains blocking EVERYTHING

Namrepus221 · Post by **Namrepus221** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:37 pm

For some reason. The Malware domains list is blocking nearly ALL traffic to my web browser.

I'm seeing sites as only HTML, No images will load and scripting is almost non-existant.

What could be the cause of this?

Post by **Hubird** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:20 am

Are you 100% sure that the malware domains list is to blame ?

Have you tried forcing an update of your subscriptions ?

It is more likely to be one of your rules, I would check them first.

Adblock Plus Fan · Post by **Adblock Plus Fan** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:28 am

@Namrepus221

In any case, there's a way for you to find out which filters are currently in effect:
http://adblockplus.org/en/getting_start ... -positives
Read that "What if Adblock Plus blocks too much?" section, and watch the movie below it and you should be able to figure it out.

Once you find those red filters, you can hover your mouse over them and the popup will tell you where the filter belongs to.
And if it indeed comes from the Malware Domains list, there's contact information here:
http://malwaredomains.com/?page_id=13
These are the guys maintaining it.

Namrepus221 · Post by **Namrepus221** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:57 am

Yes I am 100% certain it's the malwaredomains list.

I noticed on the bottom of the list... it's incomplete for some reason. and lists this as the "last" entry of that particular list

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Which according the FAQ means that it's blocking anything and everything with the exception of text

By disabling that particular entry, everything works fine.

If I try to import the TXT file directly into AdBlock from my Desktop, it crashes the browser entirely.

Could it be that the list itself is too long for AdBlock to use and trying to force it causes it to error out?

EDIT: Just removed and reinstalled the list for the 3rd time via the site. It finally works.

Adblock Plus Fan · Post by **Adblock Plus Fan** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:16 am

Namrepus221 wrote:it's incomplete for some reason. and lists this as the "last" entry of that particular list
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Namrepus221 wrote:EDIT: Just removed and reinstalled the list for the 3rd time via the site. It finally works.

And the likely explanation is corruption of the list during one of its updates.

ABP has a feature that is supposed to protect these lists from incomplete/corrupt downloads:
http://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2623

But for some reason, the Malware Domains list hasn't adopted this checksum feature into their list...

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:42 am

@Fan: Yeah, I should change the script used to generate that list...

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