Blocks something that is not an ad. How to unblock?

Maarten · Post by **Maarten** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 3:38 pm

Hi!

Sorry if this is a stupid question - I am kind of new to this.

I recently found out that one of my favourite websites does not show text when I am using adblock plus (latest version on latest version FF and every filter I could get activated. No manual filters). Whitelisting does not help, since the blocking is an element block (I read something in this forum about this) - so the only thing that helps is to manually turn off adblock completely.

The blocking is probably due to the text being in between span-tags, class="adverttext" (we are talking about a classified ad website in Norway, and a very popular one at that).
I have tried finding the filter(s) that cause this and turning them off, but this does not seem to help.

How can I stop disabling adblock every time I want to use this website?
An example of a page that does not work is:
http://www.finn.no/finn/bap/object?finnkode=8178713

Thanks for your help!

Kind regards, Maarten

ecjs · Post by **ecjs** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:12 pm

There is no problem if you just use the two filtersets made by Rick.

helping ghost · Post by **helping ghost** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:30 pm

A filter like "#*(id*=advert)" could cause it. This is part of the "Adblock Filterset Generator" list.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:46 pm

helping ghost wrote:A filter like "#*(id*=advert)" could cause it. This is part of the "Adblock Filterset Generator" list.

This generic string is not a problem with my element filter list, so it has to be in someone elses filter.

If you have

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#*(id*=advert)

as suggested in your list(s) somewhere, just click on the green bullet next to it to disable it and hit 'Apply'.

Maarten · Post by **Maarten** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:08 pm

Found the problem!
Thank you guys so much for your help!

The problem was caused by these filters in 'Cedrics Liste':
#*(class^=adve)
and
#*(class^=adve)

Now I can enjoy adblock the way it it supposed to work.
Thanks!

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:22 pm

You should not use all the subscriptions you can get - you are likely to have many false positives then. Choose a subscription (Rick's list and both German lists should be general enough) and stick to it. Btw, this particular filter is from Cйdric.

helping guest · Post by **helping guest** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:26 pm

Wladimir Palant wrote:You should not use all the subscriptions you can get - you are likely to have many false positives then. Choose a subscription (Rick's list and both German lists should be general enough) and stick to it. Btw, this particular filter is from Cйdric.

You should write this into the "adding subscription" dialogue, that open during the first start. I doubt somebody will read it, but it is better than nothing, because I already heard of many people, that they are using more filterlists; which is no good, like you mentioned.

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 11:39 pm

Yes, I will add this - in 0.7.2, when I'm going to change the strings anyway. But you are right, nobody reads this text.

chewey · Post by **chewey** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:34 pm

Maarten wrote:Found the problem!
The problem was caused by these filters in 'Cedrics Liste':
#*(class^=adve)
and
#*(class^=adve)

I think you meant #*(class^=adve) and #*(class*=adver)?

I removed those now, so it will work with the
unmodified subscription. I try to keep a "zero
tolerance" policy for element hiding false positives,
as they are very difficult to detect for unexperienced
users.

Thanks for bringing it up.