CBS news

linuxrules · Post by **linuxrules** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:39 am

I watch CBS news almost every day on their website (since I am not within TV coverage) and I noticed that one computer blocks their ads successfully while another doesn't. I have checked my subscriptions, they are identical. The blocking occurs through the http//:track pattern in the list "ABP Tracking Filter". Again both lists are identical on both machines.

I finally found a difference though: the machine NOT blocking does not list any blockable items of the type "other". Is there any way to allow those items to appear? What would firefox have to do to add those to the list of blockable items???

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:46 am

Are you sure that the Tracking Filter is blocking the ads? That shouldn't do that. Can you give me a link to a news page that I could see this?

If 'other' is not listed, that would mean that your Firefox/Seamonkey OR Adblock Plus is not the latest version. "Other" usually designates the sub-parts of a flash element.

The 'other' designation in ABP was only able to be implemented after a bug in the Mozilla Gecko engine was fixed ... it was only a couple of versions ago.

Check your browser and ABP versions and update.

@ Wladimir (or someone):
What are the minimum versions of Firefox and ABP needed for the "other" TYPE to work?

A Cat Is Fine Too · Post by **A Cat Is Fine Too** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:08 am

rick752 wrote:@ Wladimir (or someone):
What are the minimum versions of Forefox and ABP needed for the "other" TYPE to work?

2.0.0.4
http://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1169

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:16 pm

Yes, that's supported starting with Firefox 2.0.0.4 and SeaMonkey 1.0.2. In Adblock Plus this feature is supported starting with Adblock Plus 0.7.5.

linuxrules · Post by **linuxrules** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:37 pm

Here are more details on the case:

I use Firefox 2.0.0.11 and ABP 0.7.5.3. A link to the relevant CBS pages is here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video ... =nav_video

And this is a screenshot of the version that is successfully blocking the ads:
http://media4fun.com/images/abp_cbs.jpg

On the other computer program versions and list subscriptions are identical, but no "other" content is listed as blockable. Let me know if you need a screenshot of that, too. It would be interesting to hear if anyone else here can/cannot block those ads.

linuxrules · Post by **linuxrules** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:51 pm

Update: Problem solved

I discovered that the latest version of Firefox installs in an extra folder inside the folder specified during installation. So if you enter c:\Program Files\Firefox it will install in c:\Program Files\Firefox\Mozilla Firefox instead. My links still pointed to the old version which had not been overwritten, and that old version did not block correctly. The new one does. Thanks for your effort, and sorry for bothering you guys. You are doing a great job!

IceDogg · Post by **IceDogg** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:13 pm

Thank you for coming back and telling us what the problem was. To often people just go on there way and we never know what happened or if they ever found a solution, especially in a case like yours. Have a great one and I'm glad you found your answer.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:44 pm

linuxrules wrote:My links still pointed to the old version which had not been overwritten, and that old version did not block correctly. The new one does. Thanks for your effort, and sorry for bothering you guys. You are doing a great job!

No bother at all. Thank YOU!

It is always nice to have a problem ... and then a follow-up solution like this in public print because you never know if another is having the same issue

As IceDogg says, thank you for following up on this.