Adblock Detecting

[tj]

I have notice a few site using this within the past week. Will there be a fix for all sites doing this?

Example
http://www.rapid8.com does it when you go to
http://www.rapid8.com/stage2.php and directs you to
http://www.rapid8.com/why.php

[MonztA]

That's the responsible code for the detection:

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<script type="text/javascript">

if (document.getElementById('addd').clientHeight < 20) {
    location.href = 'http://rapid8.com/why.php';
}
else if (document.getElementById('adddd').clientHeight < 20) {
    location.href = 'http://rapid8.com/why.php';
}
</script>

Maybe someone else know how to beat it, as I don't have time for it now.

[Hubird]

When I disable ABP to test what the site is supposed to do all I get is a crazy amount of ads and pop-ups and pop-unders and redirects. I wonder if this site actually does anything at all apart from serve ads

[tj]

When I disable ABP to test what the site is supposed to do all I get is a crazy amount of ads and pop-ups and pop-unders and redirects. I wonder if this site actually does anything at all apart from serve ads

it does...sorta... I use it for when I need to download something from hotfile.

Is there a way to make the the ads go all white/transparent and not collapse it?
It checks the dimensions of the spot the ad is in, so if its shorter then what it should be it redirects.

[Hubird]

Not with ABP, anything we do to the ads will trigger the redirect.

If we hide or block them then the space has changed. Probably a greasemonkey script is in order.

I suggest boycotting them completely, surely you must be able to find an alternative service without such harsh and annoying advertising tactics.

[Guest]

Not with ABP, anything we do to the ads will trigger the redirect.

If we hide or block them then the space has changed. Probably a greasemonkey script is in order.

I suggest boycotting them completely, surely you must be able to find an alternative service without such harsh and annoying advertising tactics.

Yea this site isn't worth the trouble. Would wait a hour to get what I want/need then use this site.

[ads are unhealthy]

I use it for when I need to download something from hotfile..

find an alternative service without such harsh and annoying advertising tactics.

have you tried
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jdownloader/
http://jdownloader.org/

SkipScreen, a firefox extension, is still plagued with malware ideology. If you use that be sure to disable its "enhanced" search "features". If they are actually designed to benefit the user while profiting the developer the user should have to OPT to enable them, and not have "features" inflicted unknowingly only later to "opt" out. Such malware "features" should not be included in an extension let alone be approved for hosting by an AMO editor.

jdownloader is even battling hotfile ... and winning
http://board.jdownloader.org/forumdisplay.php?f=13

But I am intrigued to see a greasemonkey solution. Some people somehow use platypus to find- and disable undesirable JS functions or scripts.

[enesay]

But I am intrigued to see a greasemonkey solution. Some people somehow use platypus to find- and disable undesirable JS functions or scripts.

That's the responsible code for the detection:

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<script type="text/javascript">

if (document.getElementById('addd').clientHeight < 20) {
    location.href = 'http://rapid8.com/why.php';
}
else if (document.getElementById('adddd').clientHeight < 20) {
    location.href = 'http://rapid8.com/why.php';
}
</script>

So today I learned both NoScript and platypus can be used to divert script function:

NoScript: Surrogate Scripts:
http://hackademix.net/2009/01/25/surrog ... analytics/

I'd like to see solutions for OP with both

[AdblockFiddler]

I've found a way to use AdBlock AND Rapid8

As the webmaster states, it is not ok to hide the banners. He said nothing about the popups - which are naggy as hell.

Simply deactivate ALL filter subscriptions and add following custom filters:

ALLOW:
@@|http://serw.clicksor.com/newServing/showbanner.php?*

DISALLOW:
http://popadscdn.net/*.js
|http://c7.zedo.com/jsc/*
|http://ads.lzjl.com/*
http://serw.clicksor.com/newServing/*

[thehellz]

Great, no popups anymore, thanks

[lewisje]

I'm trying out a cleaned-up version of your rules:

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||popadscdn.net/*.js|
||zedo.com/jsc/
||ads.lzjl.com^
||clicksor.com/newServing/
@@||serw.clicksor.com/newServing/showbanner.php

It turned that that it didn't work, but a much craftier rule did, even while keeping all my existing subscriptions intact:

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@@||rapid8.com/*/adsense.js|

rapid8 uses a global variable called "adblock" to attempt to detect content-blockers; in the head of the page it sets adblock = true; and then tries to load a file at http://rapid8.com/adss/adsense.js consisting of the line adblock = false; and then later on it uses the value of "adblock" along with a query on the height of an element with ID "cb" (to see whether it's less than 2) to determine whether to show that annoying message rather than counting down as you wanted.

This is "adblock detection" at its most basic: Try to load a file, test for something that should be true if the file were loaded, and if it's false, assume the user is using a content-blocker, and annoy the user accordingly.

[Gingerbread Man]

When I disable ABP to test what the site is supposed to do all I get is a crazy amount of ads and pop-ups and pop-unders and redirects. I wonder if this site actually does anything at all apart from serve ads

An astute observation. I've never been able to get it to work. I think I once got as far as getting it to fetch a file, but I wasn't able to download it.

I suggest boycotting them completely, surely you must be able to find an alternative service without such harsh and annoying advertising tactics.

Yeah, no kidding. In the past, I've ocassionally used hlusoe.info. The site layout is clean, it doesn't nag about blocking ads, and looking at the blockable items list, there's not all that much stuff blocked.