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Are adds fighting back?

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Old 3rd Aug 2009, 00:18
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Are adds fighting back?

I've noticed a strange thing since installing W7. -- Obviously needing a reinstall of Adblock plus.


The Adblock plus seems to work the same, but often - increasingly often - the adds are defeating the system.

Now and then I see a flicker of the [block] tab, but it's ethereal and often gone before the cursor is upon it. If I can catch it, it works. There is no right click menu option on these particular determined ones.
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Old 3rd Aug 2009, 07:23
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A lot of those adds are using things like flash so if you disable the flash player add on it may stop them.
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AdBlock Plus uses rule sets that get updated regularly, so I suggest you check that. Under Add-ons, Adblock Plus, Preferences, Filter menu, Add Filterset, select "Easylist (US)". There was a set called "Filterset.G", which is now defunct and should be removed.

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