Ace-Garageguy Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 Anybody else have this happen? This AM, I started noticing ads were coming up on this site, and then on YT as well. The AdBlock icon was gone from the upper RH screen. I've since reinstalled it, and it's working fine, but I wondered if anyone else has had the same thing happen.
Matt Bacon Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 What browser are you using? The latest Safari, for example, has changed the way it works to improve security, so there needed to be a new version of Adblock. The old one is incompatible, so no longer runs as a plug-in, but downloading and installing the new one resolves the issue. It maybe that the same is also true of other browsers, and if you have auto-updating turned on, your browser installed the new plug-in when it was available... best, M.
Xingu Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 I had something similar happen maybe a year ago. Like Matt mentions, I think old versions become incompatible and the browser stops trying to use them.
my66s55 Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 I use Ghostery. Blocks trackers as well as ads.
Jim N Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 For what it's worth, I set all of our browsers up on "Private Browsing", and since doing this, I have not had a problem with pop up ads.
Roadrunner Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 I've never had mine removed, but I do frequently encounter sites that ask that I disable it for their site, which I seldom do.
smhardesty Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Jim N said: For what it's worth, I set all of our browsers up on "Private Browsing", and since doing this, I have not had a problem with pop up ads. Private Browsing should have no effect what-so-ever on pop-up ads.
smhardesty Posted September 27, 2018 Posted September 27, 2018 I feel for you guys still running non-Linux computers. I read the problems you suffer and think about how great it is to never have a problem like that. You really should try Linux. It's free, and it's free. No, not a typo. "Free" meaning two different things here. Most importantly it's 99.9% trouble free. I loaded my wife's laptop well over a year ago and haven't seen it since. She is nowhere near a computer guru. In fact, in a lot of ways, she is computer illiterate. Yet I haven't had to touch her laptop in over a year. In the past, when I was still in the business, I had desktop PCs running Linux that had not been turned off or re-booted in years. One had run Red Hat for over 7 years. If interested, try Linux Lite. Simple, easy, and free.
my66s55 Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 I've been using Ubuntu Linux since 2010. The few Windows programs I have to use are run on Virtualbox inside Ubuntu. Don't need virus protection software and such.
Ace-Garageguy Posted September 28, 2018 Author Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) I appreciate the responses. I've done some digging, and apparently there is some malware that specifically targets AdBlock. Like some of you, I've also encountered sites that require disabling AdBlock to access them. I won't play. The info is always available elsewhere. The new AdBlock site has a voluntary-pay page that previous versions didn't. I appreciate not having my internet experience marred by a constant barrage of marketing stuff I don't want and won't buy, so I have zero problem paying for AdBlock...just as I voluntarily pay for access to WikiP, (and always paid for P-bucket, still do, and it's still working fine at the very old rate) though it too is ostensibly "free". I'm wondering if the mystery uninstall of AdBlock was a subtle hint that they're now accepting money for service. Like I said, I have no problem paying for something I use, especially something I use heavily and rely on. If it WAS indeed initiated by AdBlock however, I really would have appreciated a straight-up request for pay-as-you-go...but I'm not saying it was. As far as Windows being "trouble prone", I personally don't have much of a problem with it. Since I last upgraded my OS from XP to something newer several years back, I've had a corrupted mouse driver. Fixed it myself. No other issues. Wait...there's more. Occasionally when Windows updates, it destabilizes my non-Microsoft photo-editing suite. So far, it's always been an easy fix too. Edited September 28, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy
Dave Van Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 Chrome had a involuntary update this week too. Changed some of my settings.... As a retired Computer System Analyst I hate these forced updates.....Windows have it to now. You can try and block some....but not all. Leave me alone!!
Belugawrx Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 I know,..it's working fine,..don't need the updates...go away More ways to "track" your preferences
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