PCH Games - Ads not being Blocked

[hschaars]

Ads are not being blocked on Publishers Clearing House Games on my laptop running Windows 10. I'm not having any issues on my MacMini though. This started 2 days ago. How can this be corrected? I did send a report to Adblock Plus, but I haven't heard anything yet. This is strange since it is only on my laptop running Win.10 and started out of the blue. I haven't changed any settings on this computer.

Helen

[mapx]

provide exact page link, screenshot with the ads you see, if needing an account
if you still have the report link post it here

[hschaars]

Oops. I made a mistake. Right now I have Adblock Plus disabled and the ads are not being blocked. This is the only way I can play the games which takes forever. When I have Adblock Plus enabled, nothing happens (no games, no ads, nothing) and this started happening 2 days ago.

Here is the page link with the report:

https://reports.adblockplus.org/a6190ed ... 8fb410d30a

[mapx]

- remove all your custom filters for pch
- add this filter

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@@||games.pch.com/js/analytics.js

[hschaars]

It worked! Thanks. Right now I unchecked the boxes for my current filters. Should I delete them?

[mapx]

delete them, are useless

[hschaars]

Now the same thing is happening to my MacMini computer. Here is the report:

https://reports.adblockplus.org/362ff02 ... fff2891335

[hschaars]

I copied the filter you gave me for my other computer and it now works. It didn't work at first. Then I disabled some other filters and right now it's OK. Who knows for how long. This website is constantly changing things. I might start playing my games on another site (AARP Online Games).

[Huntress]

They changed something at the end of February 2019 at PCH.com for the whole site, not just the Games section.

Now, most of the ads are not being blocked. You can block some of them by choosing 'block element' on each individual ad, but the more intrusive video ads continue to play. Even when the picture is blocked on the video, you still have to sit through the black screen. My only solution at this point is to spend far less time on the site now.

[Greenblud]

Agreed, PCH has definitely changed their persistent ads, and nothing appears to be blocking them. Looks like they are utilizing Publica software to detect ad blockers, then requesting a Pre-Roll ad if the blocker is detected. I'm also running TamperMonkey, however, it is not concealing AdBlock.

[sbell]

Hello!

Thanks for bringing this to our attention! We will get this reported to the filter list team for further investigation and resolution. Can you let us know which Filter lists you are currently using? We look forward to your follow up!

Thanks
Shannon
ABP Support Team

[Springfield]

Is it possible to receive updates on the progress of rectifying this present difficulty?

[mapx]

Nobody provided a page link, steps to reproduce the issue, if an account is necessary, screenshots with the ads (upload them )at imgur.com - post here the links)

[mapx]

someone willing to test this filter ?

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pch.com#$#abort-current-inline-script JSON.parse Math.random

does it break some functionality ?

[hschaars]

I can't believe PCH is doing this. What's the point? I usually play their minute games.The ads are almost a minute long and they play the same ad over and over again. So instead of playing 1 minute games, it's up to 2 minutes. I like their games, but this is getting ridiculous. I hope a fix is found soon.