Need help writing an element blocking filter...again

[anon42]

A few years ago I asked for help suppressing a horizontally scrolling ad banner on this page. Well they changed their html and the banner is back again. As always it's varies from week to week offering different ads. Here's what I think is the pertinent code:

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    <div class="row main-col-row">
        <div class="main-col col-md-9">

                 <div id="carousel" class="carousel slide" data-ride="carousel">

                <div class="carousel-inner" role="listbox">

            
                                            <div class="item active">
                    <a href="https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/48819/coherence?utm_source=promo&utm_medium=website&utm_content=billboard&utm_campaign=coherence" onclick="try{ga('send','event','macupdate','click','browsehomepage_billboard-click','48819');}catch(e){}">
                        <img src="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/Coherence.jpg"
                            alt="Coherence" 
                            srcset="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/Coherence.jpg 1x">
                    </a>
                </div>
                                            <div class="item ">
                    <a href="https://www.macupdate.com/bundle/macupdate-desktop-command-tab-plus?utm_source=bundles&utm_medium=website&utm_content=billboard&utm_campaign=mudbogo_command-tab" onclick="try{ga('send','event','macupdate','click','browsehomepage_billboard-click','57759');}catch(e){}">
                        <img src="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/billboard.jpg"
                            alt="Command-Tab Plus" 
                            srcset="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/billboard.jpg 1x">
                    </a>
                </div>
                                            <div class="item ">
                    <a href="https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/41549/quick-n-easy-web-builder?utm_source=promo&utm_medium=website&utm_content=billboard&utm_campaign=quick-n-easy-web-builder" onclick="try{ga('send','event','macupdate','click','browsehomepage_billboard-click','41549');}catch(e){}">
                        <img src="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/quick%20n%20easy.jpg"
                            alt="Quick 'n Easy Web Builder" 
                            srcset="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/quick%20n%20easy.jpg 1x">
                    </a>
                </div>
                                            <div class="item ">
                    <a href="/app/mac/5240/corel-painter" onclick="try{ga('send','event','macupdate','click','browsehomepage_billboard-click','5240');}catch(e){}">
                        <img src="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/corelPainter_billboard.jpg"
                            alt="Corel Painter" 
                            srcset="//dl2.macupdate.com/images/app_billboards/corelPainter_billboard.jpg 1x">
                    </a>
                </div>
            
                                                                    <ol class="carousel-indicators" schema="">
                        <li data-target="#carousel" data-slide-to="0" class="active"></li>
                                                                                    <li data-target="#carousel" data-slide-to="1"></li>
                                                                                    <li data-target="#carousel" data-slide-to="2"></li>
                                                                                    <li data-target="#carousel" data-slide-to="3"></li>
                                                    </div>

    </div>

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Since the ads vary from week to week is there a general filter that can take out the entire sliding banner? In the above the banner specifies three products. The old general matching technique is no longer valid.

I would have updated my old thread but it appears to be locked.

Thanks (again) in advance.

[anon42]

I may have answered my own question by extrapolating what was suggested for the earlier html. But just to confirm it appears that the filter,

macupdate.com##[id^="carousel"]

seems to work (at the moment at least). What do you think?

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