URGENT: AdBlock plus makes Websites unusable

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SperlingNX
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URGENT: AdBlock plus makes Websites unusable

Post by SperlingNX »

Hello everybody,

I'm a long time user of AdBlock plus and I have experienced something strange today: While trying to access the Austrian Website of our company (https://www.next-kraftwerke.at/) the website was unusable because all images and image-related content was blocked. In testing with my colleagues we found out that facebook was only partially and instagram not at all usable.

As this is a matter of great importance not only for us, I suggest you check your recent updates!

Not only our websites are inacessible - nearly all websites are affected, too!

Christian Sperling, Next Kraftwerke GmbH
pholtos
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Re: URGENT: AdBlock plus makes Websites unusable

Post by pholtos »

Can confirm, am encountering this as well.

Using Adblock version 3.32.1.
Chrome Version 68.0.3440.106

Tried restarting my computer, tried clearing my cache. No dice.
In fact I think restarting my computer made it slightly worse.

Something changed very recently, as I was not encountering this issue a few hours ago.

Edit: Facebook for example has at present 287 things being blocked, and I'm not sure what they are as there's no easy way to read what is.
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mapx
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Re: URGENT: AdBlock plus makes Websites unusable

Post by mapx »

force an update for easylist list
pholtos
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Re: URGENT: AdBlock plus makes Websites unusable

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mapx wrote:force an update for easylist list
That fixed it, thanks.
smint
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Re: URGENT: AdBlock plus makes Websites unusable

Post by smint »

pholtos wrote:
mapx wrote:force an update for easylist list
That fixed it, thanks.
Ok if you disable easylist, works. But I don't think this is an effective solution. In this new update they have added something that affects many users and would have to be fixed. :!: :!: :!:

:cry:
Riddle
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Re: URGENT: AdBlock plus makes Websites unusable

Post by Riddle »

smint wrote:
pholtos wrote:
mapx wrote:force an update for easylist list
That fixed it, thanks.
Ok if you disable easylist, works. But I don't think this is an effective solution. In this new update they have added something that affects many users and would have to be fixed. :!: :!: :!:

:cry:
Can you read? Nobody said anything about disabling.

Updating the list fixed it, but this came a little harsh and I think many users may be struggling and calling their ISP :mrgreen:
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