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BT.dk Blocks adblock+ users

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:51 pm
by zeon
i found the following script on bt.dk after being blocked by adblock


<script type='text/javascript'>
var checkad = document.getElementsByTagName("script");
for(var i = 0; i < checkad.length; i++) {
var script = checkad;
if (script && ((script.getAttribute("src") != null && script.getAttribute("src").match("http://m-serving.com")) || script.style.display == "none")) {
parent.location.href = "/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/adblocker.pbs";
}
}
</script>

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:06 pm
by Beefix
and how do I work arround that?

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:42 pm
by Wladimir Palant
Right-click the ABP icon in toolbar, go to Options and uncheck "Collapse blocked elements".

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:13 pm
by zeonos
thanks, that worked. :) will this affect other sites, or does the collapse blocked elements do nothing?

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:18 pm
by Wladimir Palant
Yes, it will affect other sites but "collapse blocked elements" doesn't do much these days. Anyway, I'll make sure that this option won't be as easily detectable in Adblock Plus 1.1.

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:21 pm
by Beefix
Now that was wasy ... thx M8

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:00 pm
by Apoxie
Wladimir Palant wrote:Yes, it will affect other sites but "collapse blocked elements" doesn't do much these days. Anyway, I'll make sure that this option won't be as easily detectable in Adblock Plus 1.1.
Yes please make Adblock more stealth. More and more sites are going to try to counter it, cause they say if you dont view adds you generate no money = we dont want your traffic.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:55 pm
by zeonos
got another one, again from a danish newspaper

Berlinske.dk

<script type="text/javascript">var berlingske_media = false;</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var checkad = document.getElementsByTagName("script");
for(var i = 0; i < checkad.length; i++) {
var script = checkad;
if (script && ((script.getAttribute("src") != null && script.getAttribute("src").match("http://m-serving.com")) || script.style.display == "none")) {
parent.location.href = "/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/adblocker.pbs";
}
}
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/script/adimage.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
if(!berlingske_media) { parent.location.href = "/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/adblocker.pbs"; }
</script>

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:05 pm
by Razuul
berlingske.dk which is owned by the same company as bt.dk, have now made a sligthly more advanced method of blocking, see below.

The trick of turning collapsing off does not work any more.

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<script type="text/javascript">var berlingske_media = false;</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var checkad = document.getElementsByTagName("script");
for(var i = 0; i < checkad.length; i++) {
   var script = checkad[i];
   if (script && ((script.getAttribute("src") != null && script.getAttribute("src").match("http://m-serving.com")) || script.style.display == "none")) { 
   parent.location.href = "/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/adblocker.pbs";  
   }
}

</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/script/adimage.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
if(!berlingske_media) { parent.location.href = "/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/adblocker.pbs"; }
</script>
adimage.js contains

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var berlingske_media = true;
So it seems they try to get this js file caught in the filter.

Adding the exception @@adimage.js allows me to load the page again.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:10 pm
by Razuul
thanks Razuul, worked perfectly.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:11 pm
by Wladimir Palant
So this is not collateral damage, they are using AidOnline as an excuse to block Adblock Plus. How nice of them. Let's see how long it will take them to realize that they are only harming themselves, I am leaning back and watching.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:15 pm
by Zeonos
sorry, the username of the thanks razuul post should have been zeonos.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:16 pm
by Zeonos
well, it would be nice if they just blocked aidonline, which should be easy if i understand it correctly.

anyways, all the help organizations there was supporting aidonline left them, so now they are alone. still trying, but i would dare to say it will fail horrible..

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:33 pm
by René
AidOnline's addon is based on AdBlock Plus.
It lets adblock remove the ads on the site. After that it inserts its own.

So I believe they have to use the "AdBlock Plus blocking" to block the AidOnline addon.

Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:44 pm
by Wladimir Palant
René wrote:So I believe they have to use the "AdBlock Plus blocking" to block the AidOnline addon.
No, they already have code there that recognizes specifically AidOnline - it is easy to detect, unlike Adblock Plus. The recent changes were explicitly targeted at Adblock Plus however (to be more precise, at EasyList).