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Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:09 pm
by 2216
On adblock plus for google chrome a "mgid.com" popup is not blocked on "
https://kat.ph/" (for the popup to show up you have to click search query), however on firefox the "mgid.com" popup is blocked. Using fanboy's list on both. I thought that Chrome 17 fixed the inability to block certain request types. I am using chrome 18.0.1025.151. I have tried manually adding "||mgid.com^" to the chrome filters but the popup still comes up. Thanks in advance for any help you may provide.
[yes I did update my filters]
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:49 pm
by Marijo
Popup-blocking via ABP is only possible with Firefox.
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 12:13 am
by mapx
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:09 am
by fanboy
Hmm that seemed to work, lets add it..
https://hg.fanboy.co.nz/rev/ff08bf8ee5dd
Just force an update of the subscriptions 2216
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:13 am
by billyboy
Thanks for the advice here. I've recently had exactly the same issue with mgid pop-up ads.
I followed the instructions on this thread and the problem was resolved. However, I've noticed it's back again. But I haven't used or even clicked on any mgid page (as far as i'm aware). I even looked through my cookies to see if i'd stumbled upon it by mistake, but i hadn't.....so maybe mgid has hidden a cookie somewhere else on my machine. But surely a cookie cannot open a pop up by itself? I'm worried that maybe it has installed some kind of malware!
Any advice or suggestions?
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:52 pm
by Mahesh Pillai
ABP works well with any browser. With chrome one needs to do as said earlier. However, the mgid popups simply do not go away. I needed a file assassin program to kill it on boot time. Why do people fall for the mgid scam i dunno.
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 3:45 pm
by billyboy
Just found this link that lists some of the spyware and malware associated with MGID pop-up and pop-under ads:
http://support.clean-mx.de/clean-mx/vir ... n=mgid.com
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:07 pm
by mapx
Re: Adblock plus for Chrome not blocking popup ad
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:37 am
by Wladimir Palant
Off-topic comments in this forum thread have been removed due to a takedown notice from MGID, Inc. I also locked the topic since it apparently attracts such comments.