µBlock, a lean and fast blocker

Discussion in 'other software & services' started by gorhill, Jun 23, 2014.

  1. Sampei Nihira

    Sampei Nihira Registered Member

    Even with my smartphone I achieve the same result for Canvas only with the anti-tracking feature of the browser + DNS.
    Obviously not so for WebGL.
    My (previous) question is what are you interested in improving between Canvas or WebGL?
     
  2. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

    OK thanks, my bad. It's just that on YouTube you can apparently remove video-ads, so why not on other sites?
     
  3. Brummelchen

    Brummelchen Registered Member

    because its displayed in a different way!? please stick with these answers. there exists pages where ads can be filtered, and some where not. not in your hand, not in mine.
     
  4. guest

    guest Guest

  5. Brummelchen

    Brummelchen Registered Member

    it is no longer used here since months because of this. it was noticed here that time ago. nevertheless parts of it are in my HOSTS file (windows)
     
  6. plat

    plat Registered Member

    Just purged and updated--MVPS is now GONE.

    mvphosts gone ubo.PNG
     
  7. Rasheed187

    Rasheed187 Registered Member

    OK I see.
     
  8. stapp

    stapp Global Moderator

  9. RKO

    RKO Registered Member

    Hey guys. Was wondering if someone could help me with possibly a uBlock problem. I've been using Waterfox for the last few years with the appropriate uBlock for it, but I made the switch back to Firefox a couple months ago and should have the right uBlock installed (1.41.8 on that also. I have a website that I've gone to everyday of the last 20 years, but this past week the site is all messed up when I go to it. It works on my computer at work which also has uBlock on it (no idea if it's an up to date version).

    Here's a screenshot. Everything is pushed over to the left. If I reload the page without uBlock on it will return to normal. If I then turn uBlock back on the page will stay corrected. When I open a new page everything reverts back to the left again. I also want to note that another site I go to did this also. I have no idea of the site, I didn't think anything of it at the time, but now I'm wondering if somehow my settings got screwy when I uploaded my setting to this Firefox version I'm now using. Really could use the help, I don't have a clue of how I could get this site back to working other than using it without uBlock. Thanks alot.
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  10. SouthPark

    SouthPark Registered Member

    @RKO I would recommend resetting uBO to default settings (settings tab, at bottom of page), then restart the browser and update all filters.
     
  11. RKO

    RKO Registered Member

    Ok thanks will try that.

    Edit: That worked :)

    So is it as simple as now turning off 1 filter at a time on my old settings to see which one is the culprit? That should be easy enough. I hope it's not two or more conflicting ones. Is there anywhere in uBlock that would list the last settings I've changed over the last couple months, since it was working before?

    Edit #2: Culprit found!!!! Woo hoo! This was it........

    https://download.dnscrypt.info/blacklists/domains/mybase.txt

    Not sure what it's protecting me against, it was huge, something like 300k files. I'm sure I'm not the first or last ublock user that just had a hodgepodge of files that could half be out of date or conflicting with one another.

    BUT...........I seriously thank you @SouthPark!! Thank you for the suggestion.
     
    Last edited: Mar 19, 2022
  12. SouthPark

    SouthPark Registered Member

    Glad I could be of help. uBO regularly removes outdated or unmaintained block lists, but custom subscriptions aren't automatically pruned.

    I humbly recommend the very small Grayware Blocklist that I maintain, (subscription link): https://github.com/VernonStow/Filterlist/raw/master/Filterlist.txt
     
    Last edited: Mar 20, 2022
  13. RKO

    RKO Registered Member

    Thanks, I'll have a look!
     
  14. Sampei Nihira

    Sampei Nihira Registered Member

    Today, remarkable increase in the number of rules in:

    "AdGuard Tracking Protection"

    and

    "AdGuard CNAME disguised trackers list".
    :eek:
     
  15. plat

    plat Registered Member

    New entry:

    ubo new entry.PNG

    I guess it's for correcting display issues? Virtually nothing coming up in a search at the moment.

    Current version on here is still 1.41.8
     
  16. imdb

    imdb Registered Member

    hi, @plat1098 . i think it's a filter list consisting of filter rules for which there's an open issue on ubo's github page.
     
  17. plat

    plat Registered Member

    Cool, thanks. Will keep an eye out for any further info, then.
     
  18. imdb

    imdb Registered Member

    :thumb:
     
  19. Trooper

    Trooper Registered Member

    Does anyone know how to block the switch to Google Chrome popup when on Google's home page while using Edge with uBO?
     
  20. imdb

    imdb Registered Member

    hi, @plat1098 . looks like "quick fixes" filter list is the rebranded version of the old "ublock filters - experimental" filter list that was removed last year from "ubo filter lists".
     
  21. plat

    plat Registered Member

    OK, very good. :thumb: Already, it needed an update in the uBO dashboard. Now it's 118 total, of which 114 are in use on here specifically. :)
     
  22. imdb

    imdb Registered Member

    enable either one of ag or fb annoyances filter lists.
     
    Last edited: Mar 23, 2022
  23. Trooper

    Trooper Registered Member

    Already using AG. Will try another list, thanks.

    EDIT: No dice. Maybe another list is interfering with it.
     
  24. imdb

    imdb Registered Member

    try using element picker to create a custom rule.
     
  25. Trooper

    Trooper Registered Member

    I am going to have to look up how to do that lol.
     
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