Advice Request Question regarding ad on a page

[dabluez98]

Hello

Please do advise if I should post/move this post elsewhere.

My question is more about learning than it is about the answer to the question per se. Basically, I am running uBlock origin, and I see a 'visa' add on this site - I am wondering if others see it too, and if not, is it do to your different configurations of ublock? Or running other addons or configurations such as DNS-level block?

GZERO Media

 

[silversurfer]

Hello

Please do advise if I should post/move this post elsewhere.

My question is more about learning than it is about the answer to the question per se. Basically, I am running uBlock origin, and I see a 'visa' add on this site - I am wondering if others see it too, and if not, is it do to your different configurations of ublock? Or running other addons or configurations such as DNS-level block?

GZERO Media

I'm also using uBlock Origin and even with default filters, no ads are visible here on Edge and Firefox. Please you may can take a screenshot?

 

[dabluez98]

Yes sir one minute.

 

[plat]

Yes, it's a large ad visible if you scroll down the page. I see it. What I do in these cases is use the Element Zapper. Poof, gone. I took a snip of it here:

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Click on the uBO icon at top then highlight what you want to zap, and click on the little electrical symbol.

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[dabluez98]

Yes, it's a large ad visible if you scroll down the page. I see it. What I do in these cases is use the Element Zapper. Poof, gone. I took a snip of it here:

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Click on the uBO icon at top then highlight what you want to zap, and click on the little electrical symbol.

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Cool thanks! I guess this is one way of doing it...
I suppose this is a different type of ad - it's a none-changing ad as if it was part of the web-site - i think that's the reason why its not blocked...its my amateur two cents

 

[The_King]

The image is hosted under the website media library. Adblockers will not block it by default. You can block the element manually by right clicking it and selecting block
element or use the zapper @plat1098 mentioned.

"https://www.gzeromedia.com/media-li...CNwv-wXT5_0PI/image.jpg?width=1000&height=650"

 

[RoboMan]

It's a post from their sponsor, not an ad. It's like an article, you can't block that by default.

 

[dabluez98]

Thank you all, now I understand the reason and to tackle such things in the future. Not ad-blocker or anyone/anything's fault =)

 

[The_King]

Thank you all, now I understand the reason and to tackle such things in the future. Not ad-blocker or anyone/anything's fault =)

If you block something by accident and want to undo it. Go to uBlock dashboard and click on "My Filters" tab and remove the line/rule then click apply.
The item you blocked should show again after your refresh the page.

 

[plat]

The Zapper is pretty much only good as a one-shot deal. Next time you visit the page, that ad or another will likely be back. The Picker, which is the eye=dropper symbol next the the Zapper, will generate more permanent rules in the "My Rules" section of the uBO dashboard like The_King already said.

Ads like this Visa-sponsored content can be generated via script and/or hosted on temporary sub-domains that can change periodically and if that's the case, uBlock Origin's static filters can't keep up with that.

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