Ads on finanzen.net

[curiosity-seeker]

URL(s) where the issue occurs

http://www.finanzen.net/

Describe the issue

There are 2 ads below the top and at the right side of that page, sometimes only one of them appears.

Screenshot(s)

Versions

• Browser/version: Firefox 48.0.1 with e10s enabled (browser.tabs.remote.autostart = true,
  browser.tabs.remote.force-enable = true, dom.ipc.processCount = 8)
• uBlock Origin version: 1.8.5rc3

Settings

• uBlock filters
• uBlock filters Badware
• uBlock filters Privacy
• uBlock filters Unbreak
• Adblock Warning Removal List
• Anti-Adblock Killer reek
• Spam 404
• Fanboy's Ultimate List
• Easylist Germany
• Prebake
• http://www.antipubfirefox.org/antipub/antipubfirefox-adblocklist-current-expanded.txt
• https://raw.github.com/r4vi/block-the-eu-cookie-shit-list/master/filterlist.txt
• https://adguard.com/en/filter-rules.html?id=3
• https://adguard.com/en/filter-rules.html?id=2
• https://adguard.com/en/filter-rules.html?id=6
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IDKwhattoputhere/uBlock-Filters-Plus/master/uBlock-Filters-Plus.txt

... and all hosts files in uMatrix.

Notes

I've added the filters suggested on https://forums.lanik.us/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=32159&p=100829&hilit=finanzen.net#p100829:

finanzen.net###bs_abstand
||assets3.finanzen.net^$xmlhttprequest

With the Element Picker I created the following rules:

! 26.8.2016, 12:32:04 http://www.finanzen.net/
www.finanzen.net###sas_3650
www.finanzen.net###sas_5419_ibanner
www.finanzen.net###Ads_BA_SKY
www.finanzen.net###werbungR
www.finanzen.net###sas_5419_ibanner
www.finanzen.net###sas_5419_bannerCont
www.finanzen.net###sas_5419_i5045911
www.finanzen.net###sas_5419
www.finanzen.net###flashbuehne

But the ads are coming back ...

[gorhill]

Unable to reproduce -- using default settings + EasyList Germany (using a .de VPN). See if you can reproduce with only default settings + EasyList Germany, and also if using only uBO.

[gorhill]

Ok, I saw that there were exception filters (from EasyList DEU) for that site:

Using another blocking extension (uMatrix) probably work against these exception filters: I get the ads if I override these exception filters by dynamically blocking smartadserver.com and sascdn.com.

[gorhill]

You will have to whitelist smartadserver.com and sascdn.com in uMatrix in order for the exception filters in Easylist DEU to do their job.

[gorhill]

Actually, there is a filter in uBlock filters which was created for finanzen.ch a long time ago:

finanzen.ch##script:contains(/^\s*function\s+UABPInject/)

I see that finanzen.ch is related to finanzen.net, and the scriptlet for finanzen.ch no longer works. So it's probably a matter of updating the scriptlet for finanzen.ch, and also injecting it into finanzen.net.

[curiosity-seeker]

You will have to whitelist smartadserver.com and sascdn.com in uMatrix in order for the exception filters in Easylist DEU to do their job.

I did that and it seems to work (the appearance of those ads is not always consistent) . Thank you very much! I understand that you'll probably update that scriptlet as a better solution.

BTW, very interesting discussion with the AdGuard and ABP developers. It's good to see that there is some collaboration.

[gorhill]

I committed a better fix, you no longer need to whitelist smartadserver and sascdn.

[curiosity-seeker]

I tried it and, yes, it works! gorhill, you're unbelievable :-) Thanks again!

[curiosity-seeker]

Unfortunately, the ads on finanzen.net are back:

I'm using uBlock Origin 1.9.7b1 with the same filterlists as in the first post above. All of them are updated.

[gorhill]

I don't see that ad. I do see it if I toggle off the per-site cosmetic filtering switch.

[gorhill]

For the other square ad, try finanzen.net##[id^="sas_"]:style(height: 1px !important).

[curiosity-seeker]

I don't see that ad. I do see it if I toggle off the per-site cosmetic filtering switch.

That switch is not toggled off. But now after opening that site again, I cannot see those ads at the top and the right side, either. Strange! I will report if they come back.

For the other square ad, try finanzen.net##[id^="sas_"]:style(height: 1px !important).

Thanks a lot! That fixed it, indeed!