[privoxy-devel] [ ijbswa-Actionsfile feedback-3615289 ] Annoying ads that Privoxy can't block

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Actionsfile feedback item #3615289, was opened at 2013-12-26 01:16
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>Group: None
>Status: Pending
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Tyrexionibus (tyrexionibus)
>Assigned to: Fabian Keil (fabiankeil)
Summary: Annoying ads that Privoxy can't block

Initial Comment:
Hello,

I'm writing this support request because there are ads that Privoxy seem not to be catching anymore. A bunch of months have passed since the problem appeared; Privoxy was able to catch them before!

Take THIS LINK as an example; it's a song download service from Zippyshare: http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/64444425/file.html

I see ADS under "Advertisements" section! I didn't see them some months ago! What's happened?

(See attachment for details; however, ads may vary)

Please provide SUPPORT. The ad-blocking aggressiveness is set to HIGH, but with no effort. I see them all the same!

The configuration is set to MEDIUM. I don't wanna set it to "Advanced" because the cookie-killing feature would stop most websites from working. However, ad-blocking aggressiveness is HIGH both in "Medium" and in "Advanced" mode.

MY CONFIGURATION:
Mac OS X 10.7.5 "Lion"
Firefox 27.0
Privoxy running on 127.0.0.1:8118
No system firewall, Little Snitch enabled (outgoing firewall, no issue)
No other proxies

WHAT ACTIONS APPLY TO "http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/64444425/file.html" ? (Why is the problem appearing?)
In match-all.action:
{+change-x-forwarded-for{block}
+client-header-tagger{css-requests}
+client-header-tagger{image-requests}
+deanimate-gifs{last}
+filter{refresh-tags}
+filter{img-reorder}
+filter{banners-by-size}
+filter{webbugs}
+filter{jumping-windows}
+filter{ie-exploits}
+hide-from-header{block}
+hide-referrer{conditional-block}
+session-cookies-only
+set-image-blocker{pattern} }
/

In default.action:
{-handle-as-image }
/.*\.(js|php|css|.?html?)

In user.action:
(no matches in this file)

FINAL RESULTS for "http://www12.zippyshare.com/v/64444425/file.html" :
+change-x-forwarded-for{block}
+client-header-tagger{css-requests}
+client-header-tagger{image-requests}
+deanimate-gifs{last}
+filter{refresh-tags}
+filter{img-reorder}
+filter{banners-by-size}
+filter{webbugs}
+filter{jumping-windows}
+filter{ie-exploits}
+hide-from-header{block}
+hide-referrer{conditional-block}
+session-cookies-only
+set-image-blocker{pattern}

-add-header
-block
-client-header-filter
-content-type-overwrite
-crunch-client-header
-crunch-if-none-match
-crunch-incoming-cookies
-crunch-outgoing-cookies
-crunch-server-header
-downgrade-http-version
-fast-redirects
-force-text-mode
-forward-override
-handle-as-empty-document
-handle-as-image
-hide-accept-language
-hide-content-disposition
-hide-if-modified-since
-hide-user-agent
-limit-connect
-limit-cookie-lifetime
-overwrite-last-modified
-prevent-compression
-redirect
-server-header-filter
-server-header-tagger

WITH this configuration, I'm still seeing the ads you can see in the attachment file.

Please help.

MY LOGIN: tyrexionibus

Thanks in advance for your support!

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>Comment By: Fabian Keil (fabiankeil)
Date: 2013-12-26 01:38

Message:
Thanks for the report.

Try adding:

{+block{Might be a web-bug.} +handle-as-empty-document -handle-as-image}
.adcash.com/script/

to one of your action files. If it works, we can add the block to the
default configuration.

Looks like the ads should only appear with JavaScript enabled, so you might
also want to consider not allowing untrusted sites to execute code on your
system.

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