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In July 2018, the popular Adblock Plus software released its version 3.2 that brought a new feature called $rewrite. This feature allowed one to change the filter rules and decide which content got blocked and which didn’t. It was said that often there are content elements that are difficult to block. This feature was soon implemented by AdBlock as well […]
The in-house Google Chrome ad-blocker, which was initially launched for United States, Canada, and Europe last year, is ready to roll out worldwide on July 9th, Google said in a blog post. Google has been following the Better Ads Standards from the Coalition for Better ads for more than a year. This group’s sole purpose is to improve […]
Watch closely the below Ad-blocker extension, and if by any chance you have installed in your Google Chrome browser, and then you are in for a surprise. Yes, you could have been hacked. Five malicious ad blockers have been spotted by a security researcher nearly 20-million users across the world have installed the Adblocker. Nevertheless, […]
Ad Blockers play a vital role in hurting the earnings of a website at the same time it lets users browse the Internet without the hassle of closing irritating popup ads and getting redirected to scammy sites that bombard users with spam during the process. Google, on the other hand, is home to some of […]
Since last month, Google’s home-baked web browser has started to block advertisements on it own via the inbuilt ad-blocking tool. The browser automatically kicks out annoying ads from websites that don’t stick to the Better Ads Standards. Chrome’s ad-blocker is a clear competitor to the current industry leader AdBlock. But it gives users ease of […]
Google has launched an ad-blocker for its Chrome web browser that is designed by information security experts to prevent “annoying” and “intrusive” ads being shown to users. Sites will have 30 days to remove disruptive ads before blocking begins. The choice of which ads to block will be determined by the Coalition for Better Ads (CBA) that […]