Alternative to Ad Block Plus

[Jim]

I am running v56 and no plans to update but my old ad block plus seems
to be as much use as a wet paper bag nowadays, does anyone have ay other
suggestions for blocking pop up etc.

Jim

[mick]

uBlock Origin
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

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[George]

Seconded. Faster, with less overhead then AB+.

[WaltS48]

Update and use the built-in Tracking Protection along with uBlock Origin.

Users endanger themselves by using old vulnerable apps.

<https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/an-up-to-date-browser-should-keep-users-safe-from-most-exploit-kits/>

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[Jim]

On 24/06/2018 02:07, WaltS48 wrote:
> On 6/23/18 8:29 PM, Jim wrote:
>> I am running v56 and no plans to update but my old ad block plus seems
>> to be as much use as a wet paper bag nowadays, does anyone have ay
>> other suggestions for blocking pop up etc.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Update and use the built-in Tracking Protection along with uBlock Origin.
>
> Users endanger themselves by using old vulnerable apps.
>
> <https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/an-up-to-date-browser-should-keep-users-safe-from-most-exploit-kits/>
>
>

Problem with that is if i update to latest FF NONE of my add ons work,
even the suggested new one are pants, if i was given a choice latest FF
or something else i think i'd move to chrome.

[WaltS48]

Yes add-ons working are much more important than security. Sorry, my
mistake.

😨

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.1123.152980199...@lists.mozilla.org>, George

Not having tried ublock: does it have a way, at first install, of
picking things up from an existing installation of ABP, in the same way
as many of the common browsers, when installed, offer to import things
like at least bookmarks and history from installations they detect of
their competitors?
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[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.1126.152980348...@lists.mozilla.org>,

WaltS48 <sch...@REMOVEverizon.net> writes:
>On 6/23/18 9:11 PM, Jim wrote:

[]

>> Problem with that is if i update to latest FF NONE of my add ons
>>work, even the suggested new one are pants, if i was given a choice
>>latest FF or something else i think i'd move to chrome.
>
>Yes add-ons working are much more important than security. Sorry, my
>mistake.
>

Very glib. But for some people, who are experienced and thus careful,
that _can_ actually be the case - or, somewhere in between. The world is
not always black and white.
>0 >
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[Caver1]

On 06/23/2018 10:18 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
> In message
> <mailman.1123.152980199...@lists.mozilla.org>, George
> <george...@gmail.com> writes:
>> mick <nos...@junk.mail> wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/06/2018 01:29:02, Jim wrote:
>>>> I am running v56 and no plans to update but my old ad block plus
>>>> seems to be
>>>> as much use as a wet paper bag nowadays, does anyone have ay other
>>>> suggestions for blocking pop up etc.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>
>>> uBlock Origin
>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
>>
>> Seconded. Faster, with less overhead then AB+.
>
> Not having tried ublock: does it have a way, at first install, of
> picking things up from an existing installation of ABP, in the same way
> as many of the common browsers, when installed, offer to import things
> like at least bookmarks and history from installations they detect of
> their competitors?

Yes if you exported your personal rules from ABP first, then you should
be able to import that file into uBlock.

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[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

In message
<mailman.1084.152980792...@lists.mozilla.org>, Caver1

<cav...@inthemud.org> writes:
>On 06/23/2018 10:18 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
>> In message
>><mailman.1123.152980199...@lists.mozilla.org>,
>>George <george...@gmail.com> writes:
>>> mick <nos...@junk.mail> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 24/06/2018 01:29:02, Jim wrote:

[]

>>>>> as much use as a wet paper bag nowadays, does anyone have ay other
>>>>> suggestions for blocking pop up etc.

[]

>>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
>>>
>>> Seconded. Faster, with less overhead then AB+.
>> Not having tried ublock: does it have a way, at first install, of
>>picking things up from an existing installation of ABP, in the same

[]

>Yes if you exported your personal rules from ABP first, then you should
>be able to import that file into uBlock.
>

Thanks. (So it requires a bit of user action - won't just read from the
ABP setup automatically - but at least doesn't have to have all the
rules set up again.)

[Ant]

Ditto even though it is harder to use.
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[PietB]

WaltS48 wrote:

> Jim wrote:
>> Problem with that is if i update to latest FF NONE of my add ons work
>

> Yes add-ons working are much more important than security.

http://www.itishifi.com/2010/07/hifi-toon.html

-p

[Jim S]

Move to Opera?
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[Wolf K]

Begin with what FF offers:

Tools - Options - Content - Popups - "Block Pop-up Windows"

This plus an ad blocker block just about everything. FWIW, I use AdBlock
Plus, and very rarely see a pop-up.

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[s|b]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 01:50:32 +0100, mick wrote:

> uBlock Origin
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

+1

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[s|b]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 09:18:11 +0100, Jim S wrote:

> Move to Opera?

Are people still using that? "Fastest browser on the Net" ?

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[Bob Main]

You might consider Palemoon browser.
http://www.palemoon.org/
Good Luck!

[Jim S]

Suits me. It has a built in adblocker using easylist etc. Accepts Chrome
extensions. True it's now Chinese owned, but I don't expect they are more
devious than the Mercans.
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[EE]

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

> In message
> <mailman.1123.152980199...@lists.mozilla.org>, George
> <george...@gmail.com> writes:
>> mick <nos...@junk.mail> wrote:
>>
>>> On 24/06/2018 01:29:02, Jim wrote:
>>>> I am running v56 and no plans to update but my old ad block plus
>>>> seems to be
>>>> as much use as a wet paper bag nowadays, does anyone have ay other
>>>> suggestions for blocking pop up etc.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>
>>> uBlock Origin
>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
>>
>> Seconded. Faster, with less overhead then AB+.
>
> Not having tried ublock: does it have a way, at first install, of
> picking things up from an existing installation of ABP, in the same way
> as many of the common browsers, when installed, offer to import things
> like at least bookmarks and history from installations they detect of
> their competitors?

With my personal blocklist from Adblock Plus, I was able to copy it and
paste it into "My Filters" in uBlock Origin.

[EE]

Why Chrome? It is spyware. Opera is very close to it for capability.
I actually prefer Pale Moon, however.

[Andy Burns]

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

> Not having tried ublock: does it have a way, at first install, of
> picking things up from an existing installation of ABP

Automatically picking up? No.
Copying and pasting your own filters/rules/whitelists? Yes.

[Dave Royal]

Wolf K <wol...@sympatico.ca> Wrote in message:

> On 2018-06-23 20:29, Jim wrote:
>> I am running v56 and no plans to update but my old ad block plus seems
>> to be as much use as a wet paper bag nowadays, does anyone have ay other
>> suggestions for blocking pop up etc.
>>
>> Jim
>
> Begin with what FF offers:
>
> Tools - Options - Content - Popups - "Block Pop-up Windows"
>
> This plus an ad blocker block just about everything. FWIW, I use AdBlock
> Plus, and very rarely see a pop-up.
>

And turn on tracking protection:
privacy.trackingprotection.enabled

I use APB too - never had cause to change: Fx 60 desktop and Android.
No personal filters. I don't get intrusive advertising popups.
Or are you referring to the privacy and cookie-acceptance popups.
I just accept all cookies.
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[NFN Smith]

What version of ABP are you running?

I have 2.9.1 running in Seamonkey, and it's working fine for me,
although I have done some additional tweaking.

If ABP is not blocking what you expect, it may not necessarily be the
fundamental capacity, but it's likely that you want more than the
default EasyList subscription.

Although a lot of the subscription sources are language-specific,
there's a number of English-based ones that will get stuff that the
EasyList filter misses. The primary alternate I use is the adservers
list squidblacklist.org. I also use a couple of FanBoy's additional
lists, the annoyances list (which blocks various annoying things, such
as links to social media and warnings from sites that complain about ad
blocking). I also use I Don't Care About Cookies, which mostly
suppresses alerts about cookie handling at sites in the EU.

Subscriptions apply to all versions of ABP, whether you're running the
old version in pre-Quantum implementations, or the WebExtensions version.


Additionally, I run Element Hiding Helper for AdBlock Plus, which allows
for blocking full elements on a page, rather than specific graphics.
And for some pages, I will block non-advertising content, simply because
it's stuff that I don't want to see (especially on repeated visits)

At this level, you have be prepared to do your own tuning of blocking
specific graphics or elements, but it's not difficult to do -- start
with a right-click on a graphic, and you can add a specific graphic, a
pattern of a graphic name, or with the Element Hiding Helper, even a
full element to your own personal blocking list.

If you're running a Quantum version of FF, ABP is still there, but the
UI is different enough that it takes a little getting used to. I
haven't played with this a lot, but I believe that all the functionality
is available, including that element blocking is now included in ABP
directly, rather than having to use a companion extension.


In this discussion, several have suggested uBlock Origin as an
alternate, and it works well, although IMO, it's a little harder to set
up. But uBlock also works from subscriptions (the same list as
available to ABP), and it's my suspicion that if you're using the
EasyList subscription in uBlock, you might not see results that are
significantly different, without adding additional lists, and/or doing
more personalized tuning of your configs.

Smith


Smith

[NFN Smith]

I use it occasionally, when I need an alternate, either an additional
browser simultaneously, or if I want to be working from a profile that's
a lot closer to default conditions.

Smith

[s|b]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2018 18:14:05 +0100, Jim S wrote:

> > Are people still using that? "Fastest browser on the Net" ?

> Suits me. It has a built in adblocker using easylist etc. Accepts Chrome
> extensions. True it's now Chinese owned, but I don't expect they are more
> devious than the Mercans.

Oh, yeah, the Chinese. I totally forgot about that! :-o

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