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I use adblock plus to remove annoying ads especially on cpasbien.pw (on firefox / ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit.) The problem is when activating it, not only the ads are blocked, but also the download tab is hidden. So I can't download with adblock activated

Please help me solve this problem.

kaskan
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  • That's not an Ubuntu issue, that's an adblock filters problem. Have you considered adding an exemption rule for the specific elements you DON'T want to hide? – Thomas Ward Jun 01 '15 at 12:01
  • Not only is there no tab download, but I can perfectly click the big green "Download" button, using adblok plus. SO you're wrong. Twice. – solsTiCe Jun 01 '15 at 12:10
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It's fairly trivial to detect somebody using adblock (disclaimer: mine) and by extension, either disable things on the page or make them not load in the first place. I would suggest that this site of yours is doing just that.

Your options are:

  • Find the script (on their site) that's detecting ABP, find out how it's doing that and write a userscript to counteract their scripting.
  • Find a different blocker (eg µblock) and see if that exhibits the same issues.
  • Try full javascript blocking for that page (still detectable and may still cause issues) with something like NoScript.
  • Disable ABP for that site and live with the ads.
  • Use another site.
Oli
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