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In case you're victim to Forbes' ridiculous attack on users who've installed adblock: http://pastebin.com/raw/wPvNaAGz http://pastebin.com/raw/wPvNaAGz
by marknutter 11y ago
In case you're victim to Forbes' ridiculous attack on users who've installed adblock: http://pastebin.com/raw/wPvNaAGz http://pastebin.com/raw/wPvNaAGz
- joosters 11y agoAdblocking here, and the only thing I see is the stupid 'quote of the day' prior to viewing the article. What attack have I dodged?
- mgbmtl 11y agoI think he meant an ideological attack on our choice of tools. The website displays a message asking us to disable our ad/tracking blocker to view the article.
- gavazzy 11y agoBut really, Forbes asked users to disable their adblockers, and then delivered malware: http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-protection/forbes-website-used-to-spread-malware-but-what-can-other-businesses-learn/ http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-data-prot...
- joosters 11y agoOh, it seems like my adblocker blocks that message :)
- spyder 11y ago"Forbes asked readers to turn off adblockers then immediately served them malware" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10870892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10870892
- nothis 11y agoWhat AdBlock are you using? Mine cuts right through (uBlock Origin but with a few extra filters).
- w1ntermute 11y agoDoes anyone know why this hasn't been circumvented by an update to Adblock? It's been a couple of weeks now, and Adblock has always been on top of these things.
- Overtonwindow 11y agoThank you for this.