• Login
    • Search
    • Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Rules
    • Help

    Do more on the web, with a fast and secure browser!

    Download Opera browser with:

    • built-in ad blocker
    • battery saver
    • free VPN
    Download Opera

    Opera + Adblock not blocking popups

    Opera for Windows
    2
    3
    1710
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • skoopera
      skoopera last edited by

      Are Opera hindering the adblockers in some way?

      I get popups with ads on some sites even with the 'block all popups'-function in Opera and I've also tried all three adblockers. With adblock and adblock+ the popup opens in a new tab and with adguard it opens as an actual popup.

      Edit: Windows 8.1, maybe should have placed it under Windows but anyway.

      Edit2: The adnetwork is adrotate.se and it doesn't work to add it manually to the filterlist either.

      Reply Quote 0
        1 Reply Last reply
      • j7nj7n
        j7nj7n last edited by

        I am able to block adrotator.se using Opera 12 (I've not yet encountered a page with adrotate.se). There is one issue with the old content filter, which I've reported, but which will not be fixed since Opera is no longer developed, that some uppercase characters will not be matched as filters, for example, example.net/Ads/* (uppercase A).

        You could use Dragonfly to identify the exact urls and servers where ads are downloaded from. Reload your page with Dragonfly open. Start from the top of the Network Log. Skip what looks like normal page content. Then block the following obvious ad servers or scripts on the main server. This will stop loading some of what is listed later in the log. Restart Opera, open Dragonfly again, and load your page again. Refine your urlfilter to filter out advertisements that are still being loaded.

        If you are inquiring about The Pirate Bay, which does call adrotate.se, the site is clean for me. For a while they used sneaky methods to get popups to show. It is them and not Opera (apart from exploitable uppercase urls) that is working hard to show those ads. They use a random filename for the popup script, which you cannot block (because it's generated by a code and is different). Sometimes a popup still opens for me, but it is blank.

        If you're talking about Opera / Chromium (versions 15-19), then there is no internal ad filter to speak of. The issue is with the plugin or proxy you use.

        Reply Quote 0
          1 Reply Last reply
        • skoopera
          skoopera last edited by

          I'm using Opera 18.

          I guess I'll report it to all the adblockers then since neither of them blocks it.

          But what makes me wonder is why the 'block all popups'-function fails to block it?

          Edit: Anyway, solved it by disabling javascript for the concerned sites.

          Reply Quote 0
            1 Reply Last reply
          • First post
            Last post

          Computer browsers

          • Opera for Windows
          • Opera for Mac
          • Opera for Linux
          • Opera beta version
          • Opera USB

          Mobile browsers

          • Opera for Android
          • Opera Mini
          • Opera Touch
          • Opera for basic phones

          • Add-ons
          • Opera account
          • Wallpapers
          • Opera Ads

          • Help & support
          • Opera blogs
          • Opera forums
          • Dev.Opera

          • Security
          • Privacy
          • Cookies Policy
          • EULA
          • Terms of Service

          • About Opera
          • Press info
          • Jobs
          • Investors
          • Become a partner
          • Contact us

          Follow Opera

          • Opera - Facebook
          • Opera - Twitter
          • Opera - YouTube
          • Opera - LinkedIn
          • Opera - Instagram

          © Opera Software 1995-