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    • sgunhouse
      sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

      Technically, Opera's built-in ad blocker is not an extension.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

        I can't confirm what you are saying. Here the adblocker never enabled itself.

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        • dagnorkle
          dagnorkle @leocg last edited by

          @leocg Glad I'm not alone in this. Maybe Opera could take a look at this issue for those of us who use another ad blocker. Not saying it's a bad blocker, it's just that right now we don't have a choice and I think we should.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

            Fill a bug report then, so they can take a look.

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            • dagnorkle
              dagnorkle @leocg last edited by

              @leocg What I've just discovered with this ad blocker issue is that it turns itself on and off depending on the web site I'm on. Someone else mentioned something like this earlier. Not sure if it helps but that's what I've noticed.

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              • zalex108
                zalex108 @sgunhouse last edited by

                @sgunhouse said in Extension enables itself.:

                Technically, Opera's built-in ad blocker is not an extension.

                But it's an Extensions too, (can't be removed).

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                • leocg
                  leocg Moderator Volunteer @zalex108 last edited by

                  @zalex108 It's on extension page to remind people that Opera has an built-in ad-blocker.

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                  • zalex108
                    zalex108 last edited by

                    @leocg said in Extension enables itself.:

                    @zalex108 It's on extension page to remind people that Opera has an built-in ad-blocker.

                    Ok.


                    For those with the problem:
                    Did you disabled the AdBlocker from here?

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                    On the Address bar it's just for the current website.

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                    • dagnorkle
                      dagnorkle last edited by

                      Not sure what you're saying. I just would like to disable the ad blocker but it keeps enabling itself.

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

                        @dagnorkle said in Extension enables itself.:

                        I bought an Ad Blocker

                        @dagnorkle said in Extension enables itself.:

                        I guess the simple answer would be to disable my paid blocker

                        Sorry if you already mentioned, but what paid adblocker are you using and does it install itself as an extension in Opera? Or, do you have to run Opera through a proxy that the adblocker sets up?

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                        • dagnorkle
                          dagnorkle @burnout426 last edited by dagnorkle

                          @burnout426 It's called Adguard. There is a free and paid version. You install it and chose the browsers you have that it will block ads in. The paid version also has many other features too many to list here. It is installed in Windows and sits on the desktop with an icon in all my browsers in the lower right of the screen that lets you pause blocking for 30 seconds on a page (perfect for the pages that tell you to turn your blocker off) and a few other features so I don't need Opera's blocker. The trick is to disable it so it won't keep coming on by itself. Adguard is not an extension but a program.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

                            @dagnorkle Turn it off in settings page and it should stay that way.

                            If it turns on again then there's something wrong with your Opera installation and/or computer or, maybe, someone or something is enabling it.

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                            • zalex108
                              zalex108 @dagnorkle last edited by

                              @dagnorkle said in Extension enables itself.:

                              lets you pause blocking for 30 seconds on a page (perfect for the pages that tell you to turn your blocker off)

                              Try this.

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                              • dagnorkle
                                dagnorkle @leocg last edited by

                                @leocg That's why I came on this forum, to see if anybody had the same issue. Watermoon1 said that it happens to him also so it's some kind of bug I guess. I sent a bug report in so that's about all I can do at this point.

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                                • zalex108
                                  zalex108 @dagnorkle last edited by

                                  @dagnorkle said in Extension enables itself.:

                                  @leocg That's why I came on this forum, to see if anybody had the same issue. Watermoon1 said that it happens to him also so it's some kind of bug I guess. I sent a bug report in so that's about all I can do at this point.

                                  @zalex108 said in Extension enables itself.:

                                  For those with the problem:
                                  Did you disabled the AdBlocker from here?

                                  2019-05-22_014358.png

                                  On the Address bar it's just for the current website.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @dagnorkle last edited by

                                    @dagnorkle Only two people so far, what is very few.

                                    Would be interesting to see what you both have in common to see if there's a way to determine the cause of the issue.

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                                    • dagnorkle
                                      dagnorkle @zalex108 last edited by

                                      @zalex108 I'll turn off an extension I've used for a while (stylus) and see what happens. It is so random that it may take a few days to see any results. I have a couple more but are mainly used to get things from the Chrome Store a VPN and one that corrects spelling.

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                                      • zalex108
                                        zalex108 last edited by

                                        I meant, switch it off from settings.

                                        Other extensions should not be involved.

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                                        • dagnorkle
                                          dagnorkle @zalex108 last edited by

                                          @zalex108 I always switched it off from the settings.

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                                          • dagnorkle
                                            dagnorkle @dagnorkle last edited by

                                            @dagnorkle As someone who likes to troubleshoot issues, I was wondering if anybody has ever come up with a ...why... in why would the Opera Adblocker enable/disable itself at will? I watch this happen almost daily depending on the page.

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