Adblocker for Youtube™
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blacksay last edited by
@free-simple-apps: hello, emm, my windefender also detected a trojan with its extension, could you at least tell me how to remove the trojan?
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free-simple-apps last edited by
@blacksay: If you're worried, just uninstall the extension for now. I'm trying to get Microsoft to review this extension and remove the malware flag because its a false positive.
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A Former User last edited by
Hiii, the extension was working nice and steady but like 3 hours ago windows defender detected a virus on it, specifically a bitcoin miner thing, and now it does that everytime i try to install it
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free-simple-apps last edited by
@spike-spk: The extension hasnt been updated for 1 year+, I'm in the process of contacting Microsoft to review this software again to get the false positive flag removed.
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free-simple-apps last edited by leocg
@blacksay: Could you upload a screenshot of the false positive flag? I checked it on virustotal.com and the only flag I get is from https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/037ffbd101eb4690136ecd3abdd7346af59935c6b0c1beeb8b259107dcc04296?nocache=1 Ad-Aware , and Not Windows Defender
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@free-simple-apps I'm wondering ... there is another extension with almost the same name (Adblocker for Youtube xideos) here which people are reporting as malicious. Ask posters to make sure which of the two they have.
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free-simple-apps last edited by
@spike-spk: Hello, this false positive flag has been removed.
The detection has been removed. Please follow the steps below to clear cached detections and obtain the latest malware definitions.
- Open command prompt as administrator and change directory to c:\Program Files\Windows Defender
- Run “MpCmdRun.exe -removedefinitions -dynamicsignatures”
- Run "MpCmdRun.exe -SignatureUpdate"
Alternatively, the latest definition is available for download here: https://docs.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/manage-updates-baselines-microsoft-defender-antivirus
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A Former User last edited by
@free-simple-apps: Hello, thanks a lot for fixing the problem, I checked and is all good to go, ll continue using the app now, many thanks
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passenger-chi last edited by passenger-chiUsing it now, having previously used it on another Chromium based browser.
Seems to be working OK, including playing nice with Opera's built in ad blocker.
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beeters last edited by
@passenger-chi Don't use opera's built-in ad blocker. Like many ad blockers, certain companies pay Opera to whitelist their ads, as well as it slows down your browser a ton while collecting your data to then sell to more third parties. Don't use opera's built-in shitware ad blocker. the only reason to use opera is the extensions and (if it will even work for you anymore) The Flow. take advantage of the huge selection of extensions available to you.
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passenger-chi last edited by passenger-chi
OK. Seeing how it goes with AdBlock Plus default filters alone.
I'll report back whether it makes for quicker response and still not letting in bad stuff.
FWIW, Opera is not my default browser for business and I primarily use it for the VPN. So I'm less bothered about the potential privacy hit.
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beeters last edited by
@passenger-chi: True, personally I find their "VPN" (actually a lazily made proxy) doesn't really do much at all, doesn't work almost at all anymore anyway for what I could swear it used to do, slows down my connection/app a ton, and ofc steals my data
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passenger-chi last edited by
It's definitely not a real-o true-lo VPN, but it's just enough privacy for me for recreational purposes.
If a government were after me, I'd use something else.
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beeters last edited by
@passenger-chi extension. YouTube changed how their ads work, so it's extremely hard to find extensions that consistently block every ad now, even if you only want to block video ads.
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passenger-chi last edited by
I removed "Adblocker for Youtube" and seem to be doing OK with Opera's native ad blocker + "Adblock Plus" (using the same config as I do on other browsers).
Seems to be OK, and no YouTube annoyances.
