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Regarding instart logic/g00 crap update #119

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ghajini opened this issue Aug 19, 2019 · 69 comments
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Regarding instart logic/g00 crap update #119

ghajini opened this issue Aug 19, 2019 · 69 comments

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@ghajini
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ghajini commented Aug 19, 2019

@gorhill @okiehsch

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Test 1.
tested with alone ublock origin on chrome

No g00 redirections/instart logic seen

https://www.afterellen.com/

americanphotomag.com now redirects to https://www.popphoto.com/

https://www.baltimoresun.com/
https://www.boatingmag.com/
https://www.boston.com/
https://www.cafemom.com/
https://calgaryherald.com/
https://calgarysun.com/
capitalgazette.com

carrollcountytimes.com redirects to https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/

cattime.com
cbssports.com
chicagotribune.com
https://www.chron.com/
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/

citypaper.com redirecs to https://www.baltimoresun.com/citypaper/

https://www.comingsoon.net/ , admiral antiadblock

computershopper.com redirects to pcmag.com

https://www.courant.com/
https://www.cruisingworld.com/

http://csgoutpost.com/ site unavailable

https://www.courant.com/
https://www.cycleworld.com/
https://www.dailydot.com/
https://www.dailypress.com

http://dayzdb.com/ site unreachable

deathandtaxesmag.com redirects to https://www.spin.com/death-and-taxes/

https://www.delmartimes.net/

destinationweddingmag.com redirects to https://www.islands.com/destination-weddings/

https://www.dirtrider.com/
https://dogtime.com/

http://dotaoutpost.com/ site unreachable

https://download.cnet.com/windows/
https://edmontonjournal.com/
https://edmontonsun.com/
https://www.edmunds.com/
emedicinehealth.com

http://www.esohead.com/ site unreachable

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/
extremetech.com
fieldandstream.com
financialpost.com
flyingmag.com
https://www.focus.de/
gamepedia.com

https://www.gamerevolution.com/, admiral antiadblock

gamespot.com
geek.com
gofugyourself.com
https://www.growthspotter.com/

hearthhead.com redirects tohttps://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/

http://hockeysfuture.com/ site unreachable

hoylosangeles.com
ibtimes.com
ign.com
https://www.islands.com/
https://www.lajollalight.com/
latintimes.com
https://www.laptopmag.com/
leaderpost.com
https://www.legacy.com/
https://www.lifewire.com/
livescience.com

lolking.net redirects to https://www.fanbyte.com/features/league-of-legends-model-viewer/#W1swLDAsMCwiMjY2IiwwLDBdXQ==

https://www.mamaslatinas.com/
marlinmag.com
mcall.com
medicaldaily.com
medicinenet.com
mmo-champion.com
momtastic.com
montrealgazette.com
https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com
motorcyclistonline.com
https://www.motortrend.com/
https://www.msn.com/en-in

https://musicfeeds.com.au , admiral antiadblock

mustangandfords.com
http://mysanantonio.com/
nasdaq.com
https://nationalpost.com/
newsarama.com
newsweek.com
orlandosentinel.com
ottawacitizen.com
https://ottawasun.com/
https://www.outdoorlife.com/
pcmag.com

https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/ , admiral antiadblock

popsci.com
https://www.ranchosantafereview.com/
https://www.range365.com/
https://www.ranker.com/
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/

realitytea.com site unreachable

redeyechicago.com redirects tohttps://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/

salon.com
https://www.saltwatersportsman.com/
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/
https://www.seattlepi.com
https://www.saveur.com/
https://www.sfgate.com/

https://www.sherdog.com/, admiral antiadblock

slate.com
https://slickdeals.net/

southflorida.com redirects to https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/

https://www.space.com/ , antiadblock

spin.com
sporcle.com

http://sportdiver.com/ site unreachable

https://www.sportfishingmag.com/
http://sportingnews.com/

sportrider.com redirects tohttps://www.cycleworld.com/sport-rider/

spox.com
stereogum.com
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/

https://www.superherohype.com/ , admiral antiadblock

tenplay.com.au to https://10play.com.au/, antiadblock

http://tf2outpost.com/ site unreachable

thebalance.com

https://www.thefashionspot.com/ ,admiral antiadblock

https://theprovince.com/
https://www.thespruce.com/
thestarphoenix.com
https://www.thoughtco.com/
timeanddate.com
https://www.timesunion.com/
tomsguide.com
https://www.tomsguide.fr/
https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/
tomshardware.com
tomshardware.de
https://www.tomshardware.fr/
https://torontosun.com/

https://www.totalbeauty.com/,, admiral antiadblock

trustedreviews.com
tvtropes.org
https://www.twincities.com/
https://vancouversun.com/

https://www.vg.no gives antiadblock

vibe.com
https://www.wakeboardingmag.com/
washingtonpost.com

waterskimag.com redirects to https://www.boatingmag.com/water-sports-boats/

https://www.webmd.com
wetteronline.de

wikia.comredirects to https://www.fandom.com/explore

https://www.windowscentral.com/
https://windsorstar.com/
winnipegsun.com
https://www.wowhead.com/
wrestlezone.com redirects to https://www.mandatory.com/wrestlezone/ ,admiral antiablock triggered....

https://www.xda-developers.com/
yachtingmagazine.com

zam.com redirects to https://corp.fanbyte.com/

Test 2 .*
tested with ublock origin+ublock extra stable latest versions
g00 redirection/instart logic seen

atvrider.com
baggersmag.com
chowhound.com
https://www.diversitybestpractices.com/
https://www.floridatravellife.com/
goal.com
https://www.hotbikeweb.com/
infinitiev.com
metacritic.com
metrolyrics.com
streetchopperweb.com
superstreetbike.com
thoughtcatalog.com
tv.com
tvguide.com
utvdriver.com
wibc.com
workingmother.com

It seems instart logic is present on game sites😂

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The admiral sites are annoyances, update your filters and enable uBO-annoyances.

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Hrxn commented Aug 20, 2019

Guess what I just discovered... but luckily an issue is already open.

Can confirm for

metacritic.com
thoughtcatalog.com

both look completely broken for me right now.

uBO 1.21.6 + uBO-Extra 2.84 on Chrome (latest stable, Win64)

What happened, is it official that a new version of IL has been rolled out or something?

Edit:

Well, this here is definitely new:
Immediately after accessing the site, a bunch of redirects happen, as can be observed in the address bar. Ultimately I'm ending up here https://www.metacritic.com/g00/?i10c.encReferrer=

That did not happen before on that site, so far I'm sure.

@okiehsch
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What happened, is it official that a new version of IL has been rolled out or something?

NanoMeow/QuickReports#1640 (comment)

@ghajini
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ghajini commented Aug 31, 2019

It remains unanswered, why ubo extra is running on pages that don't have g00/instart logic

@rpodric
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rpodric commented Sep 5, 2019

So, when certain sites are removed from uBO-Extra, such as some of the ones mentioned above were (e.g. tvguide.com, which was missing things of late), and as a result now more or less feel like they're running without any blocking at all (i.e. lots of ads coming through), what should be the course of action? Working to see what can be done over at EasyList? Such sites were in uBO-Extra in the first place for a good reason, so I'm thinking there may not be much to be done, at least in some cases.

@okiehsch
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okiehsch commented Sep 5, 2019

Interestingly the removed domains I checked are back to using the May version of Instart Logic on my end.
Can you check tvguide.com on your end?

Go to view-source:https://www.tvguide.com
My end:
image

Is it the same on your end?
If so I could re-add the domains that use that version.
uBO-extra works fine on such sites.

@rpodric
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rpodric commented Sep 5, 2019

There's no mention of that in the source of that site at all here, in Chrome or Firefox. Is there some trick to it?

@okiehsch
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okiehsch commented Sep 5, 2019

Um, but you do get redirected if you go to https://www.tvguide.com?

@okiehsch
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okiehsch commented Sep 5, 2019

You can check if you get redirected by looking at your logger output. If you get redirected by Instart Logic you should see a lot of requests with g00 in it.
Unbenannt

You only have to check using Chrome. Instart Logic does not work using Firefox at https://www.tvguide.com.

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gwarser commented Sep 5, 2019

No IL on my side.

Details
<!DOCTYPE html>
--
  | <html lang="en">
  | <head>
  | <meta charset="utf-8" />
  |  
  | <script type="text/javascript">(window.NREUM\|\|(NREUM={})).loader_config={xpid:"XQcAUFNADAYCUVhTDw=="};window.NREUM\|\|(NREUM={}),__nr_require=function(t,n,e){function r(e){if(!n[e]){var o=n[e]={exports:{}};t[e][0].call(o.exports,function(n){var o=t[e][1][n];return r(o\|\|n)},o,o.exports)}return n[e].exports}if("function"==typeof __nr_require)return __nr_require;for(var o=0;o<e.length;o++)r(e[o]);return r}({1:[function(t,n,e){function r(t){try{s.console&&console.log(t)}catch(n){}}var o,i=t("ee"),a=t(18),s={};try{o=localStorage.getItem("__nr_flags").split(","),console&&"function"==typeof console.log&&(s.console=!0,o.indexOf("dev")!==-1&&(s.dev=!0),o.indexOf("nr_dev")!==-1&&(s.nrDev=!0))}catch(c){}s.nrDev&&i.on("internal-error",function(t){r(t.st...


I checked few domain while ago, and some are problematic because of privacy policy wall

  • baggersmag.com - not work, privacy wall
  • chowhound.com - no g00 on 3 pages
  • diversitybestpractices.com - not work, privacy wall
  • floridatravellife.com - not work, privacy wall

@okiehsch
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okiehsch commented Sep 5, 2019

This is weird, do you get Instart Logic in the source of metacritic.com?
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@liamengland1
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I think it might depend on user agent if they serve the IL script.

@gwarser
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gwarser commented Sep 5, 2019

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@rpodric
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rpodric commented Sep 5, 2019

@okiehsch

I'll try to catch up:

-I don't know if the redirects were happening last night, but this morning they are.
-This morning, your "//Copyright Instart Fri May 24 2019 - All rights reserved - version: 10.6.32" string appears on tvguide.com, as if by magic, when it didn't through multiple reloads last night. Both times, however, last night and now, the site looks and feels as if ad blocking is completely disabled on it. I know it isn't, by looking at the uBO panel, but if I couldn't look at that I would have guessed that it was disabled.
-Yes, also seeing the very same Instart string on Metacritic.

@gorhill
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gorhill commented Sep 5, 2019

//Copyright Instart Fri May 24 2019 does not tell which version of IL crap is embedded. There is a new version out there that broke sites which were listed in uBO-Extra, so they had to be removed.

What is needed is dev work to be undertaken to understand how the new IL crap work, and if it can be defused. At some point, that developer will have to be someone else than me, I do not have infinite time and interest to spend on this. I do not visit any IL-backed site personally, so the motivation to work on this beside everything else I already have to maintain because I would be affected myself is not that great.

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okiehsch commented Sep 6, 2019

@rpodric
You asked "after the removal of sites like tvguide.com what should be the course of action?"

On your end you can

  • Use Firefox for such sites
  • Disable javascript. This will break some stuff but should be good enough if you only want to read articles.
  • Sideload an old version of uBO-extra. I checked tvguide.com with uBO-Extra-2.83 and it works fine without any redirection or site breakage on my end.

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Can these filters be added for IGN? @okiehsch

||static.doubleclick.net/instream/ad_status.js$script,domain=ign.com,redirect=noop.js
||imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js$script,domain=ign.com,redirect=noop.js
||g01.ign.com^$script,redirect=noop.js
||g02.ign.com^$script,redirect=noop.js

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okiehsch commented Sep 7, 2019

For ign.com see uBlockOrigin/uAssets@33a403e#commitcomment-34805881

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liamengland1 commented Sep 8, 2019

Please test/add the following for ratemyprofessors.com @okiehsch:

@@||ratemyprofessors.com^$generichide
! same rule as metacritic, could be made generic? maybe something like:
! ||*/g00/*/ad?i10c.getabdurl=*&ad_channel=$media,1p,redirect=noop.txt
||ratemyprofessors.com^*/ad?i10c.getabdurl=*&ad_channel=$media,1p,redirect=noop.txt
||ratemyprofessors.com/g00/*$ping

Also for metacritic, the rule ||metacritic.com/g00/*$ping can be added as well so that no g00 content is loaded at all.

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okiehsch commented Sep 8, 2019

I will add your filters to uBO-filters.
I have re-added some sites to uBO-extra 448a3ab
So those sites should work fine as soon as the next uBO-extra version is released.

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@okiehsch please add @@||tvguide.com^$generichide for tvguide.com

mapx- added a commit to uBlockOrigin/uAssets that referenced this issue Sep 8, 2019
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liamengland1 commented Sep 8, 2019

And @@||maxpreps.com^$generichide for maxpreps.com

mapx- added a commit to uBlockOrigin/uAssets that referenced this issue Sep 8, 2019
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liamengland1 commented Sep 8, 2019

Another one: @@||metrolyrics.com^$generichide for metrolyrics.com

Side note: all of these websites are CBS Interactive brands

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Oh wait, some of these sites are being added back to uBo extra. 448a3ab

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mapx- commented Sep 8, 2019

It does not matter, still useful for those not using uBo extra

mapx- added a commit to uBlockOrigin/uAssets that referenced this issue Sep 8, 2019
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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

It's uBo-extra breaking the video

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I get the endless "Video Loading" message with uBO-extra disabled.

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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

try (uBo extra disabled)

@@||securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/$script,domain=webmd.com
*/videoplayback?expire$media,redirect=noopmp3-0.1s,domain=webmd.com

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okiehsch commented Oct 18, 2019

Does not work for me, I mentioned that

I can't get them to play even if I allow all necessary requests

@@||doubleclick.net/$script,domain=webmd.com
@@||imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js$script,domain=webmd.com
@@||doubleclick.net/gampad/ads*www.webmd.com$xhr,domain=imasdk.googleapis.com

should allow the player to work, atleast the video ad should show but I am still stuck with an endless loading message.
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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

working fine for me, in chrome, european ip, uBo extra disabled, only the filters above

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Well, I can remove webmd from uBO-extra, the uAssets filter works fine on my end.
The video player is broken with a US or EU IP on my end.

okiehsch added a commit that referenced this issue Oct 18, 2019
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Can you add your filters to uBO-unbreak?

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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

Sure, but .. I repeated my test and now I'm stuck too

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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

I'll add your filters + my media one

mapx- added a commit to uBlockOrigin/uAssets that referenced this issue Oct 18, 2019
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okiehsch commented Oct 18, 2019

I think the reason is the redirect-rule filter, does it work on your end if you add

||amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js$script,redirect=noopjs,domain=webmd.com
||doubleclick.net/gpt/pubads_impl_$script,redirect=noopjs,domain=webmd.com
||googletagservices.com/activeview/js/current/osd.js$script,redirect=noopjs,domain=webmd.com
||googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js$script,redirect=noopjs,domain=webmd.com
||moatads.com/*/moatad.js$script,redirect=noopjs,domain=webmd.com
*$script,domain=webmd.com,3p,redirect-rule=noopjs,badfilter

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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

yes, it works. The second filter is not necessary but we still need (already in unbreak list)
@@||doubleclick.net/$script,domain=webmd.com

What does this mean ? redirect-rule does not work as expected !?

mapx- added a commit to uBlockOrigin/uAssets that referenced this issue Oct 18, 2019
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okiehsch commented Oct 18, 2019

No, the redirections all occur, you can see it in the browser console and also if they would not happen you would get redirected by the Instart Logic script.
Redirecting all blocked scripts somehow causes the video player to get stuck.

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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

So, it means redirecting a certain script breaks the video .. but the same script completely blocked does not break the video, really weird

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mapx- commented Oct 18, 2019

Maybe in case the script is blocked they are testing it and take the right way. Instead - in case the script exists (even redirected) they are taking another way expecting some results => breaking the video

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I don't think the filters

@@||doubleclick.net/$script,domain=webmd.com
@@||imasdk.googleapis.com/js/sdkloader/ima3.js$script,domain=webmd.com
@@||doubleclick.net/gampad/ads*www.webmd.com$xhr,domain=imasdk.googleapis.com

are needed anymore (The first one is fixed in easylist).
Test here https://www.webmd.com/diet/video/truth-about-drinking-water

okiehsch added a commit to uBlockOrigin/uAssets that referenced this issue Dec 3, 2019
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msn.com works fine with uBO-extra on my end.

gorhill added a commit to gorhill/uBlock that referenced this issue Mar 9, 2020
Related discussion:
- gorhill/uBO-Extra#119 (comment)

As an incidental side effect, this may or may not
prevent execution of the content of some inline
script tags.
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ENGAÑA AL DETECTOR DE BLOQUEADORES, PUEDO VER LA PÁGINA, PERO NO PUEDE ACCEDER A LOS RECURSOS DE MULTIMEDIA. https://esradio.libertaddigital.com/?utm_source=&utm_medium=RADIO&utm_campaign=menu

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mapx- commented Jun 7, 2020

add
@@||cdn.adswizz.com/adswizz/js/SynchroClient2.js$script,domain=esradio.libertaddigital.com

uBO filter issues to be reported here:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues

hawkeye116477 added a commit to hawkeye116477/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy that referenced this issue Jul 17, 2020
Related discussion:
- gorhill/uBO-Extra#119 (comment)

As an incidental side effect, this may or may not
prevent execution of the content of some inline
script tags.

Co-authored-by:  gorhill <[email protected]>
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Is this extension still relevant? Been using it for wowhead.com but now I can't see this flood with ad network requests even with uBO-Extra disabled.

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For Instart Logic ? No. The company got sold out to Akamai and they ceased their operations since then. Their homepage is also gone.

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The company got sold out to Akamai

https://www.akamai.com/us/en/about/news/press/2020-press/akamai-technologies-acquires-customers-and-select-intellectual-property-from-instart.jsp

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