this nasty g00 adware insertion in popular newspaper sites..
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets/issues/227
when i go to newspaper site,it just head to g00 adware referrer and consumes lot of bandwidth....
can webroot foil this attempt by prebenting g00 crap....potentially a malicious code is inserted by instart logic code....
you can see no of cookies set by this g00 crap
following is list of sites affected
'baltimoresun.com',
'boston.com',
'capitalgazette.com',
'carrollcountytimes.com',
'celebuzz.com',
'chicagotribune.com',
'courant.com',
'dailypress.com',
'deathandtaxesmag.com',
'gamerevolution.com',
'gofugyourself.com',
'hearthhead.com',
'infinitiev.com',
'mcall.com',
'nasdaq.com',
'orlandosentinel.com',
'ranker.com',
'sandiegouniontribune.com',
'saveur.com',
'sherdog.com',
'spin.com',
'sporcle.com',
'stereogum.com',
'sun-sentinel.com',
'thefrisky.com',
'thesuperficial.com',
'timeanddate.com',
'tmn.today',
'vancouversun.com',
'vibe.com',
'weather.com',
'wowhead.com',
'calgaryherald.com',
'edmontonjournal.com',
'edmunds.com',
'financialpost.com',
'leaderpost.com',
'montrealgazette.com',
'nationalpost.com',
'ottawacitizen.com',
'theprovince.com',
'thestarphoenix.com',
'windsorstar.com',
Solved
g00 adware insertion
Best answer by Baldrick
Hi Dan
Many thanks for the response...much appreciated.
Hi samual914
Further to Dan's recommendation please see below for some ada blockers for Chromium that a number of members use/recommend:
uBlock: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en or
Privacy Badger: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp
Regards, Baldrick
Many thanks for the response...much appreciated.
Hi samual914
Further to Dan's recommendation please see below for some ada blockers for Chromium that a number of members use/recommend:
uBlock: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en or
Privacy Badger: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-badger/pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp
Regards, Baldrick
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