tag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:/discussions/questions/78016-how-to-block-sponsored-ads-on-google-search-resultsAdBlock: Discussion 2015-10-15T02:30:14Ztag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:Comment/381607312015-10-11T17:31:27Z2015-10-11T17:31:27ZHow to block "Sponsored ads" on Google search results?<div><p>Hi Chas!</p>
<p>Can you please <a href="http://take-a-screenshot.org">attach a
screenshot</a> with the ad(s) clearly marked? Please be sure to
capture the entire browser window.</p></div>Kierantag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:Comment/381607312015-10-11T19:43:04Z2015-10-11T19:45:04ZHow to block "Sponsored ads" on Google search results?<div><p>Hello Kieran</p>
<p>Attached please find screenshot as requested. The top six links
are<br>
sponsored ads.</p></div>mikegrant65tag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:Comment/381607312015-10-12T16:01:44Z2015-10-12T16:01:44ZHow to block "Sponsored ads" on Google search results?<div><p>Hi Mike,</p>
<p>Can you please:</p>
<ol>
<li>Click the <strong>AdBlock button</strong> and select
<strong>Options</strong>, then click <strong>SUPPORT</strong>. Next
to <strong>"Have our team requested some debug info?"</strong>
click <strong>here</strong>. Paste the text from the box into this
discussion.<br></li>
<li>Click the <strong>FILTER LISTS</strong> tab and then click
<strong>update now</strong>. Does that change anything?<br></li>
<li>If the problem persists, uncheck all the lists on the filter
lists page and reload the page where you’re seeing the
problem. Does that change anything?<br></li>
<li>If unchecking all the filter lists fixes the problem, re-enable
the lists one by one, reloading the page where you’re seeing
the problem after each. (Make sure to wait for AdBlock to fetch the
list before reloading the page.) Which list causes the problem to
happen again?<br></li>
<li>If unchecking all the filter lists did not fix the problem, try
the same thing with your browser extensions: Disable all of them,
then re-enable the extensions one by one, reloading the problem
page after each. Which extension causes the problem to happen
again?</li>
</ol>
<p>Rhana<br>
AdBlock Community Manager</p></div>Rhanatag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:Comment/381607312015-10-12T17:01:20Z2015-10-12T17:01:20ZHow to block "Sponsored ads" on Google search results?<div><p>Tried all your suggestions - nothing changed!</p>
<p>Info from AdBlock:</p>
<p>==== Filter Lists ==== adblock_custom<br>
last updated: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 12:24:14 GMT easylist<br>
last updated: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 08:25:57 GMT</p>
<p>==== Custom Filters ==== @@||<a href="http://www.swagbucks.com/$document">www.swagbucks.com/$document</a>
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk##DIV[id="sadsfs"]">www.amazon.co.uk##DIV[id=&quot;sadsfs&quot;]</a><br>
<a href="http://www.google.co.uk##DIV[id="f561a376c1f9d9"]">www.google.co.uk##DIV[id=&quot;f561a376c1f9d9&quot;]</a><br>
<a href="http://www.google.co.uk##DIV[id="f561a378529810"]">www.google.co.uk##DIV[id=&quot;f561a378529810&quot;]</a></p>
<p>==== Settings ==== debug_logging: false<br>
youtube_channel_whitelist: false<br>
show_google_search_text_ads: false<br>
whitelist_hulu_ads: false<br>
show_context_menu_items: true<br>
show_advanced_options: false<br>
display_stats: true<br>
display_menu_stats: true<br>
show_block_counts_help_link: true<br>
malware-notification: undefined</p>
<p>==== Other info: ==== AdBlock version number: 2.4<br>
Total pings: 16<br>
Platform: winnt<br>
Architecture: x86<br>
Name: Firefox<br>
Version: 41.0.1<br>
Build: 20150929144111<br>
Navigator Language: en</p></div>mikegrant65tag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:Comment/381607312015-10-13T14:20:27Z2015-10-13T14:20:27ZHow to block "Sponsored ads" on Google search results?<div><p>I managed to fix the problem of the mysterious "Sponsored ads" -
it turned out that they were being introduced by a piece of malware
by the name of "Fast Search". I ran MalwareBytes and the ads
haven't reappeared.</p>
<p>So, nothing to do with Adblock after all!</p></div>mikegrant65tag:old-support.getadblock.com,2013-08-06:Comment/381607312015-10-15T02:30:14Z2015-10-15T02:30:14ZHow to block "Sponsored ads" on Google search results?<div><p>Hi Mike,</p>
<p>Glad you were able to track that down! Please don't hesitate to
let us know if there's any way we can assist in the future.</p>
<p>Rhana<br>
AdBlock Community Manager</p></div>Rhana