On 08/18/2019 01:34 PM, steef wrote:
On 18-08-19 19:16, nektarios wrote:
On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 18:29:49 +0200
steef <debian.li...@home.nl> wrote:
hi folks,
last days I get some slightly disturbing info about the browser_ad
DuckDuckgo. some say it's malicious 'malware', others seem to be
happy with the popup of unwanted ads which cannot be blocked
permanently: and the last thing makes me suspicious. please, if it is
possible, an expert opinion on this ad. i am using buster and
seamonkey as a browser .
thank you in advance,
steef van duin
groningen
holland
I have a similar setup as yours but am getting no popups from my browser
(firefox) and no ad blocker at all as I m using legit sites that have
income from ads. Why do you think the popups originate from duckduckgo?
--
Nektarios Katakis
.thanks for your answer...
i am not sure that duckduckgo causes this phenomenon: giving among
others an unwanted web-address when asked to look for one specific. what
i know is that these advertisements can be blocked for one
search-session with duckduckgo and no more. when i try out duckduckgo
for a second time on the same search-mission (neerslagradar-knmi (btw
dutch)) the party starts all over again. so the problem seems to be that
*it is not possible to block advertisements permanently on duck-duckgo*.
pop-up windows btw I can block with the browser's facilities (seamonkey)
which i have working for many years on this mozilla-browser.
kind regards
steef
to reformulate my question: what can I do to block permanently unwanted
web site_outcomes when i am searching with duckduckgo??
I personally find that JavaScript and cookies rarely provide *ME* any
functionality of interest. I surf with both disabled. I don't experience
problems I see often reported. YMMV
