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by Finston Pickle
Mon Sep 04, 2017 2:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: uBlock Origin
Replies: 16
Views: 45961

Re: uBlock Origin

It's all over for Slimjet - nothing I tried worked - just more redirection to advertising sites. Slimjet is now fully deleted - it was great whilst it lasted. I am now back to Firefox, Chrome, Opera - which looks promising is its latest guise - and Midori. I will keep my eyes open for any irregulari...
by Finston Pickle
Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:04 am
Forum: General
Topic: uBlock Origin
Replies: 16
Views: 45961

Re: uBlock Origin

Thanks for the lead, Oftentired, however I think that is a Windows, not Linux, solution. Thanks also Sleeper10, this looks worth following up. Anyway, in the meantime, I am ready to go: A chrome-extension://cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm/document-blocked.html?details=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRyYW...
by Finston Pickle
Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: uBlock Origin
Replies: 16
Views: 45961

Re: uBlock Origin

I found that activating ad blocker, ublockOrigin and Ghostery simultaneously had no effect Fortunately, the most promising line of attack seems to be covered in this posting: https://askubuntu.com/questions/602499/remove-youradexchange-malware-from-chrome I am using the Slimjet browser based on Chro...
by Finston Pickle
Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: uBlock Origin
Replies: 16
Views: 45961

Re: uBlock Origin

I had not selected pop ups in settings and ad blocker and uBlockOrigin is on. I am using DuckDuckGo as my search engine. So: A. If I have some adware in my machine, I would like to delete it. So I guess I am appealing to any forum members familiar with Ubuntu 16.04 which Zorin 12 (which I use) is ba...
by Finston Pickle
Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problem posting and browsing
Replies: 1
Views: 8499

Re: Problem posting and browsing

Things are much improved after I used Googe DNS for IP4:

8.8.8.8
and
8.8.4.4
by Finston Pickle
Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:35 pm
Forum: General
Topic: DNS lookup/ internet connection/ secure connection
Replies: 2
Views: 9798

Re: DNS lookup/ internet connection/ secure connection

Things are much improved after I used Googe DNS for IP4:

8.8.8.8
and
8.8.4.4
by Finston Pickle
Mon Aug 28, 2017 1:11 am
Forum: General
Topic: uBlock Origin
Replies: 16
Views: 45961

Re: uBlock Origin

I am concerned with the random opening of a webpage - that is why I was asking for ideas about a solution.
by Finston Pickle
Sun Aug 27, 2017 12:07 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Problem posting and browsing
Replies: 1
Views: 8499

Problem posting and browsing

I have found when posting my topic on uBlock that unless I have two versions of my posting running in two tabs, my post will not upload with Slimjet running on Zorin 12 (Ubuntu 16.04), saying: "This site can’t be reached www.slimjet.com’s server  could not be found. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN ...
by Finston Pickle
Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:48 am
Forum: General
Topic: uBlock Origin
Replies: 16
Views: 45961

uBlock Origin

Slimjet on Zorin 12 (Ubuntu 16.04), while browsing, randomly tries to open a new tab to www.tradeadexchange.com, which in turn is blocked from opening by uBlock Origin - which opens an explanatory tab immediately and in full page instead of what I am looking at- something like: "uBlock Origin h...
by Finston Pickle
Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:49 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Backup your User data folder Win OS
Replies: 11
Views: 129221

Re: Backup your User data folder Win OS

It turned out copying my bookmarks was non specific to linux.

In Cog symbol > Bookmarks > Bookmarks Manager copy the Bookmarks bar and other bookmarks and copy to the other machine (say using a USB stick) - simple (I had to try it a time or two to get it just right!).