Regarding instart logic/g00 crap update

[ghajini]

@gorhill @okiehsch

@mapx-

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😂

[okiehsch]

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

[Hrxn]

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]

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

NanoMeow/QuickReports#1640 (comment)

[ghajini]

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

[rpodric]

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]

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:

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]

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]

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

[okiehsch]

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.

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

No IL on my side.

Details

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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]

This is weird, do you get Instart Logic in the source of metacritic.com?

[liamengland1]

I think it might depend on user agent if they serve the IL script.

[rpodric]

@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]

//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.