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https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/07/12/drinking-baking-soda-for-autoimmune-disease.aspx

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Username: @shape55

If I preview or block this ad, it disappears as expected. But when reloading the page it reappears again. However, this happens only in Safari, not w/ the Firefox add-on, and I use the same filters and rules for both browsers. Therefore, I assume it’s a bug w/ this rule: [articles.mercola.com###iframeheight]. Works in AdGuard Firefox, but not in AdGuard Safari.

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System configuration

Information	value
AdGuard product:	AdGuard for Safari v1.11.13
Browser:	Safari
Filters:	Ad Blocking: AdGuard Base, AdGuard Mobile Ads Privacy: AdGuard Tracking Protection, EasyPrivacy Social Widgets: AdGuard Social Media Annoyances: AdGuard Annoyances, AdGuard Cookie Notices, AdGuard Popups, AdGuard Mobile App Banners, AdGuard Other Annoyances, AdGuard Widgets, Adblock Warning Removal List, I don't care about cookies Security: Online Malicious URL Blocklist Language-specific: AdGuard German, AdGuard Spanish/Portuguese
Other extensions used:	none

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[jellizaveta]

@shape55 Unfortunately, this item I could not be reproduce. Please try to disable-enable content blockers in Safari settings and restart Safari, and check for filters update. Do not close AdGuard window 30-60 seconds. Also try clearing your browser cache or checking the page in the incognito tab

[shape55]

Ok. Well, I have since rebooted my Mac, updated AG filters, disabled all content blockers in Safari, disabled all AG filter group sliders, and even deleted all rules except for this single rule that works w/ Firefox AG: articles.mercola.com###iframeheight, and this pesky ad still loads, even in a private window. This is w/ Safari 15.6.1 on Catalina 10.15.7.

Very strange if you cannot reproduce it. Most articles on the home page do not have this ad though. Have you tested it on a page that contains this ad at the bottom of the article? This is the only one out of 6 now that contains it: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2023/07/19/messenger-rna-vaccines-in-meat-animals.aspx. Note that the link will expire at 1am EST tonight. Then you'll have to test a new article.

Thanks

[shape55]

Update: After re-checking the "Enable content blockers" checkbox in the toolbar setting button drop-down, the rule started working somehow, but this caused another rule which has always worked to stop working: articles.mercola.com##.download-desktop. This is very glitchy behavior. Then I did the same routine again and now both of these are no longer working.

I haven't seen this happen w/ rules before, but it happens a lot w/ various web page content. Sometimes legitimate content won't load, I'll disable this same content blockers checkbox and it will then load. Then I'll re-enable the checkbox and the content will no longer be blocked. Note that this happens only in Safari AG, never in Firefox AG.

[shape55]

Actually, none of my user rules are working now for any site. I'm not sure what to do. I tried quitting/relaunching the app and disabling/re-enabling all the filters/content blockers, but no luck.

How do I delete the preferences? Where are they located? There are so many AG files and none I can see in the search results are clearly labeled as prefs.

[jellizaveta]

Could you please save the page where you see the advertisement and send it to filters@adguard.com ? ( File > Save As. Choose Format > Web Archive)

[shape55]

Sure, but let me try trashing the prefs first though, b/c none of the rules are working now and this is probably an issue on my end.

[jellizaveta]

Could you try adding this rule, in the user rules. articles.mercola.com##.coupon-code (Safari takes about a minute to refresh the settings) , then check if ads appear on the page.

[shape55]

Yes, but none of my user rules are working for any site. Did you see my message above? Which pref files do I delete that could be causing the corruption of user rules?

[shape55]

I trashed the whole com.adguard.safari.AdGuard folder, relaunched the app and reimported my settings and rules. Rules still not working.

[shape55]

Need to reinstall from scratch then. Instructions would be very helpful.

[jellizaveta]

Instructions for uninstallation/installation: https://adguard.com/kb/adguard-for-safari/installation/

[shape55]

Thanks. I'm actually there right now, but after I delete the app, the extensions are removed, but none of the container folders/prefs are deleted. I need to delete all of these too since there is probable corruption.

[shape55]

I manually deleted all the container files and am now trying to reinstall from App Store.

[shape55]

I reinstalled from scratch, imported saved settings/rules, and the user rules still won't work. I'll open an email support ticket for this then.

[jellizaveta]

If you try to hide the body tag completely in user rules, that doesn't work either? articles.mercola.com##body there should be a blank page

[shape55]

I finally figured out what the problem was: 1 user rule was breaking all the other rules, but only in Safari. So there’s a discrepancy between how the 2 apps handle rules. Rule 32 (the last rule) started w/ the text note “not working”. This didn’t break anything, however, but when I added rule 33 (this Github issue) it somehow broke all the rules. Adding “!” before the above text to ignore the line fixed the problem. Strange that it would nullify all the rules, and even stranger that the same thing in Firefox caused no issues.

Thanks for the help on this, nevertheless. I will save the rules you provided in case I need them in the future.