soft98.ir ads and detection

[MasterKia]

Prerequisites

• This is not a support issue or a question
• I performed a cursory search of the issue tracker to avoid opening a duplicate issue
• I am running the latest version of uBlock Origin

I tried to reproduce the issue when...

• uBO is the only extension
• uBO with default lists/settings
• using a new, unmodified browser profile

URL(s) where the issue occurs

https://soft98.ir
https://soft98.ir/internet/web-browser/3545-microsoft-edge.html

Describe the issue

Related to: #3011

Some of these filters from the uBlock filters aren't working anymore (similar filters can be found in the IRN: Adblock-Iran list from @farrokhi):

soft98.ir##+js(nostif, e(), 3000)
soft98.ir##+js(set, Object.prototype.checkAdBlocker, noopFunc)
@@||soft98.ir^$ghide

soft98.ir##.a1d2x
||redlini.ga^

• The soft98.ir##.a1d2x doesn't work anymore because a1d2x is now called a7d8x in the website and it seems to be constantly changing, so we need something regex like soft98.ir##.a*x (Screenshot 1).

• The ||redlini.ga^ doesn't work anymore because the URL has changed to orgiin.gq (orgiin.gq/padvish3.az) so a cosmetic filter to block the ads would work more efficiently instead. (because it seems that the website developer changes the URL on purpose to evade adblockers)

• The soft98.ir##+js(nostif, e(), 3000) and soft98.ir##+js(set, Object.prototype.checkAdBlocker, noopFunc) doesn't defuse the anti-adblock function inside the soft98.ir's jquery.js because it can still detect cosmetic filters like soft98.ir##.a7d8x and disables all links (including download links) (Screenshot 2):

var T = {
    error_a7d8x: "جهت مشاهده لینک، ا�زونه حذ� تبلیغات را در مرورگر خود غیر�عال و دکمه F5 را بزنید",
}
var bK = ".a7d8x, .a7d8x *",
    on = "js-enable-",
    rn = D.get("error_a7d8x", {
        onclick: "location.reload();
        return false;
        "
    });

Screenshot(s)

• Screenshot 1:
  

• Screenshot 2:
  

• Screenshot 3:
  

Notes

• A network filter like ||orgiin.gq/padvish3.az$image and ||cdn.hostdl.com/assets/soft98.gif$image seems to work for now but the website developer has changed the address in the past (it was redlini.ga before), and he might do it again; So a cosmetic filter would be the best option.

• Soft98 Ad Blocker — کد حذف تبلیغات سافت98 DRSDavidSoft/user-scripts#1 (comment):
  There is a soft98_ad-unblocker.user.js script created by @DRSDavidSoft that works perfectly by defusing soft98.ir's anti-adblock and removing all ads and empty spaces (Screenshot 3) but it requires Tampermonkey.

Configuration

uBlock Origin: 1.39.2
Chromium: 96
filterset (summary): 
  network: 78477
  cosmetic: 40414
  scriptlet: 16273
  html: 0
listset (total-discarded, last updated): 
  added: 
    IRN-0: 1315-0, 1m
  default: 
    easylist: 61638-10, 3m
    easyprivacy: 26484-17, 3m
    plowe-0: 3687-810, 3m
    ublock-abuse: 72-0, 3m
    ublock-badware: 3565-61, 3m
    ublock-filters: 29884-130, 3m
    ublock-privacy: 189-2, 3m
    ublock-unbreak: 1712-39, 3m
    urlhaus-1: 7830-0, 2m
filterset (user): [empty]
modifiedUserSettings: [none]
modifiedHiddenSettings: [none]
supportStats: 
  launchToReadiness: 359
  launchFromSelfie: false

[uBlock-user]

Can't repro anti-adblock, I only see ads.

[MasterKia]

Can't repro anti-adblock

Add soft98.ir##.a7d8x to my filters and refresh the page and try to click on the green "ادامــه مطلـب" button.

[MasterKia]

Please reopen the issue because the anti-adblock has been updated and it's back.

When I created the issue, the site used jquery.js v2 to v3

[MasterKia]

Can we force the site to use a modified version of jquery.js without the anti-adblock function?

[uBlock-user]

Please reopen the issue because the anti-adblock has been updated and it's back.

fixed, admin is watching, re-opening only attracts un-necessary attention.

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When I created the issue, the site used jquery.js

Admin changed the detection method, versioning change is to reflect that.

Just avoid hotlinking any site resources/site itself here like v2, v3, that leaks referrer and that's how admin can see where the request is coming from.

[DRSDavidSoft]

As @mapx- also stated in #3011, the Soft98 admins are tracking changes to many lists -- that especially focus on combatting the useless ads on Soft 98.

As previously discussed with him (I believe his name is Salar), he genuinely has the impression that hiding the useless Padvish ads (and kaprilla, etc) on the site directly results in lost revenue. (Personally, I disagree, since I never look at, let alone click on these scummy and flashing ads on the page).

In any case, as @MasterKia also mentions, it is indeed possible to replace the (in-aptly named) jquery.js file with a version that doesn't mess with the download links, but it's also possible that the admins/developers change the HTML in a way that would render this approach unsuitable.

Personally, the user script that I wrote can handle the changes to class names, and also removes the useless elements in a way that Soft98 can't easily detect; and additionally if they could detect it and disable the download links' functionality, my script attempts to restore the correct download links back to the initial state.

It would be nice if uBlockOrigin could support cases slightly more complex like this natively, but since I already use Tampermonkey to fix up a couple of other sites that pull stunts similar to this, I thought it'd be worth the attempt.

AdGuard is currently using a similar approach to diffuse Soft98's ad-detecting mechanisms, I believe.

Watching this issue and #3011 for possible future development. In the meantime, I invite people to give my user script a try, it could work both as a standalone script, or in tandem with uB₀. Cheers! 😄

[MasterKia]

The ads is now back again:

[detectbug]

Если UBLOCK активирован, поиск не работает и новости фотографии не отображаются.