Ad.doubleclick.net

[Henry V]

On Google chrome, when I have tried to go to a regular site I sometimes get stopped by ad.doubleclick.net
How can i remove it?

 

[User #07242024]

What extension are you using? Can you give some link example?

 

[Henry V]

I just clicked onto reply and got this - see attachment

 

[Henry V]

Not sure which extension they mean?
My extensions attached.

 

[bogdanw]

Probably the Malwarebytes extension is blocking ad.doubleclick.net

 

[Henry V]

I've had Malwarebytes for a while now.
I wonder why it has decided to block sites all of a sudden?

 

[Henry V]

I think App blocks may be the problem?
I've unclicked and it seems to have done the trick?

 

[bogdanw]

The extension is separate from the Malwarebytes app and that settings refers to blocking apps, not content blocking in Chrome.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/malwarebytes-browser-guar/ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee

 

[ThunderSkunk]

I’ve had doubleclick & googles crapware blocked by littlesnitch for years and its never done anything like this, if that tells you anything.

 

[Henry V]

The extension is separate from the Malwarebytes app and that settings refers to blocking apps, not content blocking in Chrome.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/malwarebytes-browser-guar/ihcjicgdanjaechkgeegckofjjedodee

What do you suggest?

 

[johannnn]

What do you suggest?

I think you could just uninstall Malwarebytes

 

[Sciuriware]

I think you could just uninstall Malwarebytes

Seems a case of "The medicine is worse than the disease".
There are many items like this one on the fora.
;JOOP!

 

[Henry V]

I’ve had doubleclick & googles crapware blocked by littlesnitch for years and its never done anything like this, if that tells you anything.

What does little snitch do?

 

[ThunderSkunk]

Littlesnitch informs you of when anything makes a connection to or from your computer, tells you which service is doing it, offers some information (& even pinpoints the connection on a map), and asks you if you'd like to allow it, block it, just this once, or until the app you're using quits, or forever. When you first install it you'll be amazed at how many things are making connections to & from your machine, and you'll have some looking up to do, to figure them out. Often times if I'm unsure, I'll block them until quit, then if the site or service stops working, I quit the app, and the next time it runs, I know to allow it, and can then set it to forever. You can then review the big list of rules you're creating to see if you accidentally blocked or allowed something you'd rather not. So all the privacy threats and trackers, DOA. Any malware tries doing anything and you know immediately. Any software of illegitimate origin, you'll see it misbehaving before it can. It's quite nice.

 

[Henry V]

Littlesnitch informs you of when anything makes a connection to or from your computer, tells you which service is doing it, offers some information (& even pinpoints the connection on a map), and asks you if you'd like to allow it, block it, just this once, or until the app you're using quits, or forever. When you first install it you'll be amazed at how many things are making connections to & from your machine, and you'll have some looking up to do, to figure them out. Often times if I'm unsure, I'll block them until quit, then if the site or service stops working, I quit the app, and the next time it runs, I know to allow it, and can then set it to forever. You can then review the big list of rules you're creating to see if you accidentally blocked or allowed something you'd rather not. So all the privacy threats and trackers, DOA. Any malware tries doing anything and you know immediately. Any software of illegitimate origin, you'll see it misbehaving before it can. It's quite nice.

Wow!!
Thank you!

Henry.

 

[bogdanw]

What do you suggest?

Turn off or uninstall the Malwarebytes extension from Chrome.
The App Block setting from the Malwarebytes app does not influence Chrome

 

[Henry V]

Turn off or uninstall the Malwarebytes extension from Chrome.
The App Block setting from the Malwarebytes app does not influence Chrome

So what is it about Malwarebytes that is causing this, if it does not influence Chrome?