Check out AdNauseum, it’s like ublock origin except it “clicks” on every ad you come across. It uses a little bit more of your bandwidth and ram but I think it’s totally worth it
I know that addon, but decided against.
Prime argument against it is that a major reason I use ublock is security.
Ad links lead sometimes to trojan distributing sites, and I really don’t want to catch a drive-by virus…
What is Drive By Download?
A drive-by download is a cyber-attack that unintentionally downloads malicious code onto a computer or mobile device that exposes the users to different threats […]
The user doesn’t have to click on anything, press download, or open a malicious email attachment to become infected. These types of attacks can take advantage of an app, operating system, or web browser that contains security flaws due to a lack of updates or unsuccessful updates.
So, the question is: Do I trust an Addon to be bug-free enough to let it intentionally run loose on high-risk content?
And is it worth the potential additional risk (that I try to minimize in the first place by using Ad- and Script-Blockers)?
Besides that there seem to be other reasons not to use AdNauseam, a major one being that it generates profit for e.g. google.
Well, happened to me once already.
Auto-pop-up to a hijacked page.
Anti-Virus found the trojan later after next update.
About 15 years ago and I was running Windows, but still…
Check out AdNauseum, it’s like ublock origin except it “clicks” on every ad you come across. It uses a little bit more of your bandwidth and ram but I think it’s totally worth it
I know that addon, but decided against.
Prime argument against it is that a major reason I use ublock is security.
Ad links lead sometimes to trojan distributing sites, and I really don’t want to catch a drive-by virus…
That’s not how viruses work. Your PC can’t just “catch a virus” if you click the wrong link
If you really think that’s how that works, then using the internet must be a terrifying experience for you. I feel bad for you
So, the question is: Do I trust an Addon to be bug-free enough to let it intentionally run loose on high-risk content?
And is it worth the potential additional risk (that I try to minimize in the first place by using Ad- and Script-Blockers)?
Besides that there seem to be other reasons not to use AdNauseam, a major one being that it generates profit for e.g. google.
No one’s wasting a zero-day browser vulnerability on you
Well, happened to me once already.
Auto-pop-up to a hijacked page.
Anti-Virus found the trojan later after next update.
About 15 years ago and I was running Windows, but still…
Things have changed a lot in 15 years…
That’s not how AdNauseam works. It sends a network request, but ignores the response. This basically “pokes” the ad server, triggering a payout.
FWIW, AdNauseam is based on uBlock Origin.