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Deozaan:
Yet another reason why I'm never ever ever ever ever disabling my ad blocker:

For the past few weeks, Forbes.com has been forcing visitors to disable ad blockers if they want to read its content. Visitors to the site with Adblock or uBlock enabled are told they must disable it if they wish to see any Forbes content. Thanks to Forbes’ interstitial ad and quote of the day, Google caching doesn’t capture data properly, either.

What sets Forbes apart, in this case, is that it didn’t just force visitors to disable ad blocking — it actively served them malware as soon as they did.-http://www.extremetech.com/internet/220696-forbes-forces-readers-to-turn-off-ad-blockers-promptly-serves-malware
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Read more info at the link below:

http://www.extremetech.com/internet/220696-forbes-forces-readers-to-turn-off-ad-blockers-promptly-serves-malware

wraith808:
I can't see it with ublock and disconnect enabled.  And after your bit about forbes, I'm not disabling my adblockers to see the site. :)

Deozaan:
That's weird. I'm running AdGuard and uBlock Origin and NoScript and the article loads for me.

Try this:

https://archive.is/n0gIV

wraith808:
That's weird. I'm running AdGuard and uBlock Origin and NoScript and the article loads for me.

Try this:

https://archive.is/n0gIV
-Deozaan (January 11, 2016, 04:27 PM)
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That worked. And it was a lot faster loading something, than the original site was at loading nothing.  Go figure.   :huh: ;D :Thmbsup:

4wd:
Like wraith, the ExtremeTech site just shows a blank page, (and produces a bucket load more hits in uBlock than Forbes).

Running uBlock, RefControl, RequestPolicy, and hosts file blocking - not getting any ads nor am I getting prompts to disable an adblocker on Forbes.

Possibly geo specific?

I get this when going via a US VPN:
Forbes forces users to disable ad blockers, promptly serves malware.

Doesn't happen if I go via normal IP, (Australia).

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