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vineydhiman
Iron Contributor
Apr 25, 2020

Get rid of "It looks like you're using an adblocker" dialog box in Site

I'm seeing this error message on popular websites, The worst thing is I'm not using any adblocker, even I have whitelisted the site. Check the screenshot:   Note: I'm only seeing this in Micr...
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martinnn
Iron Contributor
Apr 25, 2020
That might be because of Edge's tracking prevention, especially if it's set to Strict. Do you have that set to Basic, Balanced, or Strict?
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    vineydhiman
    Iron Contributor
    Apr 26, 2020
    Great, it worked now! Could you please explain a bit what causing the dialog box to appear when privacy is set to Strict?
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      martinnn
      Iron Contributor
      Apr 26, 2020
      I don't know for sure, so this is a bit of speculation, but I believe that since Strict tracker blocking blocks ad trackers, it also somehow tricks websites into thinking the ads themselves are blocked.
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        vineydhiman
        Iron Contributor
        Apr 27, 2020
        OK thanks, for taking a time and responding to this post 🙂

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