160341 - Image blocking doesn't block Flash ads

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 94035

(Core :: Graphics: Image Blocking, defect)

Description

[Steven Grimm]

There are an increasing number of Flash ads on sites.  There appears to be no
way to block those ads; right-clicking on a Flash ad brings up the Flash context
menu, and selecting "Block images" on an image that's served from the same
server as the .swf file doesn't prevent the Flash ads from loading.

www.aint-it-cool-news.com is a good example; you can block its images from
loading in the usual way, but you'll still see its Flash ads (which, at the time
of this writing, come from the same server as the images.)

Probably a more general solution is required, but for the moment I'd be happy
being able to block all <embed> content from a particular site, and if that's
rolled into image blocking, it'd suffice for my purposes.

Comment 1

[Alfonso Martinez]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 94035 ***