How can I block ad.doubleclick.net javascript (which seems to be slowing my browser down)

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Solution 1

Took a guess and installed Ad Blocker Plus for Chrome ( there are two ABP apps and the one from from AdBlockPlus.org has 100x as many reviews and slightly higher ratings).

That seems to have fixed it immediately.

Solution 2

Navigate to your Chrome Settings chrome://settings/content/cookies?search=Privacy and add whichever sites that you want to block

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Daimon

I started programming in high school, making my own versions of popular games (Lunar Lander). I wrote some parts in Assembly Language. I eventually bootstrapped a healthcare startup to $3M revenue. I began my professional career working for consulting firms, then started my own software company and created 17 programs providing speech therapy to stroke survivors . I marketed and sold it worldwide. A few years ago, I fully automated my company so it wouldn’t need my involvement, freeing me for new challenges. I’ve spent my career helping technical and non-technical stakeholders understand each other’s needs. A few years ago, I returned to consulting, sharpening my skills in areas that I most enjoyed as a business owner. As I took classes and read a wide range of books, what particularly resonated was the importance of listening. For example, each sale happens in the prospect’s mind. They know what they want. They’ll tell us if we ask and listen with genuine curiosity. I first learned this selling our software. After I explained what a patient needed, caregivers often asked “how did you know exactly what we need?”. I just smiled, never revealing my secret: I asked curious questions. You told me. I listened. It turns out, that’s helpful in all sales, and all communication. I’ve loved consulting with a variety of businesses, but I miss learning & growing with a team working toward a common purpose. My Resume Portfolio

Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Daimon almost 2 years

My browser is quite slow accessing a number of sites today and they are all slowing "waiting for ad.doubleckick.net"

My goal is to stop the javascript call to prevent the slowdown. (I assume most ad tracking calls should be asynchronous, but that does not seem the be the case here. I get the "waiting..." and the page is not finished loading)

I do not think this is the ad.doubleclick virus. I'm not having strange ads or redirects. And, I do not have Ad.Doubleclick.net installed on this Windows 7 PC, nor do I have an extension with any name even similar to that. (I recognize all my Chrome Extensions).
- 100rabh over 9 years
  
  Doubleclick is down, hence the slowdown