Creating a rule to override Ad Blocking

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Creating a rule to override Ad Blocking

Situation:
You cannot see a specific Web page or some parts of a Web page when Ad Blocking is enabled. You want to correct this problem without disabling Ad Blocking.

Solution:
This problem happens when either the address (URL) for the Web page or the Web page programming (HTML) includes some text that indicates the page may be an advertisement or include an advertisement. The text is called an HTML string. When Norton Internet Security detects one of these HTML strings, Norton Internet Security prevents the Web page from being displayed or prevents part of the Web page from being displayed.

To permit your Internet browser to display the Web page or the missing parts of the Web page, configure the Norton Internet Security Advanced Options to override Ad Blocking for the affected Web sites. This process requires creating a rule that permits the HTML string for that Web site. See the section below for your version of Norton Internet Security.

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Norton Internet Security 2004

Norton Internet Security 2001/2002/2003

Technical Information:
Norton Internet Security maintains a list of more than 200 HTML strings that are associated with advertisements.

For example, Norton Internet Security prevents Web pages whose URL includes www.ad.siemens.com from being displayed because the URL includes the HTML string "AD."
In another example, Norton Internet Security prevents all or part of a Web page from being displayed when the URL includes the HTML string "&banner=" (without the quote marks).

References:
Cannot see all of a Web page when Norton Internet Security or Norton Personal Firewall is installed

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Document ID: 2001095547722566
Last Modified: 04/14/2004
Date Created: 02/19/2001
Operating System(s): Windows 95, Windows 95B, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows Me, Windows 98 SE, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000
Product(s): Norton Internet Security 2002 4.0, Norton Internet Security Professional Edition 2002