Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-180.75.191.176-20160723092340/@comment-417288-20160812033937

A lot depends which browser you are using, and whether you have the correct official version of Adblock Plus, or an impostor. (Yes, there are impostor extensions out there with misleading names to make you think you have the real thing.)

But it is much easier to simply switch your preferences in your profile to Monobook - the layout and navigation will be different than you are used to, and you won't have Visual Editor but you won't see picture ads for Trending Fandom Articles, but rather a notice at the top of the page that can be easily dismissed with one click - and won't come back until after you close and reopen your browser. (I always use source editor when I am using Wikia skin in my preferences.)

Whoever designed the site to put up clickbait articles should be aware that many ad-revenue sites use these at the bottom of their pages - especially Facebook viral pages, which is where I usually find them. But what the people who use these for ad revenue may not know is that many of these "clickbait ads" lead to sites that link to malicious sites (think malware and phishing). Which if you think about it, makes sense, since many malware and virus creators do so, so that they can compromise users financial information, and use it for their own financial gain.