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Hi,

Much as I appreciate NoScript, Find the garbage displayed on a couple of pages very distracting.
I'm getting garbage on my Earthlink start page and webmail page. When I disable NoScript, the garbage disappears. I'm assuming the garbage has something to do with the NoScript Preferences but, honestly, they are, for the most part, beyond me. Can I get some guidance here? Thanks.

Please post screenshot of "garbage"

Sorry - I took 2 screen shots but can't seem to post them: copy and paste won't paste and can't find an attachment option. Advise?

(I'm on a Macbook Pro using Yosemite, if that makes any difference)

Upload the images to your cloud storage (if you have) or some image hosting site (such as http://postimage.org/), and then post the link(s) here.

Traviata wrote:Not at all sure about this, but I think it will work

It did, but you forgot to obscure your personal information in the screenshot, so I've hidden your post.

The "garbage" is messed up HTML markup, and that is caused by NoScript's XSS filter taking action against very unsafe coding practice in "safeframe" advertisement. Assuming you don't want to severely compromise your security just to view the ad(s), you can either leave it alone or (recommended) find out and block that adserver's domain. In the past it has been tpc.googlesyndication.com, so assuming it's that domain in this case too, you can block it with ABE as follows:
NoScript Options > Advanced > ABE > USER, add

Thanks so much - for obscuring and the information -- appreciate it.

You're welcome

Hi - again --

I can live with the garbage if I must but would really like to try getting rid of it. Following your instructions, I got to ABE>USER ok and tried entering the blocking information provided several different ways, all unsuccessful. I entered what you provided literally, from Code: to Deny, in the area to the right of USER, as 3 lines, one line, with and without Code:, Site, and other variations. By "unsuccessful" I mean the area remained blank after clicking ok and taking a look at it again, and there was no change after restarting Firefox.

I'm assuming my entry was made incorrectly and/or I should be clearing history or something else. Could you help? I'd really like to try this - maybe some literal instructions?

Traviata wrote:By "unsuccessful" I mean the area remained blank after clicking ok and taking a look at it again, and there was no change after restarting Firefox.

"The area" as in "the area where you typed the rule"? Yeah, that shouldn't go blank.

You don't need the 'Code' part; that's just the forum being helpful. What you want is the green lines ('Site ...' and 'Deny'), which simply state that requests to tpc.googlesyndication.com should be blocked.

Rather than clicking OK, try just clicking somewhere else in the dialog. The rule should be checked and saved immediately.

Thanks - I'll try it out --

Well, I entered as Thrawn instructed (thanks for your patience) and it was accepted but the garbage remains. I restarted Firefox, deleted Earthlink and Webmail cookies but still no difference. Any suggestions?

NO MORE GARBAGE!! My error - I took another look at what I'd entered and had neglected to enter .com. And VOILA - a beautiful, clear page. Thanks to Barbaz and Thrawn -- !

Good to hear it worked

The above instructions seem to have worked for me for some websites but not others. Is there a simple way to identify and block the offending source in the other cases?

@grantwp: Please post a link to one of the cases where it doesn't work (assuming they don't require login or similar to see the problem).