Duckduckgo.com - Ad for DuckDuckGo Browser being displayed again

Browser Support Ad-Blocking
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Description of the issue:
An “Upgrade to our Private Browser for Windows” ad is being displayed again, with Brave Shields set to “Aggressive” and also “Fanboy Annoyances List” and “uBlock Annoyances List” enabled.

Exact URL of the website in question:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brave&t=brave&ia=definition

Screenshot of the ad as it appears in Brave:

Screenshot A
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Developer Tools text:

<div class="iiucNgmqWFNcnIuUQvy9 w25QKW6SapBaqItNSrlA">
<div class="O9Ipab51rBntYb0pwOQn sid6r_H2hwkyo7NV7qxz undefined">

Brave version (check About Brave):

Brave    - 1.58.137 Chromium: 117.0.5938.153 (Official Build) (64-bit) 
Revision - 40b532ccf3bc15f40c6165989b143955260b872c
OS       - Windows 10 Version 22H2 (Build 19045.3448)

Filter list versions:

Brave Ad Block Updater - Version: 1.0.1488
Fanboys Annoyances     - Version: 1.0.1692
uBlock Annoyances      - Version: 1.0.277
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Investigating a better option to get rid of these.

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@fanboynz

That would be great.

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Doesn’t the setting to hide advertisements in DuckDuckGo’s settings page stop this?

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DuckDuckGo settings are no use to people who automatically delete cookies. The best thing is to block these obnoxious pop-up ads with a content blocker.

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