--- a/exceptionrules/exceptionrules.txt
+++ b/exceptionrules/exceptionrules.txt
@@ -6117,16 +6117,28 @@ wetter.de,orange.fr,sozcu.com.tr,hln.be,
 @@||g-ecx.images-amazon.com^*/amznassocview.js$script
 @@||images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com^*/amznassocview.js$script
 @@||wms-eu.amazon-adsystem.com^$image,script
 @@||wms-fe.amazon-adsystem.com^$image,script
 @@||wms-cn.amazon-adsystem.com^$image,script
 @@||wms-in.amazon-adsystem.com^$image,script
 @@||wms-na.amazon-adsystem.com^$image,script
 
+! Softonic ads (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=172799#p172799)
+de.softonic.com#@#.topbanner
+de.softonic.com#@#.banner_box
+de.softonic.com#@#.bottombanner
+de.softonic.com#@#.topbanner_program
+de.softonic.com#@#.banner-caption
+de.softonic.com###mpu-search-page-desktop-wrapper
+de.softonic.com###top-leaderboard-search-page-desktop-wrapper
+de.softonic.com###bottom-leaderboard-search-page-desktop-wrapper
+@@||g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?*_native_$script,domain=de.softonic.com,xmlhttprequest
+@@||googlesyndication.com/safeframe/$subdocument,domain=de.softonic.com,other,document
+
 ! Conversion tracking whitelisting (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=13771)
 ! DoubleClick/Adsense conversion tracking #1
 @@||g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/$subdocument,image,script
 @@||googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion_async.js
 @@||googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion/$image,subdocument
 @@||google.ac/ads/user-lists/$image,subdocument,script,third-party
 @@||google.ad/ads/user-lists/$image,subdocument,script,third-party
 @@||google.ae/ads/user-lists/$image,subdocument,script,third-party