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    Adblock browser addon vs DNSBL Easylist

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      tagit446
      last edited by

      Sorry if this has been asked before and it may be a dumb question but I use Adblock addon in Chrome and also use the DNSBL Easylist and Easyprivacy in pfSense.

      Why does my Adblock still show that it is blocking ads?

      I ask because from what I can tell, Adblock use's Easylist and Easyprivacy the same as DNSBL.

      It would seem DNSBL should be blocking the same ads before they get to the browser but isn't.

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        Velcro
        last edited by

        I can't speak to the Adblock lists but I suspect they have more then DNSBL Easylist and Easyprivacy…try adding more custom lists.

        I didn't find Easylist and Easyprivacy very comprehensive....

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          tagit446
          last edited by

          From the Adblock browser option it shows that it uses Easylist and Easyprivacy. I just checked again and it does also show that it uses a custom list (w/no details), a Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) Mining Protection List and a Malware protection list.

          With that said, for DNSBL I use the following custom lists.

          https://openphish.com/feed.txt
          https://ransomwaretracker.abuse.ch/downloads/RW_DOMBL.txt
          http://www.malware-domains.com/files/justdomains.zip
          https://isc.sans.edu/feeds/suspiciousdomains_Low.txt
          https://isc.sans.edu/feeds/suspiciousdomains_Medium.txt
          https://isc.sans.edu/feeds/suspiciousdomains_Medium.txt
          https://isc.sans.edu/feeds/suspiciousdomains_High.txt
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dawsey21/Lists/master/main-blacklist.txt
          http://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malvertising.txt
          http://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt
          http://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt
          https://gist.githubusercontent.com/BBcan177/b6df57cef74e28d90acf1eec93d62d3b/raw/f0996cf5248657ada2adb396f3636be8716b99eb/MS-4
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZeroDot1/CoinBlockerLists/master/hosts_browser
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts
          http://raw.githubusercontent.com/quidsup/notrack/master/trackers.txt
          http://raw.githubusercontent.com/eladkarako/hosts.eladkarako.com/master/_raw__hosts.txt
          https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains
          http://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/immortal_domains.txt
          https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts
          http://avant.it-mate.co.uk/dl/Tools/hpHosts/HOSTS.zip
          https://adaway.org/hosts.txt
          https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&startdate%5Bday%5D=&startdate%5Bmonth%5D=&startdate%5Byear%5D=&mimetype=plaintext
          http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts
          http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts
          http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
          http://www.malekal.com/HOSTS_filtre/HOSTS.txt
          http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt
          https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=domainblocklist
          https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=hostfile
          http://www.hostsfile.org/Downloads/hosts.txt
          http://www.securemecca.com/Downloads/hosts.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/exp.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/emd.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/hjk.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/fsa.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/grm.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/psh.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/mmt.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/hfs.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/pha.txt
          http://hosts-file.net/wrz.txt
          https://osint.bambenekconsulting.com/feeds/dga-feed.gz
          http://raw.githubusercontent.com/michaeltrimm/hosts-blocking/master/_hosts.txt

          I also have many IPv4 list as well. Given all the list I use I am surprised the Adblock browser addon is still showing that it is blocking things.

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            Velcro
            last edited by

            Thats a pretty rich list…are you getting alerts in pfBlocker DNSBL? Could be a red flag you have a set up issue...

            Are you able to compare IPs on adBlocker lists vs your list custom IP lists? Are domains getting thru?
            Do you have GeoIP blocker enabled with suspect countries?

            Thanks for sharing your lists....

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              motific
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              @tagit446:

              Why does my Adblock still show that it is blocking ads?

              pfBlocker's blocking stops domains from being accessible by redirecting requests to an internal server, it does not stop your browser from attempting to reach the site in the first place.  Adblock alters the html so that your browser doesn't even attempt to reach out (and sometimes it alters the page layout to use that space from the missing ads.

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                anttechs
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                Check out my block lists collection for Pfblocker https://ant-techs.is/ip-blocklists/

                Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz
                Current: 1992 MHz, Max: 1993 MHz
                4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                AES-NI CPU Crypto: No
                8 Gig RAM
                250GB SSD

                https://ant-techs.is/ip-blocklists

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                  anttechs
                  last edited by

                  Id Rather block it from the hole network from the router not just each computer just look at my site there are so many links to get now and I like the ransomware links now that it good to stop from the router.

                  Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU J1900 @ 1.99GHz
                  Current: 1992 MHz, Max: 1993 MHz
                  4 CPUs: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                  AES-NI CPU Crypto: No
                  8 Gig RAM
                  250GB SSD

                  https://ant-techs.is/ip-blocklists

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                    Tom7755
                    last edited by

                    This might be a stupid question, but is your DNSBL working?

                    I see this behavior since DNSBL doesn't work for me because I'm also using OpenVPN.

                    So far I can't find a way to make them work together in a secure way.

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