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    how to block ads with pfBlockerNG ??

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      firefox
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      i install pfBlockerNG (pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_32)
      I want to block advertisements or pop-ups
      I worked according to a guide I saw online
      the guide says To mark the hphosts

      the hphosts not working
      Is there a way to fix this?

      What’s better against advertisements? pfBlockerNG or squidGuard

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        jdeloach @firefox
        last edited by jdeloach

        @firefox said in how to block ads with pfBlockerNG ??:

        i install pfBlockerNG (pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_32)
        I want to block advertisements or pop-ups
        I worked according to a guide I saw online
        the guide says To mark the hphosts

        the hphosts not working
        Is there a way to fix this?

        What’s better against advertisements? pfBlockerNG or squidGuard

        I would suggest that you read through the document in this link https://linuxincluded.com/block-ads-malvertising-on-pfsense-using-pfblockerng-dnsbl/ and then configure pfBlockerNG-devel like it shows.

        Keep in mind that some of these block lists may or may not work. Most of these lists are maintained by individual folks on personal servers that may not always be online. The hphosts list that you mention is discontinued so don't bother to install it. Use some of the other lists in the above link.

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          firefox
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          This is one of the guides I used
          I went through the guide again
          And there is a missing line

          the EasyList Adware Filter
          Although it is marked

          1.png

          2.png

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            jdeloach @firefox
            last edited by jdeloach

            @firefox said in how to block ads with pfBlockerNG ??:

            This is one of the guides I used
            I went through the guide again
            And there is a missing line

            the EasyList Adware Filter
            Although it is marked

            2.png

            Maybe I need another cup of coffee this morning, but I don't understand your comment about "And there is a missing line", what is missing and where??

            What you're showing looks correct to me and in fact looks the same as I have mine setup.

            Now let me clarify something here, I'm still running pfSense 2.4.4-p3 with pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.25.29 because of the issues with that are being worked with pfSense 2.4.5-p1. Maybe there are some new changes that have been made with pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.25.32 that I am not aware of. Until the issues with pfSense 2.4.5-p1 are resolved, I can't install the latest pfBlockerNG-devel.

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              firefox
              last edited by

              You're right
              One of the pictures in the guide was a bit misleading

              I went through everything
              All according to the guide
              But it doesn't block advertisements or pop-ups

              What’s better against advertisements? pfBlockerNG or squidGuard

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                NollipfSense @firefox
                last edited by NollipfSense

                @firefox Use your browser to block pop-ups and NOTE: some ads will get through especially if you're using a browser that allows DNS request (DNS over https) ... you'll need to turn that off. Google browser, apps, such as Android or YouTube uses the IP address and port (443) to bypass pfBlockerNG.

                pfSense+ 23.09 Lenovo Thinkcentre M93P SFF Quadcore i7 dual Raid-ZFS 128GB-SSD 32GB-RAM PCI-Intel i350-t4 NIC, -Intel QAT 8950.
                pfSense+ 23.09 VM-Proxmox, Dell Precision Xeon-W2155 Nvme 500GB-ZFS 128GB-RAM PCIe-Intel i350-t4, Intel QAT-8950, P-cloud.

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                  firefox
                  last edited by

                  I use the firefox browser and ublock plugin

                  But it doesn't block everything and it's not the most convenient
                  There are sites I reach and get notified that I can't browse until I deactivate the extension

                  The last time I had a pfsense (It was in pfsense 2.4 maybe 2.3) it blocked the commercials and pop-ups
                  I had no problem with such sites

                  I will try to find a screenshot of it
                  If I have
                  There was a list of what to block
                  sex
                  Alcohol
                  Gambling
                  Medicines
                  And so on and so forth

                  It might as well have been squidGuard and not pfBlockerNG (Not remember)

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                    nprog
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                    I was also looking for a new guide for 2021 and I found this guide, and has lots of pictures and talks about the steven blacklist. This one worked for me.
                    How to Block Ads on pfsense with pfblockerng

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