pfBlockerNG-devel 2.2.5_21 / Ad Blocking advice
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Hi all,
new PFSense/pfBlockerNG user here. Deployed and seems to be working as I can a lot of tracking stuff getting caught by the pfBlocker service. Sadly I still seem to be seeing a lot of pop up ads. I know I can use uBlock Origin to kill most of that off at the browser level but just wondered if anyone could point me towards a recommended set of lists above and beyond the 'wizard' defaults (automated setup within pfBlocker) which I'm currently using? I tested it on sites like speedtest.net and the pi-hole test page (https://pi-hole.net/pages-to-test-ad-blocking-performance/) and still seem to be seeing a lot of banner ads appearing. Currently using the following lists..[ EasyList ]
[ EasyPrivacy ]
[ EasyList_Adware]
[ Adaway ]
[ Cameleon ]
[ D_Me_ADs ]
[ D_Me_Tracking ]
[ hpHosts_ATS ]
[ SBL_ADs ]
[ Yoyo ]
[ Abuse_DOMBL ]
[ Abuse_URLBL ]
[ Abuse_Zeus_BD ]
[ BBC_DC2 ]
[ SWC ]
[ D_Me_Malv ]
[ D_Me_Malw ]
[ ISC_SDH ]
[ MDS ]
[ MDS_Immortal ]
[ MDL ]
[ MVPS ]
[ Spam404 ]
[ SFS_Toxic_BD ]many thanks for this amazing tool....
regards
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Right-click on the popup in the browser and click "Inspect" . That will show the html code. If it is a domain, it can be manually added to a DNSBL customlist. Some ADs are now served from the same domain name as the site and I can't be easily blocked with a DNS blocker.
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I've been using some Pi_Hole blacklists too, which you could try:
http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts (Cameleon ads)
https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/blocklist.php?download=domainblocklist (Zeustracker Ads)
https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt (Disconnect Me Trackers)
https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt (Hosts File Ads)
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts (Steven Blacklist)You could also try adding the (slightly outdated?) BlueTack ad server IP list to your firewall. Just make an alias, clean up the list, and import it.
https://www.iblocklist.com/list?list=dgxtneitpuvgqqcpfulq&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=7z
Note that it is a pretty big list, so one you import it, expect it to take a little while if you ever want to go back in and view/edit it. For me, it takes almost 5 minutes to load that alias edit page.I hope this helps!
