HostsSources

AdAway's default hosts sources

The following host sources are default in AdAway and thus supported by the author (see What are the criteria to make a hosts source default in AdAway?)

Website & direct URLs	Description	License
adaway.org https://adaway.org/hosts.txt	دSpecial hosts file for AdAway containing mobile ad provider.	CC Attribution 3.0
github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts	Default StevenBlack's host file containing adware and malware domains - See readme.md for a variety of other blocking categories.	MIT license
pgl.yoyo.org/adservers https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=0&mimetype=plaintext	Yoyos Hosts file in several formats.	MCRAE GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (version 4.r53)
winhelp2002.mvps.org https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt	Hosts file project of a former Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).	CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

(*) Due to security reasons AdAway does only allow secure hosts-file URLs. i.e. https is mandatory. You won't be able to save http URLs.

Other hosts sources

WARNING: Using the following sources could kill cats, i.e., these sources are not officially supported.

Website & direct URLs	Description	Secure Connection	Suitable for direct AdAway integration	License
sysctl.org/cameleon https://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts	Hosts file of the CAMELEON Ad-blocking system. Some false positives (audiogalaxy).	Y	Y	Unknown
rlwpx.free.fr/WPFF/hosts.htm	Different available hosts files.	N	N - Only zip or 7z	Unknown
someonewhocares.org/hosts https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts	Includes not only ad servers	Y	Y	Include URL
malwaredomainlist.com https://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt	Malware list	Y	Y	Unknown
hostsfile.org/hosts.html https://www.hostsfile.org/Downloads/hosts.txt		Y	Y	Unknown
github.com/lewisje/jansal/blob/wiki/HostsFile.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lewisje/jansal/master/adblock/hosts		Y	Y	Unknown
logroid.blogspot.com/search/label/hosts https://logroid.github.io/blogger/file/hosts.txt	Japanese blocklist. Dedicated to work with AdAway in particular.	Y	Y	Unknown
github.com/eladkarako/hosts https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eladkarako/hosts/master/build/hosts.txt	Blocklists in several formats, including Adblock and uBlock.	Y	Y	"The Unlicense"
github.com/yous/YousList https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yous/YousList/master/hosts.txt	"Block filter for advertisements, mainly on Korean sites"	Y	Y	CC Attribution 4.0 International License

What are the criteria to make a hosts source default in AdAway?

• They should only block advertisement or analytic providers (for example http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts also blocks "shock sites", thus it is not included in AdAway)
• Hosts sources are potential security issues. The corresponding website of the hosts source should look "legit"
• The hosts sources have to be available directly as plain text. AdAway can not use zipped sources
• Malware blocking hosts sources are not included, because they would add too many entries
• Default hosts sources should not include redirection entries

If your hosts source complies with these requirements, open a new Issue and ask for inclusion!

Censorship Circumvention

WARNING: Only use these sources if you can't reach Google, Facebook, etc. from your country, because of DNS blocking!

If you want to use redirection rules from these Hosts Sources you have to explicitly allow redirection rules in the preferences of AdAway!

URL	SSL	Description	License
https://smarthosts.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mobile_devices/hosts	Y		Unknown
https://veryhost.googlecode.com/files/android.txt	Y		Unknown
https://hostsx.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/hosts	Y		Unknown

Hosts file generator

URL	SSL	Description	License
https://hostsaway.appspot.com/	Y	Generate your own hosts source	CC0