Block Ad Web Internet

This repository helps you to improve your privacy and security by making a list of websites that are to be blocked which track the user advertisements. Providing advertisements is not a problem, as it helps the creator gain money, but its not right to track the user. As it cannot be distinguished, we try to block all the ads for our privacy and security concerns.

What the repository contains?

We accumulate the websites from different repositories and ours to make a list that contains a large number of websites. The repository that are included in the list will be mentioned in the references section.

Lists

The list can be used in many tools. The tools vary from browser based to hosts file.

Tools

Web Extensions:

• uBlock Origin

  • Github
  • Chrome extension
  • Firefox add-on
  • Microsoft Edge add-on
  • Safari

• uMatrix (Made by the same dev of uBlock, but provides advanced features)

  • Github
  • Chrome extension
  • Firefox add-on

• AdGuard

  • Github
  • Chrome extension
  • Firefox add-on
  • Microsoft Edge add-on

Network-Wide Blocking:

• AdGuard Home - Can also be used as system-wide in desktops.
• Pi-hole

HOSTS:

• For Windows use Hostman to edit the hosts file. Or can be edited manually, the hosts file is located at c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts.
• For Linux use hBlock. Or to edit manually, hosts file is located at /etc/hosts.
• For Mac use Gas Mask to edit the hosts file. Or as it is a Unix-Based system the hosts file is located at etc/hosts
• For Android use Blokada or AdGuard. You can use Energized Protection to edit the hosts from the terminal (And they also provide a good and extensive hosts list).

FAQ

To convert the list to HOSTS

awk '{ printf "0.0.0.0"; print }' Block_List.txt > HOSTS.txt

To Compare the present list with a new list, get the uncommon addresses and append it to the present list.

comm -13 <(sort Block_List.txt) <(sort hosts.txt) >> Block_List.txt

To remove blank space in the beginning of the file

sed 's/ //g' hosts.txt > hosts_duplicate.txt

To remove 0.0.0.0 (or) 127.0.0.1 from the HOSTS file

awk '{ if($1=="0.0.0.0" || $1=="127.0.0.1") {$1= ""}; print }' hosts_duplicate.txt > hosts.txt

To delete the lines that start "#"

sed '/^#/d' Block_List.txt > hosts_duplicate.txt

For iptable rules and ipsets (still under development), check this repo:

https://github.com/TheUpBeat/Firewall-Lists

TO-DO:

• Make a list specifically for mobile devices.
• Firewall Config

References

• https://github.com/badmojr/1Hosts
• https://tgc.cloud/downloads/
• https://github.com/vokins/yhosts
• https://github.com/hectorm/hblock
• https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts
• https://github.com/deathbybandaid/piholeparser
• https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/
• https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
• https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists
• https://github.com/anudeepND/blacklist
• https://github.com/jdlingyu/ad-wars/
• https://github.com/PolishFiltersTeam/KADhosts
• https://block.energized.pro/blu/formats/hosts