[Yamaraj]

[kkdu]

Thanks Yamaraj.
Installed as instructed and it started to work as expected. Was able to enjoy the difference the way the page loads now.

I would still have couple of questions that need your input.

1. when executing the script #time ./abhostgen.sh the first time, the script runs as expected generating all hosts files and saved to the mphosts.log. I see that there are 157 ad domains blocked. However , when checking the file sizes of mpdomains and mphosts , its reported as 0B and 4kB respectively.

2. I then overwrite these files from the original to get the original sizes of 3MB and 9MB. Again executing the script, this reduces the size of these files. Is there anything im missing

3. Most sites riddled with ads are tested and are blocked successfully. ex. http://www.angelfire.com/alt2/entertainment/ad_block_test.html .However, when trying to run the same site in the Chrome incognito mode, some ads appear again. Test on FireFox - no issue. is this a behavior of Chrome and have you experienced it.

4. Youtube ads most time are killed, however, some come back. Not sure if this is related to the issue 1 where the mpdoamins and mphosts are not updated.

5. Can this link https://www.reddit.com/r/dropgoogle/comments/5tnjxl/block_youtube_ads_2017_hosts_file/ be added to the mphosts to get rid of any Youtube Ads


PS: I am also finishing the manual/documentation for the setup , will pm you once i have all things checked. if okayed, you can choose to publish for all users

[Yamaraj]

@kkdu, glad to hear it.

1 & 2. You needn't time the script when running it. "./adbhostgen.sh" without the quotes is enough. Sounds like an issue with configuration. Check and confirm that the script and other files are in /jffs/dnsmasq directory. You can PM me with screenshots of your router config and an ls -al of /jffs/dnsmasq.

3. You may need to clear Chrome cache. Google have more than a few fallback options for serving ads even if we attempt to disable most of them. Blocking most ads without breaking functionality is what I had in mind when creating this script. As it is, hosts files and dnsmasq have their own limitations. They can't block canvas and other js ads with clever and sneaky servers.

4 & 5. Could be the problem addressed above. I'll look into that list and add servers that are missing in my blocklist. Thank you.

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VERSION: 20180221
The script now automatically downloads latest whitelist and blacklist files from the official Github repository if not found in /jffs/dnsmasq. What it means: You no longer need to download and extract the 7z archive for the script to work. Just get the script and everything it needs to function will be downloaded automatically. If you mess up your whilelist/blacklist files, just delete them and they will be auto downloaded.

EXPERIMENTAL: a self-updating[1] strain of the official script now exists for you to play with. mpadblock.sh This version will attempt to update itself if there's a new version available on Github.

[1]: self-modifying/self-updating scripts are not POSIX compliant and the desired outcome is not guaranteed.

DOWNLOADS:
1. 7z archive including the script and hosts/domain files
or
2. Script only
or
3. Experimental self-updating version
(You'll need to replace "adbhostgen.sh" with "mpadblock.sh" in instructions for it to work.)

[kkdu]

Noted Yamaraj. sent the details via PM ; have a look and advise me

[Yamaraj]

VERSION: 20180222
Added file size information for logging and debugging. Cleaned up code.

Read first post for instructions and download links.

[0Legolas0]

Hi Yamaraj
I finally got adblocking working a few minutes ago. I followed your instructions, and had to do a bit of digging around to get it working. I have captured my learnings hoping others will benefit too.

Preparing USB Stick

- Used 32GB USB stick for my purpose
- [Could not get fdisk to work when I login to the router via telnet]
- Downloaded and followed instructions from: http://www.techovity.com/how-to-create-ext2ext3-linux-partition-from-windows/
- Used "MiniTool Partition Wizard" to create below partitions on Win10 PC (Took a few hours!! to complete the format & partioning)
/jffs in ext2 format
/opt in ext2 format
/data in ext2 format
[Linux Swap]
- Services--> USB enabled USB
- Plugged in USB-drive but was not recognized; Router Reboot Fixed it
- Mapped created UUID to /jffs and /opt in Services--> USB (/data had no option!!)

- telnet to router (username: root; passwd: <WebUI Passwd>)
- cd /jffs
- mkdir dnsmasq
- cd dnsmasq
- [Unsuccessful in getting wget and curl to download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/m-parashar/adbhostgen/master/adbhostgen.sh ]
- vi adbhostgen.sh (copy/paste contents of the script file, and saved it)
- chmod +x adbhostgen.sh
- Run the script ...
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[0Legolas0]

Hi
Unsure why sporting goods store is blocked. Unlucky that their name starts w/ dicks!!

address=/dickssportinggoods.com/0.0.0.0
address=/dickssportinggoods.com/::

I added it to the whitelist but it is not working, do we need to reboot for this to take effect?

Thanks in advance

[Yamaraj]

[Yamaraj]

[0Legolas0]

Hi Yamaraj

I see ads/sponsored content from Outbrain, Taboola, etc still showing up. Any ideas on how to block these type of "sponsored stories" sites?

In other words, help block all these ad-providers

https://www.adpushup.com/blog/7-best-native-ad-networks-for-online-publishers/

Thanks in advance

[mac913]

[Yamaraj]

[Max Power]

Yamaraj,

If we add a TLD (e.g. instagram.com) to the whitelist, will all subdomains be whitelisted as well? Or do we have to go through the hosts file to find every mention of *.instagram.com to add it to the whitelist?

Thanks!

[mac913]

[mac913]