Blocking Ads Assistance

[Chadi]

Hi folks,

So I'm using Pi-hole with these ad block lists.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/hosts 	
	https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains 	
	http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts 	
	https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_tracking.txt 	
	https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_ad.txt 	
	https://hosts-file.net/ad_servers.txt 	
	https://hosts-file.net/grm.txt 	
	https://reddestdream.github.io/Projects/MinimalHosts/etc/MinimalHostsBlocker/minimalhosts 	
	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/data/KADhosts/hosts 	
	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/data/add.Spam/hosts 	
	https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/raw/master/notrack-blocklist.txt 	
	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/data/add.2o7Net/hosts 	
	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crazy-max/WindowsSpyBlocker/master/data/hosts/spy.txt 	
	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kees1958/WS3_annual_most_used_survey_blocklist/master/w3tech_hostfile.txt 	
	https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/lists/ads-and-tracking-extended.txt 	
	https://s3.amazonaws.com/lists.disconnect.me/simple_malvertising.txt 	
	https://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt 	
	https://phishing.army/download/phishing_army_blocklist_extended.txt 	
	https://gitlab.com/quidsup/notrack-blocklists/raw/master/notrack-malware.txt 	
	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/data/add.Risk/hosts

My question is, I want to block ads also in Facebook (just ads, not FB whole). I still see ads in FB and tried some of the recent lists I found on Google, but broke FB completely.

I am having an impossible time also blocking both ADS and "Sponsored" movie boxes inside the IMDB mobile app (iOS). I tried so many lists, variations but apparently Amazon is figuring it all out. Can someone assist on this? I have no idea how to figure out where the ads are coming from as I've tried so many methods, tools and it's going over my head with IMDB specifically.

I also cannot figure out how to block ads in the homepage when Edge browser loads, including links such as: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/falling-through-the-cracks-many-americans-wont-get-coronavirus-checks/ar-BB12drE8?ocid=spartandhp (see attached).

I'm using Pihole with Cloudflare DNS.

[RamSet]

Those are most likely loaded via obfuscated code within the page.

Either a script or some other delivery method.

Pi-hole works as a DNS level blocker, not as a filtering proxy for content within a page.

For that you can (and I strongly recommend) a browser level plugin. That, can handle the cosmetic side of things (which is what this is - I believe).

There's a high chance that when you click one of those ads, it take you nowhere as that will be blocked by Pi-hole.

If the click goes though, then none of those block lists "know" about the domain where the ad is being sent to and you can manually "fish" the link out and blacklist it.

I know from my own experience that Chrome injects ads within a page (for instance if you load the same page in let's say Firefox, you'll that where ads are present in Chrome, nothing is in Firefox).

Didn't Edge use some Google Chrome type of code in the latest version (s) ?

[Chadi]

Thanks for the reply. Well if you can figure out someway to block those sections on the IMDb mobile app on iPhone that would be appreciated. I’m not technical with pi-hole but I’m learning.