arapurayil's Block List (aBL)

Filter lists optimized for DNS level blocking of ads, analytics, crypto-jacking and other such threats/nuisances.

About

• The focus here is on generating a list which doesn't hamper usability while not compromising on privacy/security.

• The sources for the list is carefully curated to include lists which are regularly maintained and have minimum overlaps.

• Whitelists are extensively employed to make sure false positives do not occur.

• By making use of regex and ABP style the size of the list is kept to a minimum.

  • If a domain is already blocked, its subdomains are removed from the list.
  • By employing regex rules, only those rules which are not matched are kept on.
  • The whitelist is compared with the regex rules to ensure no safe-domain is ensured that no useful domain is inadvertently blocked.

Usage

• AdGuardHome
• Blocky

NOTE: It will work wherever ABP format is supported, ex: ublock origin, but is best used for filtering DNS queries.

Support

• Report false-positives or bad domains
• Improve generator script by making a PR
• Support via
  • Ko-fi
  • Liberapay

#	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	DOWNLOAD LINK
01	The Main List	Blocks ads, analytics, trackers, crypto-jacking & other such threats/nuisances. Addon lists are available to extend this list.	https://abl.arapurayil.com/filters/main.txt
02	Addon - NSFW	Blocks nsfw content including porn, gambling, snuff ,etc. Should only be used with the 'Main' List	https://abl.arapurayil.com/filters/nsfw.txt
03	Addon - Social Media	Blocks social media. Should only be used with the 'Main' List	https://abl.arapurayil.com/filters/social.txt

Credits

Credits to the maintainers/creators of the source lists used in this project.

Please notify me if I have violated a license condition.

The Main List

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Blocks ads, analytics, trackers, crypto-jacking & other such threats/nuisances. Addon lists are available to extend this list.

• Sources: 59
• Rules before processing: 330037
• Rules after processing: 160077

The aBL - The Main List is 51.50% lighter than its combined sources

#	Title	Description	Blocking rules	Unblocking rules
01	ABP Adblock Warning Removal List	The Adblock Warning Removal List specifically removes obtrusive messages and warnings targeted to users who use an adblocker.	3	0
02	ABP filters	Removes circumvention ads in Adblock Plus	8	0
03	ABPindo	Additional filters for EasyList block Indonesian and Malaysian language ads. (translated)	493	0
04	abuse.ch URLhaus Host file	URLhaus host file does only include domain names associated with malware URLs that are either active (malware sites that currently serve a payload) or that have been added to URLhaus in the past 48 hours	734	0
05	AdAway	AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file	7194	0
06	AdGuard Annoyances filter	Blocks irritating elements on webpages, including cookie notices, third-party widgets and in-page popups (Doesn’t include social media widgets and buttons, to block them you can still use Social media filter separately). It was inspired by Fanboy Annoyances List, but doesn’t duplicate it, so you can use them both together	870	3
07	AdGuard Chinese filter	Removes ads from websites in Chinese. Originally based on the EasyList China filter and subsequently modified by us according to the complaints from users.	9094	11
08	AdGuard CNAME disguised trackers list	The list of trackers that disguise the real trackers by using CNAME records.	25272	0
09	AdGuard DNS filter	Filter composed of several other filters (AdGuard Base filter, Social media filter, Tracking Protection filter, Mobile ads filter, EasyList, EasyPrivacy, etc) and simplified specifically to be better compatible with DNS-level ad blocking.	46961	13
10	AdGuard Dutch filter	Removes ads from websites in Dutch. Originally based on the EasyList Dutch filter and subsequently modified by us according to the complaints from users.	44	0
11	AdGuard French filter	Removes ads from websites in French. Originally based on the Liste FR filter and subsequently modified by us according to the complaints from users.	10818	3
12	AdGuard German filter	Removes ads from websites in German. Originally based on the EasyList Germany filter and subsequently modified by us according to the complaints from users.	420	5
13	AdGuard Japanese filter	Removes ads from websites in Japanese. Originally based on the Fanboy’s Japanese filter and subsequently modified by us according to the complaints from users.	349	0
14	AdGuard Mobile ads filter	Filter that blocks ads on mobile devices. Contains all known mobile ad networks.	1022	2
15	AdGuard Russian filter	Removes ads from websites in Russian. Initially based on RU AdList filter but subsequently developed completely independently. Currently, there are very little intersections with RU AdList left.	3912	9
16	AdGuard Safari filter	Special filter for Safari 9 and above on iOS and MacOS to use in combination with AdGuard (or other) filter lists. We need a seperate filter because Safari's Content Blocking API does not fully support AdGuard's advanced rules syntax.	14	4
17	AdGuard Spanish/Portuguese filter	Removes ads from websites in Spanish and Portuguese. Originally based on the Fanboy’s Spanish/Portuguese filter and subsequently modified by us according to the complaints from users.	212	0
18	AdGuard Tracking Protection filter	The most comprehensive list of various online counters and web analytics tools. If you do not want your actions on the Internet be tracked, use this filter.	18859	9
19	AdGuard Turkish filter	Removes ads from websites in Turkish. Created by us according to the complaints from users.	337	1
20	crazy-max's WindowsSpyBlocker (Spy)	Block spying and tracking on Windows systems	347	1
21	Dan Pollock’s hosts file	Protects you from many types of spyware, reduces bandwidth use, blocks certain pop-up traps, prevents user tracking by way of "web bugs" embedded in spam, provides partial protection to IE from certain web-based exploits and blocks most advertising you would otherwise be subjected to on the internet	11386	1
22	EasyList Cookie List	EasyList Cookie List blocks cookies banners, GDPR overlay windows and other privacy-related notices	166	0
23	EasyList EasyPrivacy	EasyPrivacy is an optional supplementary filter list that completely removes all forms of tracking from the internet, including web bugs, tracking scripts and information collectors, thereby protecting your personal data.	17376	2
24	EasyList Hebrew	EasyList Regional - Hebrew	304	0
25	Energized Core Hosts	Core Energized Blacklist.	66576	0
26	FadeMind's add.Risk	Risk content sites based on http://www.hostsfile.org/hosts.html content.	2190	0
27	FadeMind's add.Spam	Spam sites based on http://www.hostsfile.org/hosts.html content.	57	0
28	FadeMind's UncheckyAds	Windows installers ads sources	9	0
29	Fanboy's Anti-Cookie Filters	This will remove cookie and privacy warnings (List already included in Annoyances List, don't add list if you're using the Annoyances List)	166	0
30	Fanboy's Enhanced Trackers List	Blocks common tracking scripts such as Omniture, Webtrends, Foresee, Coremetrics, Google-Analytics, Touchclarity, ChannelIntelligence.	123	0
31	Fanboy's Indian	Fanboy's Regional - Indian	43	0
32	Fanboy's Notifications Blocking List	Specialization: removes website notification popups (included in Fanboy's Annoyances)	179	0
33	Geoffrey Frogeye's block list of first-party trackers	List of first-party trackers	13992	0
34	Hexxium Creation's Threat List	Blocks scams/phishing/malware/malvertising/exploits - and other general threats	3320	0
35	hoshsadiq's NoCoin Filter List	Blocking Web Browser Bitcoin Mining	703	0
36	Liste AR	The Arabic list of adblock blockers, complementary to the French and English list. (translated)	122	0
37	Matomo.org - referrer spammers	This is a community-contributed list of referrer spammers maintained by Matomo, the leading open source web analytics platform.	2119	0
38	MetaMask's ETH Phishing Detect	Utility for detecting phishing domains targeting Ethereum users.	1071	0
39	MVPS HOSTS file	MVPS HOSTS includes entries for most major parasites, hijackers and unwanted Adware/Spyware programs	8729	0
40	NextDNS CNAME Cloaking Blocklist	A list of domains used by tracking companies as CNAME destination when disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers	35	0
41	NextDNS Privacy - alexa	NextDNS Native list	3	0
42	NextDNS Privacy - apple	NextDNS Native list	10	0
43	NextDNS Privacy - huawei	NextDNS Native list	8	0
44	NextDNS Privacy - roku	NextDNS Native list	1	0
45	NextDNS Privacy - samsung	NextDNS Native list	4	0
46	NextDNS Privacy - sonos	NextDNS Native list	2	0
47	NextDNS Privacy - windows	NextDNS Native list	24	0
48	NextDNS Privacy - xiaomi	NextDNS Native list	9	0
49	Perflyst and Dandelion Sprout's Smart-TV Blocklist for AdGuard Home	This is a blocklist to block smart-TVs sending metadata back home, sometimes with the added benefit of blocking interface ads for apps and movie services.	131	8
50	Personal Blocklist by WaLLy3K	Content added to this list has been manually verified, and is updated irregularly	356	8
51	Peter Lowe's Blocklist	Blocklist for use with Adblock Plus	3633	0
52	Spam404	blocks scam sites	7113	0
53	Steven Black's ad-hoc list	This is the ad-hoc list from StevenBlack/hosts	2151	0
54	StopForumSpam	Forum spammers	39772	0
55	Tiuxo's hosts - ads	Categorized hosts files for DNS based content blocking	1727	0
56	UT1 Blacklists - cryptojacking	Mining site by hijacking	14334	0
57	ZeroDot1's CoinBlocker Domains List - Optional	An additional list for administrators	1557	0
58	ZeroDot1's CoinBlocker List	A list for administrators to prevent mining in browsers	3493	0
59	_ aBL core filter - main	Internal filter - main	10	0

Addon - NSFW

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Blocks nsfw content including porn, gambling, snuff ,etc. Should only be used with the 'Main' List

• Sources: 13
• Rules before processing: 52177
• Rules after processing: 26924

The aBL - Addon - NSFW is 48.40% lighter than its combined sources

#	Title	Description	Blocking rules	Unblocking rules
01	chadmayfield's Porn Top 1m (Light List)	Top 1 million	11868	0
02	Clefspeare13's pornhosts	A consolidated anti porn hosts file.	0	0
03	Core regex rules (main)	internal list	0	0
04	EasyList adult adservers	-	529	0
05	EasyList adult specific	-	31	0
06	EasyList adult thirdparty	-	91	0
07	Energized Porn Core Hosts	Core Energized Blacklist.	16271	0
08	Sinfonietta's Gambling hosts	-	2572	0
09	Sinfonietta's Porn hosts	-	19109	0
10	Sinfonietta's Snuff hosts	-	23	0
11	Tiuxo's hosts - porn	-	369	0
12	UT1 Blacklists - gambling	-	1314	0
13	_ aBL core filter - nsfw	Internal filter - nsfw	0	0

Addon - Social Media

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Blocks social media. Should only be used with the 'Main' List

• Sources: 6
• Rules before processing: 11334
• Rules after processing: 5183

The aBL - Addon - Social Media is 54.27% lighter than its combined sources

#	Title	Description	Blocking rules	Unblocking rules
01	AdGuard Social media filter	Removes numerous 'Like' and 'Tweet' buttons and other social media integrations on popular websites.	3912	9
02	Energized Core Social Blacklist	Core Energized Blacklist.	3897	9
03	Sinfonietta's Social media hosts	-	2831	9
04	Tiuxo's hosts - social	-	4	9
05	UT1 Blacklists - social	-	681	9
06	_ aBL core filter - social	Internal filter - social	0	0