diff --git a/ADBLOCKING.md b/ADBLOCKING.md index 9efb0127..019cda1a 100644 --- a/ADBLOCKING.md +++ b/ADBLOCKING.md @@ -1,37 +1,37 @@ -Ad blocking ------------ +Ad Blocking with NetGuard +------------------------- Instructions: * Download/install the latest NetGuard version [from GitHub](https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases) -* Enable the setting '*Filter traffic*' in the advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Filter traffic; default disabled; always enabled on Android 5.0 or earlier) -* Enable the setting '*Block domain names*' in the advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Block domain names; default enabled) +* Enable the setting *'Filter traffic'* in the Advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Filter traffic; default is disabled except always enabled in Android 5.0 and earlier) +* Enable the setting *'Block domain names'* in the Advanced options (three dot menu > Settings > Advanced options > Block domain names; default is enabled) * Import or download [a hosts file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)) using the NetGuard backup settings (three dot menu > Settings > Backup > Download hosts file) -* Disable browser compression (Chrome: three dot menu > Settings > Data Saver > Off) +* Disable browser compression if using Chrome (in Chrome: three dot menu > Settings > Data Saver > Off) * Wait at least 10 minutes to let the Android DNS cache time out -* Test if it works by opening [this page](http://www.netguard.me/test) -* Enjoy ad blocking, but don't forget to support application developers in other ways +* Test to see if ad blocking works by opening [this page](http://www.netguard.me/test) +* Enjoy ad blocking, but don't forget to support application developers and website authors in other ways
Note that: -* applications, like the browser, may cache data, so you might need to clear caches -* applications, browsers mostly, that have a *"data saver"* like feature that proxies requests through their servers (eg. Opera w/ Turbo, Opera Max app, Puffin, Chrome w/ data saver, UC Browser, Yandex w/ Turbo, Apus Browser, KK Browser, Onavo Extend, Maxthon) will not have ads blocked as NetGuard can't even see those domain requests -* YouTube ads are not domain based and cannot be blocked -* NetGuard does not use the IP addresses in the hosts file, because it doesn't route blocked domains to localhost +* applications, like web browsers, may cache data, so you may need to clear caches +* applications, browsers mostly, that have a *"data saver"*-like feature that proxies requests through their servers (eg. Opera w/ Turbo, Opera Max, Puffin, Chrome w/ data saver, UC Browser, Yandex w/ Turbo, Apus Browser, KK Browser, Onavo Extend, Maxthon) will not have ads blocked as NetGuard cannot see those domain requests +* YouTube ads are not domain-based, and thus cannot be blocked with NetGuard +* NetGuard does not use the IP addresses in the hosts file, because it does not route blocked domains to localhost * NetGuard does not concatenate hosts files, so you will have to use a source which does this for you or do it yourself -* you can check the number of hosts (domains) imported by pulling the NetGuard notification down using two fingers +* you can check the number of hosts (domains) imported by pulling the NetGuard notification down using two fingers if your version of Android supports that functionality * wildcards are not supported due to performance and battery usage reasons * **ad blocking is provided as-is**, see also [here](https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71805655&postcount=4668) -* **ad blocking is not available when NetGuard was installed from the Play store!** (disable automatic updates of NetGuard in the Play store application) +* **ad blocking is not available when NetGuard was installed from the Google Play store!** (disable automatic updates of NetGuard in the Play store application)
The NetGuard version from GitHub: -* is signed with the same signature as the version from the Play store, so any purchases will be restored -* will automatically notify you if there are updates (this can be switched off in the settings) +* is signed with the same signature as the version from the Google Play store, so any purchases will be restored +* will automatically notify you if there are updates available via GitHub (this can be switched off in NetGuard's settings)
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ NetGuard provides the [StevenBlack hosts file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/ho * reports.crashlytics.com * settings.crashlytics.com * e.crashlytics.com +* test.netguard.me
@@ -64,17 +65,17 @@ Apart from using a hosts file, you can block most in-app ads by blocking this ad An alternate way to block advertisements is by using special DNS servers, like these: -* [AdGuard DNS](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html) -* [Alternate DNS](https://alternate-dns.com/) -* [NoAd](https://noad.zone/) - -You can set DNS server addresses for all connection types in the NetGuard advanced options. -Note that when you set two DNS server addresses, the default (operating system/network provider) DNS servers will not be used anymore. +* [AdGuard DNS](https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html) - Free +* [Alternate DNS](https://alternate-dns.com/) - 14 day free trial +* [NoAd](https://noad.zone/) - Not working as of 2017 June 03 Be sure to read the privacy policies of these services as they might log your DNS requests. +You can set DNS server addresses for all connection types in NetGuard's *Advanced options*. +Note that when you set two DNS server addresses, the default (operating system/network provider) DNS servers will not be used anymore. + Feel free to let me know about other servers or request to add them in alphabetic order by doing a pull request.
-**Please do not mention this feature in Google Play store comments, since Google does not allow ad blocking applications in the Play store.** +**Please do not mention this feature in Google Play store comments, since Google does no longer allows ad blocking applications in the Google Play store.**