From f45c3868c5dee03f43fcae88e35cc96e6737f029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: M66B Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:11:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated ad blocking instructions --- ADBLOCKING.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ADBLOCKING.md b/ADBLOCKING.md index 2efd0441..eea7258d 100644 --- a/ADBLOCKING.md +++ b/ADBLOCKING.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ 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 -* the test page only works using the hosts file downloaded from [here](http://www.netguard.me/hosts) (the default) +* the test page only works using the hosts file downloaded from [here](https://www.netguard.me/hosts) (the default) * YouTube ads are not domain based and cannot be blocked * NetGuard does not use the IP adresses in the hosts file, because it doesn't route blocked domains to localhost * **ad blocking is not available when NetGuard was installed from the Play store!** @@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ NetGuard provides the [StevenBlack hosts file](https://github.com/StevenBlack/ho * settings.crashlytics.com * e.crashlytics.com -See [here](https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/issues/277) for alternative hosts files. - 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.