AB-Solution - The Ad Blocking Solution

[Ubimo]

How can I add this adress to the blocking? http://adblock.mahakala.is/

 

[Butterfly Bones]

How can I add this adress to the blocking? http://adblock.mahakala.is/

Use #4 AdsBeGone, or #6 AB-Max, it is in those, look at the lists:
https://www.ab-solution.info/use/hosts-files.html

 

[Ubimo]

Use #4 AdsBeGone, or #6 AB-Max, it is in those, look at the lists:
https://www.ab-solution.info/use/hosts-files.html

Oh, I see, but why aren't all hostfile links included in #6?
Edit:
Oh, I just found out.

 

[56kbps]

Can you elaborate?

All good now after remove and reinstall. Thanks RMerlin

 

[poor_poor]

AP mode cannot work right?

 

[thelonelycoder]

AP mode cannot work right?

No, no way as the services required for AB-Solution to work are not available unless the router is in Wireless Router Mode.

 

[eclp]

Again a Noob question ...

Is it possible to reach the pixelserv stats via https after the router setting "https" (only)?
--> https://pixelservip/servstats

 

[thelonelycoder]

Again a Noob question ...

Is it possible to reach the pixelserv stats via https after the router setting "https" (only)?
--> https://pixelservip/servstats

No, pixelserv only serves the stats on port 80.

 

[Alfsu]

I've put everything (and then some) that shows up using the "f" option in the log (I'm using the Medium blocklist).
...
I still get the "Sorry, there's a problem with this page right now. We're working on fixing it. CS3"

Turning off pixelsrv-tls fixes the issue immediately.

The amazon android app fails with pixelsrv "on" and there is not any related entry in the syslog from pixelsrv at all; and the behavior is the same, turning pixelsrv-tls "off" enables functionality of the amazon app in android.

However, access to the amazon store via the android Firefox or Chrome browsers have no problem.

Any thoughts?

 

[thelonelycoder]

The amazon android app fails with pixelsrv "on" and there is not any related entry in the syslog from pixelsrv at all; and the behavior is the same, turning pixelsrv-tls "off" enables functionality of the amazon app in android.

However, access to the amazon store via the android Firefox or Chrome browsers have no problem.

Any thoughts?

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/a...ing-solution-v3-9-1.37511/page-55#post-338285

And also maybe these, found by @returntrip:
For Amazon Europe and US, you need to whitelist the following:

aax-eu.amazon-adsystem.com
aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com
fls-na.amazon.com
mads.amazon-adsystem.com
fls-na.amazon-adsystem.com
fls-eu.amazon.com
fls-eu.amazon.de
s.amazon-adsystem.com

us and na stands for north america, eu for europe.

 

[majnu]

@thelonelycoder what is the program you mentioned (probably a year ago) to edit the white and black list files? I refreshed my machine last month and lost it.
It had a friendly GUI, would it be possible to add these things to your reserved post?
Thanks

Edit - Found it
WinSCP and use the SCP protocol to login. Go to /mnt/sda1/adblocking to locate black and white list files (for my future reference)

Which are the files to white list or exclude from blacklist to allow Google's shopping links to work?

 

[thelonelycoder]

@thelonelycoder what is the program you mentioned (probably a year ago) to edit the white and black list files? I refreshed my machine last month and lost it.
It had a friendly GUI, would it be possible to add these things to your reserved post?
Thanks

Thanks for the suggestion, I have updated the website with Use/Development tools and added the info to post #2.

 

[Alfsu]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/a...ing-solution-v3-9-1.37511/page-55#post-338285

And also maybe these, found by @returntrip:
For Amazon Europe and US, you need to whitelist the following:

aax-eu.amazon-adsystem.com
aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com
fls-na.amazon.com
mads.amazon-adsystem.com
fls-na.amazon-adsystem.com
fls-eu.amazon.com
fls-eu.amazon.de
s.amazon-adsystem.com

us and na stands for north america, eu for europe.

Tried all the options discussed earlier in the thread to no avail.

It's not a biggie, more of a annoyance than a problem really.

Thanks for the quick response!

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[returntrip]

Tried all the options discussed earlier in the thread to no avail.

It's not a biggie, more of a annoyance than a problem really.

Thanks for the quick response!

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

Which Amazon region are you trying to access from the app?

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[Alfsu]

Which Amazon region are you trying to access from the app?

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I am in the US

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[returntrip]

I am in the US

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Ok, odd, I am in Europe but can access the US store through the app.. Although I am not sure if there is a "west" or "central" server for aax-us-east.amazon.adsystem.com, worth having a look at that.

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[thelonelycoder]

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...

 

[returntrip]

Sent from my WORKHORSE AA9900 using Firefox Desktop Browser
...

I never bothered to change the initial closing signature...

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[thelonelycoder]

I never bothered to change the initial closing signature...

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[Xentrk]

When using the f option "1. unfiltered log" you essentially run an unfiltered tail -f on the dnsmasq.log file:

    tail -F $abSolutionPath/$logsDir/dnsmasq.log | \
    while read line;do
        if echo "$line" | grep -q "is $custom_ipV4";then
            echo -e "$igreen$line$nc"
        else
            echo "$line"
        fi
    done

The extra code it to highlight blocked domains. Nothing gets omitted with option 1.

Here is a small script I wrote to help me identify and sort thru the list of domain names being called when monitoring network traffic.

Use case example.
Say I want to try to identify domains being called by a streaming media channel. I would go to /tmp/mnt/absolution/adblocking/logs and do a tail -f dnsmasq.log > mediachannel. I would then start the streaming media channel to generate traffic to dnsmasq.log. After a minute or two, I would stop the logging to mediachannel file with ctrl-C.

I would then run the following script to create a clean list of domain names.

#!/bin/sh
#set -xo
# This script will format the output of tail -f dnsmasq.log > logfile
# where logfile is the output of tail -f dnsmasq.log
#  1. extract records whose contents contain the word "query"
#  2. output only the domain name
#  3. sort file for unique contents to elimnate duplicates
#  4. save to $1_output
#
# Parameters Passed
# $1 = provide the name of the source file when running the script
#     e.g. ./getdomainnames.sh logfile
#
source_file=/tmp/mnt/absolution/adblocking/logs/$1
output_file=$source_file"_output"
cat $source_file | grep query | awk '{ print $6 }' | sort -u > $output_file

A look thru the file is still required to determine what domains are not being called by the streaming media channel. For example, if you have a windows laptop, you will see calls to MS domain names. This script just makes it easier on the eyes to go thru and review.

One could include another grep in the last line for other text values if needed, such as partial domain name or IP address of the device that generated the traffic. e.g. grep netflix

cat $source_file | grep netflix | grep query | awk '{ print $6 }' | sort -u > $output_file