topic title: Advert Blocker - Not All Services Provide a List
Posts: 1,028
SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#1
The following tests were repeated on various days in an attempt to reduce the risk of problems with the list provider servers.

Before each test a pristine copy of the installation default hosts file was copied to /etc/hosts
Advert Blocker was used to add a list from a single blocking service
The contents of the hosts file was viewed to verify the result


mvps.org and yoyo.org both work as expected.


technobeta.com produces the following:

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cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1    localhost
127.0.0.1       antiX1

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1        localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0        ip6-localnet
ff00::0        ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1        ip6-allnodes
ff02::2        ip6-allrouters
List of banned sites is empty. Advert Blocker message box reports Empty ad list. No changes made in /etc/hosts.


sysctl.org produces the following:

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cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1    localhost
127.0.0.1       antiX1

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1        localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0        ip6-localnet
ff00::0        ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1        ip6-allnodes
ff02::2        ip6-allrouters

# pup-advert-blocker IPs below
127.0.0.1    localhost
# pup-advert-blocker IPs above
List of banned sites is empty. Advert Blocker message box reports Success - your settings have been changed.
Posts: 1,028
SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#2
Whatever was causing the issue with sysctl.org seems to be resolved. Updates can be obtained from it as expected.

technobeta.com, still fails with the symptoms reported above.