Pi-hole Blocklist

This project provides optimized datasets blocklists for pi-hole.
The datasets below have been packed from more than 120 external datasets into the 16 sets below,
so you have order in Adlist and Update gravity runs much faster.


Additional informations

I encourage you to take a look at the repository on github: https://github.com/croxtyl/pihole-blocklist
If you have any problems, a domain/website is wrongly blocked, open issue on the github repo: https://github.com/croxtyl/pihole-blocklist/issues


Blocklists

Ads - Advertising, Tracking, AMP Hosts

General - Scam, Spac, Phishing, Malware, Spyware, Ransomware and more

Illegal - Piracy, Drugs, Torrents

Crypto - Scams, Malicious miners

Gambling sites

Porn, Dating and Sexual education sites

Media (Tiktok, Snapchat, Omegle, Instagram) - Recommended to protect children from harmful services

Other Junk - Fakenews, Abuse, Fraud

Extreme tracking blocking (Warning! False positives may occur)




Issues

Windows Update not working

Add this hosts to whitelist in "Domains" tab: sls.update.microsoft.com.akadns.net fe3.delivery.dsp.mp.microsoft.com.nsatc.net tlu.dl.delivery.mp.microsoft.com ctldl.windowsupdate.com windowsupdate.microsoft.com update.microsoft.com download.windowsupdate.com windowsupdate.com ntservicepack.microsoft.com

Xbox services/achievements not working

Add this hosts to whitelist in "Domains" tab: xbox.ipv6.microsoft.com device.auth.xboxlive.com www.msftncsi.com title.mgt.xboxlive.com xsts.auth.xboxlive.com title.auth.xboxlive.com attestation.xboxlive.com xflight.xboxlive.com cert.mgt.xboxlive.com xkms.xboxlive.com def-vef.xboxlive.com notify.xboxlive.com help.ui.xboxlive.com licensing.xboxlive.com eds.xboxlive.com www.xboxlive.com v10.vortex-win.data.microsoft.com

Other sites not works correctly

Go to website that not works correctly, open debug mode "F12" key or ctrl + shift + i, go to Network tab and find red requests with ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Click on it and copy request domain like this:

Next go to your Pi-hole and go to Domains tab and paste copied domain like this:

And click Add to Whitelist button and wait a few minutes, that's all!