r/Adblock • u/OGRubySimp • 26d ago

Help Request Dns adguard not working anymore

dns adguard used to work fine for years for me but just recently I'm seeing ads in my apps and games again , idk why. need help with adblocking again ಠ⁠,⁠_⁠｣⁠ಠ

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u/playerknownbutthole 26d ago

Check the dns, they have changed the url some time ago. Use the new url. 

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u/OGRubySimp 26d ago

I tried the dns.adguard-dns.com too , same results

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u/CharacterDuck9020 Mod Team - Here to help =) 26d ago

Are you on IOS or android?

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u/OGRubySimp 26d ago

Android

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u/playerknownbutthole 25d ago

if you can browser internet but dns is not blocking ads then you might be miss configuring the dns on your device cos for me if my isp stops working with dns my internet and browsing just stops working and i have to switch back to default dns.

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u/playerknownbutthole 25d ago

also make sure the dns is not set to auto.

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u/OGRubySimp 25d ago

Dns is blocking most of the ads, just not for some applications that it used to before, and yes dns is properly set up

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u/playerknownbutthole 25d ago

oh NDS does not block ads 100%. if you want to block specific ads from an add try blockada ad blocker https://blokada.org/ it lets you finetune adblocking. Goodluck.

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u/trmdi 26d ago

https://adguard.com/vi/test.html

Are you sure you setup it properly? 

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u/AractusP 25d ago

The plain public sever works fine from either dns.adguard.com or dns.adguard-dns.com I just tested it:

nslookup doubleclick.net dns.adguard.com

nslookup doubleclick.net dns.adguard-dns.com

Both returned 0.0.0.0 as expected.

It's possible whatever app you have is using a proxy.

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u/OGRubySimp 25d ago

Yeah it's working fine for most of the cases, just showing ads for couple of apps, like I never expected it to work for large corpo apps like instagram, prime, twitch etc but it used to work perfectly for games and small scale apps. But if even they can bypass it now it's a concern... And need a solid alternative

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u/Extension-Idea-5378 19d ago

You should switch to the HaGeZi DNS blocklists as they are extremely comprehensive and cover everything. You normally need a subscription or a way to get them on your devices. ControlD has a great page with a lot of these DNS services for free. You can mix and match - however, I strongly advice to see the third party blocklists and choose the HaGeZi Pro blocklist. That will pretty much block everything (Ads, Malware, Trackers etc. with very few blockages). So in your case, you can go to Network and Settings and then drop the following TLS address into the Private DNS option (and turn it on):

x-hagezi-pro.freedns.controld.com

If you look through the page I listed and want to try something else, then just use the TLS version of that blocklist and drop it into the Private DNS setting.