to block TLD?

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nestle8
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to block TLD?

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will

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||*.download
block the end of a long redirect chain I could not capture:

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http://qmbkt.atopiclwdipp.download/2735/585/088d/nvc4p0k/1007
spawned by one of these three pages

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https://thepiratebay.org/search/space:%20Above%20and%20Beyond/0/99/0
https://thebay.tv/s/?q=space%3A+Above+and+Beyond&page=0&orderby=99
https://thepiratebay-proxylist.org/
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mapx
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Re: to block TLD?

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test this filter

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@@||traffic.adxprts.com/ads/ads.js
nestle8
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Re: to block TLD?

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That is a whitelist; won't it allow more ad tracking?
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mapx
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Re: to block TLD?

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does it work for you ?

read
forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42628
lewisje
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Re: to block TLD?

Post by lewisje »

I would have thought the proper syntax was ||download^ but IDK whether ABP even allows blocking bare TLDs like that.
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