alternates/social/README.md

🛡️ blackList - Alternate: social

This directory contains the compiled social blocklist.

• Status: Active
• Total blocked domains: 2,749,316
• Target audience: Alternate blocklist configuration. Combines the base security blocklist with: malware, phishing, cryptomining, ads, tracking, social.

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📦 Blocked Categories & Domain Types

This configuration contains lists designed to block the following domain categories:

Category	Blocked Domains	Description
🔴 Malware Sites	1,780,470	Command & control servers, distribution endpoints, ransomware, and spyware platforms.
🔴 Phishing Pages	120,538	Fraudulent login pages, credential harvesting forms, and identity spoofing sites.
🔴 Cryptomining	297	Cryptojacking scripts, browser miners, and pool connection endpoints.
🔴 Advertising Domains	564,427	Ad delivery networks, promotional servers, and banner scripting endpoints.
🔴 Tracking & Telemetry	718,193	Analytics scripts, user profiling telemetry, and commercial data harvesting domains.
🔴 Social Tracking	24,625	Social networking trackers, widgets, and domain collectors that profile user browsing.

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🚀 How to Use

Select your preferred format below to load into your adblocker:

Format	File Link	Description
Domains List	domains.txt	Pure list of domains (best for custom scripts)
Hosts Format	hosts.txt	Standard hosts file (0.0.0.0 format)
Adblock Syntax	adblock.txt	Wildcard syntax (`

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Pi-hole (DNS Resolver)

1. Copy the raw link to the domains.txt file above.
2. Go to your Pi-hole admin panel.
3. Navigate to Group Management -> Adlists.
4. Paste the URL and click Add.

2. AdGuard Home

1. Copy the raw link to the hosts.txt file above.
2. Go to AdGuard Home -> Filters -> DNS blocklists.
3. Click Add blocklist -> Add custom list.
4. Paste the URL and save.

3. Browser Adblockers (uBlock Origin / AdGuard Extension)

1. Copy the raw link to the adblock.txt file above.
2. Open your extension settings page.
3. Go to the Filter Lists tab.
4. Scroll to the bottom, check Import, paste the URL, and click Apply changes.

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Maintained and auto-updated daily by the blackList pipeline.