Testing AdGuard using canyoublockit.com. How to make it better?

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I recently installed the adguard add-on and set it up. But when I use the canyoublockit.com site, I still see adds. Turn my AdBlockPlus on my browser back on and ads are gone. How can I make AdGuard better?

First picture it the site just using AdGuard. Second is using AdBlockPlus chrome add-on.

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That’s because chrome does not respect your dns settings like it should as far as I know.

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I dont think thats it. Same in Firefox and Edge. I know AdGuard is working as I see statistics, but its just not blocking as much as ABP. I searched and found other blocklists and added them to AG, but no help. This is kinda weird. Maybe its just that because the test site isnt a “real” ad site?

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I would test following things:

  1. Does the Count rise when you try to enter the site?

  2. what happens when you block the specific client?
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  3. Do you have something like a secondary DNS configured? If yes, then the Ad will be blocked, but your PC/Phone/Device will ask secondary DNS.

  4. Where have you changed DNS Settings? Are you Using Windows? How do they look like?

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Try disabling Async DNS resolver and then clearing the host cache in the chrome browser and try again to see if it makes any difference.

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@The-May

Im not home right now but my home PC is running Widows. I changed DNS setting for TCP4 to manual and pointed to IP of my HA. Previous to that, I went into my Google mesh router and manually entered the DNS IP as well to cover all devices in my house that connect to that router.

I have no secondary DNS cofigured as far as I know. And I did test yesterday by changing the DNS in my google mesh router to something else and then when trying to browse to a website, I was unable to. So to me, that proves the only DNS I am using is AdGuard.

I will try to block my PC tonight and try @rossk suggestions.

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BTW, the nature of ad blocking mechanisms are different between browser plug-ins like ABP, and DNS-based blocking like AdGuard / Pi-Hole.

In simplest terms, the former analyze the page via your browser’s rendering engine, so comprehensive blocking is more feasible. OTOH, the latter blocks the ads that are served via ad sites / addresses.

If you read the testing page, the same testing sites you had also mentioned some of those aspects.

And the best test is to test your everyday sites… I would do comparisons on, say, yahoo.com or cnn.com or independent.co.uk, etc.

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