These are the exact words from the developer, Héctor Molinero Fernández, on his github site: https://github.com/hectorm/hblock
This tool will basically change the content of your /etc/hosts file so that 100.000+ domains will be blocked.
We have built a package so the application can be easily installed and updated!
All you need to do is install the application and run it once. A timer and a service will make sure that you will get the latest blocked domains at a certain interval.
RUN ONCE AND FORGET ABOUT IT.
A backup will never hurt anyone.
sudo pacman -S arcolinux-hblock-git
hblock -b
You can read more about hblock on his github.
Best ALTERNATIVE
Use the command
hblock -b
to make a backup of your /etc/hosts file
127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 ArcoLinuxB ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
to
arcolinux-hblock-git
Or install it now
sudo pacman -S arcolinux-hblock-git
Then type this command in your terminal to start it all
hblock -b
Add the whitelist domain names in
/etc/hblock.d/whitelist
and the blacklist domain names in
/etc/hblock.d/blacklist
In the video you see me whitelist analytics.google.com with success.
location.services.mozilla.com
analytics.google.com
- Redlight and redlight-gtk – to be able to locate your geoip
- website to analyze webtraffic
OcTOBER 2019 ADDED
adblock icon
to xfce settings
In a month or two click it again
to get the new blocked domains