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<blockquote data-quote="TairikuOkami" data-source="post: 761445" data-attributes="member: 61892"><p>As I mentioned before, blocking at DNS level is questionable, because you can not click on Ignore and continue like with an extension. So unless the link is 100% malicious, it should not be blocked, but they also block PUPs and adware (driver updaters/cleaners/etc). That is the reason I stopped using Cleanbrowsings, since it even blocks webpages like image/file sharing, used to host some malware files. But as for protection, it definitely works.</p><p></p><p></p><p>One thing seems to be omitting, when someone uses an encrypted DNS, like Simplednscrypt, everything within Windows has DNS access, including a potential malware, it can not be blocked within the firewall, so for example it could be used to download an updated list for a trojan downloader.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TairikuOkami, post: 761445, member: 61892"] As I mentioned before, blocking at DNS level is questionable, because you can not click on Ignore and continue like with an extension. So unless the link is 100% malicious, it should not be blocked, but they also block PUPs and adware (driver updaters/cleaners/etc). That is the reason I stopped using Cleanbrowsings, since it even blocks webpages like image/file sharing, used to host some malware files. But as for protection, it definitely works. One thing seems to be omitting, when someone uses an encrypted DNS, like Simplednscrypt, everything within Windows has DNS access, including a potential malware, it can not be blocked within the firewall, so for example it could be used to download an updated list for a trojan downloader. [/QUOTE]
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