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<blockquote data-quote="Decopi" data-source="post: 750500" data-attributes="member: 67091">Hi [USER=51905]@Evjl&#039;s Rain[/USER] ,As you know, I use Pi-Hole + CF/CS + VTZilla + 3rd-party blocker... so I don&#039;t care about any other blocking method... so far, I haven&#039;t found nothing to add that can improve my privacy/security protection, without killing my system performance.But despite my concern on system performance, the real logic behind my combo is that hosts or antivirus based on hosts... are dead. With thousand new risks appearing everyday, I don&#039;t care about hosts + AV. I prefer anti-executables and VTZilla.But in my opinion, your tests are great! Once again, thank you for that. And thank you for your constant updates. I do enjoy them.I find your test so interesting, that I wanted to collaborate a bit with you.But we must forget Pi-Hole, because only a minority uses it.That&#039;s the reason I always test your link samples with K9 + Avast AV Free... to be fair with your standard tests, using on-board software, accessible to all kind of users.Why K9 and Avast AV?Because in my tests, consistently both have the best blocking rate, with the low system impact.In my opinion both are more efficient than any other add-on, extension, hosts etc.Also, both work at system level, so they protect not just browser communications, but all computer communications.I believe you should continue with your tests, including add-ons/extensions, hosts etc.But at least, you should add K9, because different from Pi-Hole and as I said, K9 is &quot;plug-and-play&quot;, freeware acessible to all kind of users.I tested K9 with minimum settings (malware, spyware and advertising), alone it hasn&#039;t 100% blocking rate, but it always achieve around 90%, with just 6MB.Pi-Hole is not competitor for your comparisons, but K9 is, and is a good competitor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Decopi, post: 750500, member: 67091"] Hi [USER=51905]@Evjl's Rain[/USER] , As you know, I use Pi-Hole + CF/CS + VTZilla + 3rd-party blocker... so I don't care about any other blocking method... so far, I haven't found nothing to add that can improve my privacy/security protection, without killing my system performance. But despite my concern on system performance, the real logic behind my combo is that hosts or antivirus based on hosts... are dead. With thousand new risks appearing everyday, I don't care about hosts + AV. I prefer anti-executables and VTZilla. But in my opinion, your tests are great! Once again, thank you for that. And thank you for your constant updates. I do enjoy them. I find your test so interesting, that I wanted to collaborate a bit with you. But we must forget Pi-Hole, because only a minority uses it. That's the reason I always test your link samples with K9 + Avast AV Free... to be fair with your standard tests, using on-board software, accessible to all kind of users. Why K9 and Avast AV? Because in my tests, consistently both have the best blocking rate, with the low system impact. In my opinion both are more efficient than any other add-on, extension, hosts etc. Also, both work at system level, so they protect not just browser communications, but all computer communications. I believe you should continue with your tests, including add-ons/extensions, hosts etc. But at least, you should add K9, because different from Pi-Hole and as I said, K9 is "plug-and-play", freeware acessible to all kind of users. I tested K9 with minimum settings (malware, spyware and advertising), alone it hasn't 100% blocking rate, but it always achieve around 90%, with just 6MB. Pi-Hole is not competitor for your comparisons, but K9 is, and is a good competitor. [/QUOTE]

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