gboss said:
I was really hoping that someone would point out that some lists are covered in other lists.
The honest answer is, you enabled way to many blocklists. So either start from cratch (using default settings) or learn yourself how to determine a blocklist is usefull to you. Here are some rules of thumbs to get you going:
1 Disable malware related blocklists
You can disable all malware related blocklists. Your browser has a build-in blocklist (Firefox uses Google safe browsing). When you don't feel safe use a DNS service which has anti-malware blocklists (e.g. Quad9). The malware blocklist you enable are probably also used by most reputable DNS-services. For comparison DNS based blocklists often have millions of domains blacklisted. When you still feel 'naked' install an add-on from a reputable antivirus to deal with malware URL's. URL blocking is a numbers game. The URL/IP-blacklists of DNS-services and AV-companies are much larger than all the bllocklist you can add to uBO.
2. Only use safe and maintained blocklists.
First disable all Nano blocklists (changed owner as mentioned in this thread by other members). Secondly have a look at last update of the blocklists you use. You can safely disable all blocklist which have not been updated for three months. These are probably dead block lists containing a lot of stale rules.
3. Only use reputable and relevant sources for your browsing.
For all blocklists you have enabled not maintained by reputable sources (EasyList or Adguard), check whether these blocklist actually contain rules which apply to the websites you visit (are relevant for you). To do so, write down the 10 most visited websites from you favorites, click on the view icon (eye) and press ctrl+F (find) to check whether that blocklist contains rules relevant for your browsing habits.
4. Consider using optimized blocklists
Adguard maintains optimized blocklist versions of their own blocklists and Easylist. Brave maintains the Easylist blocklist. So your best best for well maintained and optimized blocklists are the Easylist optimized filters from Adguard. When you completed steps 1 to 3 there are enough members here who use those optimized filters to help you out.
5. Let others do the work for you.
When steps 1 to 4 seem to much work or complicated, you could use the blocklists of 1Host and/or Energized. They collect and combine blacklists from several sources with automated cleanup/moderation to remove duplicates and dead domains.
Regards
/L
