Difference between Adguard in Threatshield and DNS

[dnutan (Marc)]

In short, one filters IPs the other filters domains.

More info for newbui on adblocking

I could be wrong, but the threat shield from your screenshot is used to block ads by IP blocklists through banip, while adblock blocks DNS queries from a blocklist of domains. An additional option is to use DNS servers from a third-party provider (the docs mention flashstart). I think you’ll get it more clearly and in detail from these docs: threat shield adblock