It appears I'm having a little issue with Threat Shield

[mrmarkuz (Markus Neuberger)]

To search if an IP is in a TS IP blocklist:

/etc/init.d/banip search <IP>

To check if a domain is in TS DNS blocklist:

root@keepout:~# /etc/init.d/adblock query msn.com
:::
::: domain 'msn.com' in active blocklist
:::
  + ac3.msn.com
  + ads.msn.com
  + ads1.msn.com
  + ads2.msn.com
  + adsyndication.msn.com
  + anrfrm.msn.com
  + metric.appex-rf.msn.com
  + arc1.msn.com
  + confiant.msn.com
  + [...]

:::
::: domain 'msn.com' in backups and black-/whitelist
:::
  + adb_list.malware_lvl2.gz      anrfrm.msn.com
  + adb_list.malware_privacy_lvl2.gzac3.msn.com
  + adb_list.malware_privacy_lvl2.gzads.msn.com
  + adb_list.malware_privacy_lvl2.gzads1.msn.com
  + adb_list.malware_privacy_lvl2.gz[...]

@fasttech

During my tests, msn.com was completely blocked, the browser itself gave an error message it couldn’t be found. That was TS IP before I even started messing with TS Adblock. I believe it was the TS IP adaway category. Or perhaps it was yoyo. I found it in the sources lists somewhere either on the nsecurity GitHub readme or on wrt’s site.

There may be some blocklists that block too much/less for your need. Adaway and agguard should be good to block ads.

@fasttech

If you look at theverge.com the ads there are still displayed.

Where are the ads?

@fasttech

AFAIK it just shows the count of IPs blocked from WAN side. Threat shield IP (banip) also blocks bad IPs from www.