Block ads and malware for MacOS and Linux

blockAds-linux.sh

# Protection from Malicious Domain (ads, malware, hack scripts, fakenews and gambling )
# You may not be doing it but various apps installed on your system doing it internally, so having ad blocker in Browser does not helps.
# Execute below command in your terminal once every week.

sudo chmod 774 /etc/hosts
 
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts > hosts

sudo mv hosts /etc/hosts

sudo chmod 644 /etc/hosts

blockAds-macos.sh

# Protection from Malicious Domain (ads, malware, hack scripts, fakenews and gambling ) for MacOS.
# You may not be doing it but various apps installed on your system doing it internally, so having ad blocker in Browser does not helps.
# Execute below command in your terminal once every week.

sudo chmod 774 /private/etc/hosts
 
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn/hosts > hosts

sudo mv hosts /private/etc/hosts

sudo chmod 644 /private/etc/hosts

blockAdsServer-linux.sh

# Protection from Malicious Domain (ads, malware, hack scripts, fakenews and gambling ) for Linux servers in cloud. This is much restricitve version

# Execute below command in your terminal once every week.

sudo chmod 774 /etc/hosts
 
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts > hosts

sudo mv hosts /etc/hosts

sudo chmod 644 /etc/hosts

blockAdsServer-macos.sh

# Protection from Malicious Domain (ads, malware, hack scripts, fakenews and gambling ) for MacOS machine as server

# Execute below command in your terminal once every week.

sudo chmod 774 /private/etc/hosts
 
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts > hosts

sudo mv hosts /private/etc/hosts

sudo chmod 644 /private/etc/hosts

blockdns-freebsd.sh

# Change permissions of /etc/hosts to allow writing
sudo chmod 774 /etc/hosts

# Download the updated hosts file from StevenBlack's repository
fetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts -o /tmp/hosts

# Backup the current /etc/hosts file (optional but recommended)
sudo cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.bak

# Move the new hosts file to replace /etc/hosts
sudo mv /tmp/hosts /etc/hosts

# Set correct permissions for /etc/hosts
sudo chmod 644 /etc/hosts

# Inform the user that the process is complete
echo "The /etc/hosts file has been updated successfully and permissions restored."

change-dns-linux.sh

nmcli connection show --active

# here instead of "wiredProfileCustom", put the actual name specific to your machine 

sudo nmcli connection modify "wiredProfileCustom" ipv4.dns "1.1.1.3"
sudo nmcli connection modify "wiredProfileCustom" ipv4.ignore-auto-dns yes
sudo nmcli connection up "wiredProfileCustom"

nmcli connection show "wiredProfileCustom"