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Spam404 seems kinda dead #1766

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Prerequisites

  • I performed a cursory search of the issue tracker to avoid opening a duplicate issue
  • The issue is not present after wholly disabling uBlock Origin ("uBO") in the browser
  • I checked the documentation to understand that the issue I report is not a normal behavior

I tried to reproduce the issue when...

  • uBO is the only extension
  • using a new, unmodified browser profile

Description

With https://github.com/Spam404/lists/blob/master/adblock-list.txt last updated in late May 2021, and approx. 60% of its domain entries dead, it could be time to question that list's continued inclusion in uBO.

I could've easily found 3 or more anti-malware lists to replace it with, hadn't it been for uBO continuously banning list-suggestions since mid-2018. Just know that I'd be ready to help with that.

A specific URL where the issue occurs

Spam404/lists#18

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Go to https://github.com/Spam404/lists
  2. Notice they were last updated 5 months ago.
  3. Run either of the two list versions through whichever tool you guys prefer to find dead domains.
  4. Notice that a majority of the domains are dead or down.

Expected behavior

That uBO's anti-malware lists consist of decently often updated and dead-domain-purged lists.

Actual behavior

uBO contains three anti-malware lists, of which only Badware Risks is of high value at the current time.

Configuration

{
  "browserFlavor": "ublock webext devbuild chromium user_stylesheet",
  "browserVersion": 94,
  "extensionId": "cgbcahbpdhpcegmbfconppldiemgcoii",
  "extensionName": "uBlock Origin",
  "extensionVersion": "1.38.5b1",
  "modifiedUserSettings": {
    "advancedUserEnabled": true,
    "popupPanelSections": 63,
    "showIconBadge": false
  },
  "modifiedHiddenSettings": {
    "autoCommentFilterTemplate": "{{url}} ({{date}})"
  },
  "listset": {
    "default": {
      "NOR-0": {
        "title": "NOR, DNK, ISL: Dandelion Sprouts nordiske filtre",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.97,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 0.02
      },
      "easylist": {
        "title": "EasyList",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.02,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 3.97
      },
      "ublock-abuse": {
        "title": "uBlock filters – Resource abuse",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.03,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 3.96
      },
      "ublock-badware": {
        "title": "uBlock filters – Badware risks",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 2.89,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 1.1
      },
      "ublock-filters": {
        "title": "uBlock filters",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.03,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 3.96
      },
      "ublock-unbreak": {
        "title": "uBlock filters – Unbreak",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.02,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 3.97
      },
      "urlhaus-1": {
        "title": "Online Malicious URL Blocklist",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.97,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 0.02
      }
    },
    "added": {
      "FIN-0": {
        "title": "FIN: Adblock List for Finland",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.03,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 3.96
      },
      "LTU-0": {
        "title": "LTU: EasyList Lithuania",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.03,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 6.96
      },
      "adguard-generic": {
        "title": "AdGuard Base",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.03,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 3.96
      },
      "adguard-mobile": {
        "title": "AdGuard Mobile Ads",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.03,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 3.96
      },
      "https://assets.windscribe.com/custom_blocklists/clickbait.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 3.22,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 1.77
      },
      "https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/fanboy-notifications.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.8,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 0.19
      },
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/master/AnnoyancesFilter/sections/push-notifications.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 3.21,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 1.78
      },
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/Swedish-List-for-Adblock-Plus/main/Swedish%20List%20for%20Adblock%20Plus.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 4.03,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 1.96
      },
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/AntiCartoonHipsterList.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.8,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 2.19
      },
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/MeWe%20Pink%20Theme.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 1.47,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 0.52
      },
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/master/a.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 0.8,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 0.19
      },
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MassMove/AttackVectors/master/LocalJournals/fake-local-journals-list.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 3.22,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 1.77
      },
      "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/llacb47/miscfilters/master/antipaywall.txt": {
        "title": "",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 2.91,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 0.08
      },
      "spam404-0": {
        "title": "Spam404",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 1.48,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 0.51
      },
      "ublock-annoyances": {
        "title": "uBlock filters – Annoyances",
        "daysSinceUpdated": 2.93,
        "daysBeforeNextUpdate": 1.06
      }
    },
    "removed": {
      "easyprivacy": null,
      "plowe-0": null,
      "ublock-privacy": null
    }
  },
  "filterset": [
    "www.macgamestore.com##tr.result-row:-abp-has([src=\"/images/icon-serialfor-steam-rv.png\"])",
    "||cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/792310503250067496.$image",
    "forbes.com##.article-sharing",
    "www.topwindata.com##.search-item:-abp-has(.adsbygoogle)",
    "www.topwindata.com##.container > div[style^=\"width:98%;\"]"
  ]
}

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