PUP Domains Blocklist

Update (2023-05-10): Daily update of this blocklist has been paused while waiting for the upstream maintainer to complete migrating https://github.com/zhouhanc/malware-discoverer to https://malwarediscoverer.com. No ETC is given. See issue #2. Other malware-filter blocklists are not affected.

• Formats
  • URL-based
  • Domain-based
  • Hosts-based
  • Domain-based (AdGuard Home)
  • URL-based (AdGuard)
  • URL-based (Vivaldi)
  • Dnsmasq
  • BIND zone
  • RPZ
  • Unbound
  • dnscrypt-proxy
  • Tracking Protection List (IE)
  • Snort2
  • Snort3
  • Suricata
  • Splunk
• Compressed version
• Reporting issues
• FAQ and Guides
• CI Variables
• License

A blocklist of domains that host potentially unwanted programs (PUP), based on the malware-discoverer. Blocklist is updated twice a day.

There are multiple formats available, refer to the appropriate section according to the program used:

• uBlock Origin (uBO) -> URL-based section (recommended)
• Pi-hole -> Domain-based or Hosts-based section
• AdGuard Home -> Domain-based (AdGuard Home) or Hosts-based section
• AdGuard browser extension -> URL-based (AdGuard)
• Vivaldi -> URL-based (Vivaldi)
• Hosts
• Dnsmasq
• BIND -> BIND zone or RPZ
• Unbound
• dnscrypt-proxy
• Internet Explorer -> Tracking Protection List (IE)
• Snort2
• Snort3
• Suricata
• Splunk

For other programs, see Compatibility page in the wiki.

Check out my other filters:

• urlhaus-filter
• phishing-filter
• tracking-filter
• vn-badsite-filter

URL-based

Import the following URL into uBO to subscribe:

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter.txt

included by default in uBO >=1.39.0; to enable, head to "Filter lists" tab, expand "Malware domains" section and tick "PUP URL Blocklist".

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter.txt
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter.txt

URL-based (AdGuard)

Import the following URL into AdGuard browser extension to subscribe:

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-ag.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-ag.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-ag.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-ag.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-ag.txt
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-ag.txt

URL-based (Vivaldi)

Requires Vivaldi Desktop/Android 3.3+, blocking level must be at least "Block Trackers"

Import the following URL into Vivaldi's Tracker Blocking Sources to subscribe:

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-vivaldi.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-vivaldi.txt
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-vivaldi.txt

Domain-based

This blocklist includes domains and IP addresses.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-domains.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-domains.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-domains.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-domains.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-domains.txt
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-domains.txt

Domain-based (AdGuard Home)

This AdGuard Home-compatible blocklist includes domains and IP addresses.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-agh.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-agh.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-agh.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-agh.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-agh.txt
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-agh.txt

Hosts-based

This blocklist includes domains only.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-hosts.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-hosts.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-hosts.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-hosts.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-hosts.txt
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-hosts.txt

Dnsmasq

This blocklist includes domains only.

Save the ruleset to "/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure dnsmasq to use the blocklist:

printf "\nconf-file=/usr/local/etc/dnsmasq/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf\n" >> /etc/dnsmasq.conf

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-dnsmasq.conf

BIND

This blocklist includes domains only.

Save the ruleset to "/usr/local/etc/bind/pup-filter-bind.conf". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure BIND to use the blocklist:

printf '\ninclude "/usr/local/etc/bind/pup-filter-bind.conf";\n' >> /etc/bind/named.conf

Add this to "/etc/bind/null.zone.file" (skip this step if the file already exists):

$TTL    86400   ; one day
@       IN      SOA     ns.nullzone.loc. ns.nullzone.loc. (
               2017102203
                    28800
                     7200
                   864000
                    86400 )
                NS      ns.nullzone.loc.
                A       0.0.0.0
@       IN      A       0.0.0.0
*       IN      A       0.0.0.0

Zone file is derived from here.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-bind.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-bind.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-bind.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-bind.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-bind.conf
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-bind.conf

Response Policy Zone

This blocklist includes domains only.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-rpz.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-rpz.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-rpz.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-rpz.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-rpz.conf
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-rpz.conf

Unbound

This blocklist includes domains only.

Save the rulesets to "/usr/local/etc/unbound/pup-filter-unbound.conf". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Unbound to use the blocklist:

printf '\n include: "/usr/local/etc/unbound/pup-filter-unbound.conf"\n' >> /etc/unbound/unbound.conf

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-unbound.conf

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-unbound.conf
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-unbound.conf
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-unbound.conf
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-unbound.conf
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-unbound.conf

dnscrypt-proxy

Save the rulesets to "/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure dnscrypt-proxy to use the blocklist:

[blocked_names]
+  blocked_names_file = '/etc/dnscrypt-proxy/pup-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt'

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-dnscrypt-blocked-names.txt

Tracking Protection List (IE)

This blocklist includes domains only.

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter.tpl

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter.tpl
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter.tpl
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter.tpl
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter.tpl
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter.tpl

Snort2

Not compatible with Snort3.

Save the ruleset to "/etc/snort/rules/pup-filter-snort2.rules". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Snort to use the ruleset:

printf "\ninclude \$RULE_PATH/pup-filter-snort2.rules\n" >> /etc/snort/snort.conf

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-snort2.rules

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-snort2.rules
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-snort2.rules
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-snort2.rules
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-snort2.rules
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-snort2.rules

Snort3

Not compatible with Snort2.

Save the ruleset to "/etc/snort/rules/pup-filter-snort3.rules". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Snort to use the ruleset:

# /etc/snort/snort.lua
ips =
{
  variables = default_variables,
+  include = 'rules/pup-filter-snort3.rules'
}

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-snort3.rules

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-snort3.rules
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-snort3.rules
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-snort3.rules
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-snort3.rules
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-snort3.rules

Suricata

Save the ruleset to "/etc/suricata/rules/pup-filter-suricata.rules". Refer to this guide for auto-update.

Configure Suricata to use the ruleset:

# /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml
rule-files:
  - local.rules
+  - pup-filter-suricata.rules

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-suricata.rules

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-suricata.rules
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-suricata.rules
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-suricata.rules
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-suricata.rules
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-suricata.rules

Splunk

A CSV file for Splunk lookup.

Either upload the file via GUI or save the file in $SPLUNK_HOME/Splunk/etc/system/lookups or app-specific $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/YourApp/apps/search/lookups. Refer to this guide or Getwatchlist app for auto-update.

Columns:

host	path	message	updated
example.com		pup-filter PUP website detected	2022-12-21T12:34:56Z
example2.com	/some-path	pup-filter PUP website detected	2022-12-21T12:34:56Z

• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-splunk.csv

Mirrors

• https://curbengh.github.io/malware-filter/pup-filter-splunk.csv
• https://curbengh.github.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-splunk.csv
• https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/pup-filter/pup-filter-splunk.csv
• https://malware-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-splunk.csv
• https://pup-filter.pages.dev/pup-filter-splunk.csv

Compressed version

All filters are also available as gzip- and brotli-compressed.

• Gzip: https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter.txt.gz
• Brotli: https://malware-filter.gitlab.io/malware-filter/pup-filter.txt.br

Issues

This blocklist operates by blocking the whole website, popular websites are excluded from the filters.

Popular websites are as listed in the Umbrella Popularity List (top 1M domains + subdomains), Tranco List (top 1M domains), Cloudflare Radar (top 1M domains) and this custom list.

If you wish to exclude certain website(s) that you believe is sufficiently well-known, please create an issue or merge request.

This blocklist only accepts new malicious URLs from malware-discoverer.

FAQ and Guides

See wiki

CI Variables

Optional variables:

• CLOUDFLARE_BUILD_HOOK: Deploy to Cloudflare Pages.
• NETLIFY_SITE_ID: Deploy to Netlify.
• CF_API: Include Cloudflare Radar domains ranking. Guide to create an API token.

License

src/: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal and MIT License

filters: Derived from malware-discoverer with Zhouhan Chen's permission

malware-discoverer: All rights reserved by Zhouhan Chen

Tranco List: MIT License

Umbrella Popularity List: Available free of charge by Cisco Umbrella

Cloudflare Radar: Available to free Cloudflare account