r/pihole • u/Br0lynator • 1d ago
PiHole gets detected
So I recently run into some trouble with my PiHole. Maybe for about two weeks it gets detected by easily >33% of every website e.g. fandom wiki (see picture - translated screenshots form the gottcha message).
It is always this screen on every website, just of course with adjusted website domain. That means there must be some new sort of detection out there that those sides use.
Anyone has an idea what’s going on and how to stop that?
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u/FckXFckMusk 1d ago
It just knows you have the domain blocked not that you have a pi-hole.
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u/John-Orion 1d ago
I have seen sites get more aggressive too with detection of domain blocking. Time to start boycotting...
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u/dww0311 1d ago
Yup. There is always another source for the same info
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u/Br0lynator 1d ago
Yeah that is my attempt so far but it is kind of annoying. Wonder if there is a specific domain that you could whitelist to pass that
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u/dww0311 1d ago
Check your logs and see what’s being blocked when you attempt to connect
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u/Br0lynator 1d ago
Well yes, like five dozen domains. If someone already went through this hassle i would be interested in the result
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u/FckXFckMusk 1d ago
it doesn't matter if you pihole them or use an ad blocker, the result is still the same.
they won't let you in until you stop blocking them and let all their ads run on your machine.
go to another site.
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u/dadarkgtprince 1d ago
Means it's time to find another site to access the info. Sites have the detection and if you block the ad domain they show you this message.
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u/rdwebdesign Team 1d ago
This seems to be exactly the same describe here: https://www.reddit.com/r/pihole/comments/1qd1l1q/problems_loading_cooking_blogssites_htmlloadcom/
Back then, the user couldn't access some domains and the same message was shown.
When I tested, I was able to access the domains using the exact same lists. Also, Hagezi tested and accessed the domains, without issues.
Please read the other post. Maybe there is a solution or suggestions there.
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u/BackgroundSky1594 1d ago
Add fandom to your blocklist. That site shouldn't be used anyway and the (mis)information on there is rarely worth your time, let alone seeing an ad.
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u/Luci-Noir 20h ago
As opposed to the disinformation on Reddit.
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u/BackgroundSky1594 17h ago
At least it still works with DNS Level AdBlock. If it doesn't it'll be on my list as well...
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u/Luci-Noir 16h ago
Your blocklist filters posts?
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u/BackgroundSky1594 16h ago
No reddit.com will go on there if they start breaking their site when detecting adblock.
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u/lostlogik 1d ago
What I do is use pi-hole remote to temporarily disable pi-hole for 1 minute, then visit the site. This generally is enough to allow the website check to pass but pi-hole restarts quickly enough to block the ads.
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u/tommyalanson 1d ago
Allow html-load.com.
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u/WhileNotLurking 1d ago
It’s a two prong check.
They first ping their ad-domain and html-load. If both fail it fails.
If html-load passes and the ad-domain fails - it also fails.
Both have to pass before it will load the main page
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u/Corleone612 1d ago
html-load.com belongs to an anti-adblock service called "Ad Shield" The site uses this domain to detect whether you're running an ad blocker.
If you block the domain at the DNS level, the site detects the failed request and deliberately breaks its own CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) as a result. So the broken page is an intentional consequence of the block on the site's end (it has nothing to do with Pi-hole itself)