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Block Detection

Whether privacy, malware and parental-control resolvers block the site

What it is

Resolves the domain through more than ten public DNS resolvers that filter content: ad and tracker blockers, malware filters, and family or parental control services. Each either returns the real address or a blocked response.

Why it matters

Being blocked by a filtering resolver is not the same as being malicious, but it does mean a slice of users cannot reach the site at all. Owners rarely notice, because the block is invisible from the inside. Which categories of filter object is a rough guide to what the domain is thought to be.

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