Set up ScamBlock on Windows 11

Windows 11 has encrypted DNS built in. You will type in two things: a server number and your personal address.

Before you start: Once your family has signed up, each device gets a personal address on your dashboard. In these steps we write it as YOUR-ADDRESS. Replace it with that device's address everywhere it appears.

Set it up

Open Settings.
Press the Windows key, type “Settings”, and press Enter.
Open your connection.
Go to Network & internet, then choose Wi-Fi (or Ethernet if you use a cable). Click Hardware properties.
Edit the DNS server assignment.
Next to DNS server assignment, click Edit. In the drop-down choose Manual.
Turn on IPv4 and enter the server.
Switch IPv4 on. In Preferred DNS type 139.84.251.222.
Turn on encrypted DNS and enter your address.
Under Preferred DNS encryption (DNS over HTTPS), choose On (manual template). In the DNS over HTTPS template box type https://YOUR-ADDRESS/dns-query, replacing YOUR-ADDRESS with your personal address.
Leave the “Fallback to plaintext” option off, if you see it, so lookups are never sent unprotected.
Save.
Click Save.
Check it's working
On the same screen, the DNS server should show 139.84.251.222 as “(Encrypted)”. Open a website you visit every day. It should load as normal. Then open your ScamBlock dashboard. Your computer should appear there with recent activity within a few minutes.
If websites stop loading, check the template for typos, or switch it off using the steps below.

How to switch it off

Go back to Settings > Network & internet > (Wi-Fi or Ethernet) > Hardware properties, click Edit next to DNS server assignment, choose Automatic (DHCP) and click Save. Normal internet is restored straight away.

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