Lists contain bad entries such as `!#if` about adfilt HOT 5 CLOSED

Okay, so it turns out that there's several dozen similar !#if tags in the first of those files, making me wonder how on earth I even managed to do such a mistake in my conversion scripts in the first place.

This gives me a faint clue on how to fix this, but the implementation of that fix(es) won't be a stroll in the park, sadly.

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Anyways they're not valid for hosts, domains, and most likely other formats.

!#if is valid syntax in uBlock Origin and AdGuard, and is treated as a comment in AdBlock/ABP. PiHole should treat them as comments, though it may not, as it handles "adblock" syntax filterlists different from every other mainstream content blocker.
That said, they are not valid in HOSTs/domains style files.
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Thanks!

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I've been on a run lately, where I've tried to ensure that most of my lists (except those that are included as opt-out or opt-in in adblockers, before anyone asks) would be forcibly non-working in uBO Minus or AdGuard MV3; and uBO have traditionally been able to handle both Hosts and raw domain files very easily.

So I admit I'm unsure how to handle this.

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I've been on a run lately, where I've tried to ensure that most of my lists (except those that are included as opt-out or opt-in in adblockers, before anyone asks) would be forcibly non-working in uBO Minus or AdGuard MV3; and uBO have traditionally been able to handle both Hosts and raw domain files very easily.

FWIW I'm using the list with blocky, and we've intentionally avoided implementing adblocking list directives since they're mostly irrelevant/unusable for DNS blockers.

I appreciate the goal of breaking extensions from bad actors, but I think having working hosts/domains is more important. Anyways I'd guess those extensions are less likely to use these list formats.

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