AdGuard

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AdGuard
Genre Utility
Browser extension
Server
DNS resolver
Founded1 June 2009  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Website adguard.com

AdGuard is an ad blocking service for Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS, Android and iOS. AdGuard is also available as a browser extension. [1]

Contents

Features

AdGuard Home

AdGuard Home acts as a recursive DNS resolver, which prevents most advertisements from displaying by responding with an invalid address for domains that appear in its filter lists. [2] It is similar to Pi-hole.[ according to whom? ]

AdGuard Browser extensions

The browser extension blocks video ads, interstitial ads, floating ads, pop-ups, banners, and text ads. [3] It is also able to handle anti-AdBlock scripts. [4] AdGuard blocks spyware and warns users of malicious websites. AdGuard Content Blocker is an additional browser extension for Yandex Browser and Samsung Internet, which uses Content Blocker API. It downloads filter list updates and requests browsers to enforce them via Content Blocker API. [5]

AdGuard applications

AdGuard has Windows and Mac versions, [6] as well as native mobile versions for Android [7] and iOS. The application sets up a local VPN, which filters all traffic on the mobile device.[ citation needed ]

AdGuard DNS

AdGuard operates recursive name servers for public use. AdGuard DNS supports encryption technologies, including DNSCrypt, DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS, and DNS over QUIC. [8] AdGuard began testing DNS service back in 2016, and officially launched it in 2018. [9]

ServerDescription
DefaultBlocks advertisement and tracking domains.
Non-filteringDoes not block advertisement and tracking domains, or any other DNS requests.
Family protectionBlocks websites with adult content, enforces safe search in search engines wherever possible, and blocks advertisement and tracking domains.

Incidents

Research

AdGuard developers have taken up research in order to inform wider audiences on user privacy, cybersecurity and data protection. The following issues are cases involving the developers:

See also

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References

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  4. ↑ James A. Martin "The best Google Chrome extensions" Archived December 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine , Computerworld, August 10, 2017
  5. ↑ "AdGuard Content Blocker | Overview | AdGuard". adguard.com. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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