Adguard Release Notes

February 4, 2016

It is finally time to release AdGuard 6! We have put a lot of time and effort into its development, and you will see this reflected in the release notes. A lot was added, even more was improved compared to AdGuard 5. New version became much more intuitive in use, functional and diverse.

AdGuard user interface was completely redesigned. It will now have modern tile design. Compared to AdGuard 5, it is much better structurized and more visually attractive.

AdGuard was translated into many new languages. That includes UI, AdGuard Assistant and filter descriptions etc.

Window positions are now memorized and restored after program restart.

Tray menu is reworked, improved accessibility of different options through tray.

New versions interface is much more friendly to people with visual impairment. For example, now Windows screen reader sees almost all the elements of the program – tips, tuning, and more.

UI performance and boot speed were significantly optimized, memory consumption was greatly reduced. You can find respective graphs in blog (see the link below).

Now with the first launch of AdGuard a tutorial will be shown, familiarizing user with AdGuard and quickly introducing its capabilities.

Updating to new version from AdGuard 5 is now possible and will not lose any settings. …

January 12, 2016

Ad blocking

[Added] Added popular filter subscriptions: #0

List of added filter subscriptions:
* ABPindo
* EasyList China
* EasyList Czech and Slovak
* EasyList Hebrew
* EasyList Italy
* Liste AR
* Liste FR
* ABP Japanese Filters
* Adblock polskie reguły

[Added] $generichide modifier support: #4
[Added] $genericblock modifier support: #3
[Changed] Use keyboard settings to detect default language-specific filters: #0
[Changed] Improved $popup rules: #7
[Fixed] A bug with HTML filtering rules - void elements never removed: #4
[Fixed] An issue with "base url": #2
[Fixed] Rules with $elemhide modifier now applied to "Documents" only: #1

UI changes

[Added] New "Notification Icon" setting option: "Notification without icon": #2

So now we now have 4 options:

Default icon. Icon and notification are always visible. …

October 26, 2015

Multiple TCP stack improvements:

Previously there were problems with downloading large files, especially from Google Play. It is not the case anymore, you don't have to disable Adguard just to update your favorite app or download a new game.

Overall performance improvement:

With recent changes Adguard has become faster, more stable and less resourse consuming. It was possible due to optimization of several 'bottleneck' situations.

Other changes:

• Moved firewall icons-cache to Cache folder to be able to clear it from app settings
• Fixed unnecessary restart of protection in Proxy mode
• Proxy mode: DNS cache is now flushed on network reconnect
• Multiple GUI improvement in Low-Level Settings
• A new preference "pref.vpn.capture" added to low-level settings. If this setting is enabled, Adguard will create the special file named «tun.pcap». It contains all network packets transferred through the VPN. This file is located in the app cache directory, and can be analyzed with the Wireshark program.
• Optimized Pcap functionality in Low-Level Settings
• Update channel options are hidden for Amazon builds
• Fixed handling of HTTP CONNECT requests without Host header
• Small UI fix on Send Feedback screen
• Added new localizations: Czech, French, Turkish, Serbian, Spanish

October 14, 2015

• 'Firewall' section added to settings, with an ability to disable it comletely.

  Firewall Adguard

• Firewall: Added an ability to temporary pause blocking for foreground application

  Pause blocking

• Added low-level settings that can help with the work in non-standard networks and custom firmware

• An option has been added to low-level configuration, which prohibits VPN pause when changing the network or disconnecting from it

• Reworked the DNS-filtering - now it should work even where external DNS are blocked

• Reworked the application life cycle: now the protection can be turned off/on without any issues

• Fixed application restart after deep sleep

• Fixed critical error that led to Adguard restart

• Fixed a mechanism for identifying modem and access point mode and showing a warning

• Fixed authorization problem in the Moscow Subway

• Fixed problem sending SMS/MMS in the AT&T network

• Fixed an issue with collecting traffic statistics

• Fixed rare problem with automatic filter updates

• Fixed an issue with firewall interface on small screens

• Added support for new browsers: Dolphin Zero, Ghostery, CM Private Browsing, Jbak Browser and more

• Exceptions added: Handcent Next SMS, Chomp SMS, FarmVille 2

• Updated German and Polish localizations …

August 26, 2015

Added function to send a report in case of an unexpected AdGuard shutdown.

Added tutorial screen at AdGuard first launch.

Added OCSP Stapling support.

Added localizations: Chinese (Simplified), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Slovak, Korean.

Changed SSL connections encrypting mode to a more modern one.

Improved root certificate and private key generation for SSL connections.

Fixed Logjam vulnerability (now AdGuard doesn't filter connections with weak keys).

Improved mechanism of SSL connections processing.

Significantly extended list of browsers filtered by default.

Now, in case of its absence, AdGuard automatically suggests to install root certificate into Firefox to filter HTTPS-websites.

Improved way of root certificate installation into Mozilla-based browsers.

Improved security of installing AdGuard Assistant to web pages.

Improved AdGuard API extensions security.

Confined access to userscripts API functions.

Reworked installation process, now AdGuard will work correctly after restoring Mac from Time Machine.

Improved filtering rules correctness verification.

Now AdGuard system components are stored in the folder shared for all users.

Now upon switching Mac to sleep mode, AdGuard closes current network connections.

Fixed situation when AdGuard won't respond to users actions while watching a video on YouTube.

Fixed error previously led to AdGuard crash while surfing a website with incorrect HTML. …

August 19, 2015

Added the long-awaited firewall feature. Now it is possible to fully control the internet access of apps in different networks. The apps won’t be able to go online and send any data without you knowing. In addition, by using our firewall, you can allow some apps to go to the network only via mobile Internet, while others (for example, ones that require a lot of traffic) – only through Wi-Fi.

Firewall Adguard

Added app traffic monitoring system. You can monitor the consumption of app traffic in real time.

Monitor the traffic

Adguard will show you which apps consume resources at the moment, and demonstrate the used traffic for day, month or all-time.

Added module for blocking advertising domains by DNS (can be found in advanced settings). DNS filtering consists in Adguard intercepting requests to the DNS server, which let the program know where the particular domain is, at what IP address. If requests to the domain should be blocked, then Adguard returns the special blocking response with a lifetime of 1 hour. During this hour, the program will no longer send requests to the DNS server, so the load will be reduced accordingly.

Added Material Design. We have switched to the Material design. Now Adguard is consistent and even more handsome :) …

July 3, 2015

Added Microsoft Edge browser support

Improved userscripts API speed

Fixed a bug with saving AdGuard Assistant settings

Userscripts API usage is now restricted by @grant metatag

Fixed AdGuard Assistant work in Opera 12

Fixed certificate automatic import in Opera 12

Fixed some issues with CSS/JS injection in the pages with invalid HTML code

Fixed issues with SSL interceptor (connections reset for servers working with TLS 1.0 only)

Fixed Logjam (AdGuard now does not filter connections with weak DH primes)

Fixed a bug with update cleaning AdGuard's start menu folder

Fixed SSL-filtering in old browsers (IE6, IE7)

Important notice about Logjam. We do not protect you from it, just ignore such connections. Browser decides what to do with it further. So make sure you are using the latest version of your browser.

You can discuss the latest version in our blog: here.

April 28, 2015

Added TLSv1.2 support.

Added certificate verification in HTTPS connections.

Added Ukrainian localization.

Chromium added to default application filtering list.

Now automatic check for updates is enabled by default.

Improved speed optimization.

Removed splashscreen upon starting AdGuard.

Fixed AdGuard's work with several users on the same computer.

Fixed errors leading to incorrect filtering.

Fixed the error when AdGuard operated incorrectly upon exiting sleep mode.

Improved security upon filtering encrypted traffic.

Fixed FREAK vulnerability.

Fixed memory leaks.

Improved program stability on old versions of OS X.

Fixed several errors that could previously lead to app crash.

April 22, 2015

• Improved HTTPS filtering, now we can block ads in Skype
• Optimized programs performance
• If the protection is disabled, Adguard service now turns off correctly after processing the network events
• Improved filtering speed of heavy HTML pages
• Fixed an issue with Android 4 killing Adguard after swiping task from recent
• Fixed a bug with service autostart in case of wrong events order (if we receive network event first, then boot event)
• We now use better way to exclude some apps from VPN on Lollipop
• Fixed an issue with Adguards performance on Android 4.3 SGS3
• Optimized memory consumption upon loading heavy files
• Fixed some minor compatibility issues

You can discuss the latest version in our blog: here.

March 19, 2015

World’s first standalone ad blocker for Mac OS X. New AdGuard has all the features to ensure more efficient and comfortable use of the Internet:

Ad filtering in any browser. Our ad blocker is the first to solve the problem of removing notorious video ads in Safari that other adblock solutions fail to block.

Built-in Browsing security module provides protection from malicious and suspicious websites.

Privacy protection function is responsible for the safety of personal data.

Other advantages

Filtering Log demonstrates all the processes occurring in the program.

AdGuard Assistant is an extension that allows you to manage the program directly from the browser.

Technical information

AdGuard is supported in all versions of OS X from 10.7 and later.

Downloading AdGuard To install AdGuard, click the file indicated by the arrow Select "Open" and click "OK", then wait for the file to be downloaded. In the opened window, drag the AdGuard icon to the "Applications" folder. Thank you for choosing AdGuard! Select "Open" and click "OK", then wait for the file to be downloaded. In the opened window, click "Install". Thank you for choosing AdGuard!

Install AdGuard on your mobile device

Installation

AdGuard for Android is available in the following app stores:

AppGallery

Mi Store

Samsung Galaxy Store …

February 27, 2015

Added support of Habit browser and Yandex browser beta.

Google Messenger app added to exclusions list.

Fixed a bug with local network exclusion. Now local network is properly excluded on all devices. This should fix some compatibility issues: working with local FTP servers, Sonos, Amazon Fire TV, etc.

Fixed filtering issue with websites which use Content-Security-Policy.

Fixed an issue with proxy+automatic filtering mode on devices with kernel version 3.10.

Fixed Adguard filtering in case of using proxy server with port 80.

Fixed UI issue when bandwidth saved value is more than 1GB.

Fixed Google Play Music compatibility issue.

Fixed an issue with waiting for ROOT access on device boot.

December 23, 2014

Added in version 1.1.805:

Added limited support of HTTPS requests filtering

Added Ukrainian and German languages

Tested and optimized for Android 5.0 Lollipop

Added support for Naked Browser

Added notification icon setting

Added new types of filtering rules (regexp-rules)

Fixed in this version:

Resolved compatibility issues with some apps including Telegram, Handcent SMS, Dropsync, Dropbox, Bleep, PAC Console

Fixed bug with processing UDP traffic in VPN mode (Bleep messenger)

Fixed some app crashes

Fixed slow protection startup in proxy mode

Improved CPU and battery usage

Fixed processing of certain HTTPS requests

Fixed problem with landscape mode on devices with low resolution screen

Fixed possible conflicts when using the same port number with another proxy server

Fixed an issue with processing requests to some domains with multiple A DNS-records