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<blockquote data-quote="silversurfer" data-source="post: 900830" data-attributes="member: 26718"><p>Source: <a href="https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-7-5-for-windows.html" target="_blank">AdGuard v7.5 for Windows: DNS module and better tracking protection</a></p><p></p><p>AdGuard for Windows is the very first in the line of AdGuard products. It's been around forever and has seen countless updates. What more could we possible add there? Quite a lot, as it turns out, and you'll be able to make sure of it yourself in just a minute. Let's start with the headliner of the v7.5 update:</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>DNS module</strong></span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Check out <a href="https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/dns-filtering-android" target="_blank">this article</a> to learn more about DNS and how it works.</li> </ul><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://cdn.adguard.com/public/Adguard/Release_notes/Windows/v7.5/adguard_dns_en.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Now your DNS traffic is safer</em></p><p></p><p>This feature has been long present in some other AdGuard products, like AdGuard for Android. DNS module allows you to select any DNS server you like. There are multiple options:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From a list of recommended ones (including <a href="https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html" target="_blank">AdGuard DNS</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">From the <a href="https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/dns-providers" target="_blank">list of DNS providers</a> in our Knowledge Base, where we have collected the most popular DNS providers and added a quick setup option</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Or you can even add a custom one</li> </ul><p>Why would you want to do that? A few reasons. First of all, using a non-default DNS server will help protect your DNS traffic from the ISP’s and fraudsters’ interception. Many DNS providers support safe protocols like DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS. We strongly recommend using one of those, as it greatly improves your online safety.</p><p></p><p>Some DNS servers also have additional features, like ad blocking or protection from malicious websites. Check out the tooltips next to each DNS server to learn more about it.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Blocking Windows 10 tracking</strong></span></p><p></p><p>This is the newest addition to Stealth Mode. Windows 10 is known for many good changes compared to predecessors, but notorious for its aspiration to track your activity. To the point that we felt it was justified to dedicate an entire section of Stealth Mode to it.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://cdn.adguard.com/public/Adguard/Release_notes/Windows/v7.5/adguard_windows_tracking_en.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>A useful addition to Stealth Mode</em></p><p></p><p>You'll find four options under "Windows Tracking":</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disable Windows telemetry</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Turn off advertising ID</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disable Windows Defender automatic samples submission</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Disable WAP push message routing service</li> </ul><p>To illustrate the significance of disabling system telemetry, let’s take Cortana, a virtual assistant similar to Siri, but developed by Microsoft. Its feature set is enabled by default and Cortana periodically sends usage and performance data to Microsoft. Those assistants help, but they also gather a lot of personal data. If you, as a user, have privacy concerns (which is completely understandable and even expected in this day and age), we’ll help to disable telemetry nice and easy.</p><p></p><p>You can learn what other new options do in the tooltips right next to them.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Read more below:</em></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-7-5-for-windows.html[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="silversurfer, post: 900830, member: 26718"] Source: [URL="https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-7-5-for-windows.html"]AdGuard v7.5 for Windows: DNS module and better tracking protection[/URL] AdGuard for Windows is the very first in the line of AdGuard products. It's been around forever and has seen countless updates. What more could we possible add there? Quite a lot, as it turns out, and you'll be able to make sure of it yourself in just a minute. Let's start with the headliner of the v7.5 update: [SIZE=5][B]DNS module[/B][/SIZE] [LIST] [*]Check out [URL='https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/dns-filtering-android']this article[/URL] to learn more about DNS and how it works. [/LIST] [CENTER][IMG]https://cdn.adguard.com/public/Adguard/Release_notes/Windows/v7.5/adguard_dns_en.png[/IMG] [I]Now your DNS traffic is safer[/I][/CENTER] This feature has been long present in some other AdGuard products, like AdGuard for Android. DNS module allows you to select any DNS server you like. There are multiple options: [LIST] [*]From a list of recommended ones (including [URL='https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html']AdGuard DNS[/URL]) [*]From the [URL='https://kb.adguard.com/en/general/dns-providers']list of DNS providers[/URL] in our Knowledge Base, where we have collected the most popular DNS providers and added a quick setup option [*]Or you can even add a custom one [/LIST] Why would you want to do that? A few reasons. First of all, using a non-default DNS server will help protect your DNS traffic from the ISP’s and fraudsters’ interception. Many DNS providers support safe protocols like DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS. We strongly recommend using one of those, as it greatly improves your online safety. Some DNS servers also have additional features, like ad blocking or protection from malicious websites. Check out the tooltips next to each DNS server to learn more about it. [SIZE=5][B]Blocking Windows 10 tracking[/B][/SIZE] This is the newest addition to Stealth Mode. Windows 10 is known for many good changes compared to predecessors, but notorious for its aspiration to track your activity. To the point that we felt it was justified to dedicate an entire section of Stealth Mode to it. [CENTER][IMG]https://cdn.adguard.com/public/Adguard/Release_notes/Windows/v7.5/adguard_windows_tracking_en.png[/IMG] [I]A useful addition to Stealth Mode[/I][/CENTER] You'll find four options under "Windows Tracking": [LIST] [*]Disable Windows telemetry [*]Turn off advertising ID [*]Disable Windows Defender automatic samples submission [*]Disable WAP push message routing service [/LIST] To illustrate the significance of disabling system telemetry, let’s take Cortana, a virtual assistant similar to Siri, but developed by Microsoft. Its feature set is enabled by default and Cortana periodically sends usage and performance data to Microsoft. Those assistants help, but they also gather a lot of personal data. If you, as a user, have privacy concerns (which is completely understandable and even expected in this day and age), we’ll help to disable telemetry nice and easy. You can learn what other new options do in the tooltips right next to them. [I]Read more below:[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://adguard.com/en/blog/adguard-7-5-for-windows.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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