Avira Browser safety with Adblocker

[brambedkar59]

The Avira Browser safety is getting a new feature – an ad blocker. The Adblocker will be integrated into our Avira Browser Safety and its usage is very straightforward. For now, the test will run on Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome only.

 

[ZeroDay]

Thanks for the share I'm looking forward to testing this out.

 

[DJ Panda]

Heard good things about the extension. Not a fan of adblock, I hope you can disable the feature! Thanks for the share.

 

[brambedkar59]

Heard good things about the extension. Not a fan of adblock, I hope you can disable the feature! Thanks for the share.

Yeah, it's good, currently using it with Ublock origin. In the future i am hoping i wouldn't need to use Ublock origin though.

 

[Arequire]

Not sure I understand the point of adding an ad blocker to ABS. It already includes tracker blocking which generally includes all ads; it just isn't configured to hide the placeholders of those blocked ads.

 

[brambedkar59]

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Not sure I understand the point of adding an ad blocker to ABS. It already includes tracker blocking which generally includes all ads; it just isn't configured to hide the placeholders of those blocked ads.

So you are saying ABS is also an Adblocker? Just like Ublock origin. I don't think so. I tried it and it failed to block ads on all the sites i visited.

 

[Arequire]

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So you are saying ABS is also an Adblocker? Just like Ublock origin. I don't think so. I tried it and it failed to block ads on all the sites i visited.

It doesn't specifically target ads but it does end up blocking them from certain ad networks who consistently implement tracking beacons into said ads. Any major anti-tracker/ad blocker probably has it beat in terms of blocking ability though.

 

[Didie Farhan]

Does ABS use adguard filter to block ad ?

 

[Deletedmessiah]

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So you are saying ABS is also an Adblocker? Just like Ublock origin. I don't think so. I tried it and it failed to block ads on all the sites i visited.

I think its more like Disconnect. Disconnect blocks trackers not technically ads but most of the ads tracks you so they end up getting blocked.

 

[brambedkar59]

@Arequire @Deletedmessiah Good to know. Thanks for the info.

 

[Arequire]

Does ABS use adguard filter to block ad ?

Once they release it to the public it will do.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

It doesn't block all ads like Easylist or Adguard Base

for example.