Best Chrome Security Extensions?
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- Jun 14, 2015
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Development stopped on Lazarus many months ago; it quit working properly. You may want to test it.
The only "traffic light" extension I've found that flagged sites that my clients have or would have fallen for is Web-of-Trust.
In addition to uBlock Origin, I'm also using:
HTTPS Everywhere
Metadefender
Netcraft (though not sure it's useful after all this but I don't notice any slowdowns at all)
Avoid Panda; it is really heavy, flagged as PUP/malware by several on-demand scanners, and will cripple your system and network under heavy load.
The only "traffic light" extension I've found that flagged sites that my clients have or would have fallen for is Web-of-Trust.
In addition to uBlock Origin, I'm also using:
HTTPS Everywhere
Metadefender
Netcraft (though not sure it's useful after all this but I don't notice any slowdowns at all)
Avoid Panda; it is really heavy, flagged as PUP/malware by several on-demand scanners, and will cripple your system and network under heavy load.
I recommend you try them out and see which one works best for you, even if they are heavy if it works for you then great. I didn't use any of them but apparently Avira Browser Safety is really good in terms of performance.
- Jan 8, 2011
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Windscribe Chrome proxy also block ads and scripts and have a lot of other features.
uBlock Origin can block malicious URLs as well however an alternate from a real security vendor like Avira/Avast would be much better at preventing malicious URLs from being visited IMO. Larger DB for the URLs/maybe heuristics too.Windscribe Chrome proxy also block ads and scribts and have a lot of other features.
- Oct 16, 2015
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Generally, I'm an advocate of uBlock Origin for all users (which you already have). Aside from the traditional website blocking filters, it also has several malware-blocking filters, which should suffice as basic URL protection (the main advantage of this is the excellent performance of the extension - no slowdowns at all).
As far as other extensions are concerned, perhaps you could try HTTPS Everywhere to make sure you get the best of HTTPS in every site you visit, especially when HTTPS browsing is supported, but not enabled by default on those sites.
Personally, I stopped using all those "URL analysis" extensions a lont time ago. I had tried WoT, Avira for a while, and last one was TrafficLight. I have to say I liked TrafficLight best, however I still got rid of it, on the basis of redundancy (in my case).
As far as other extensions are concerned, perhaps you could try HTTPS Everywhere to make sure you get the best of HTTPS in every site you visit, especially when HTTPS browsing is supported, but not enabled by default on those sites.
Personally, I stopped using all those "URL analysis" extensions a lont time ago. I had tried WoT, Avira for a while, and last one was TrafficLight. I have to say I liked TrafficLight best, however I still got rid of it, on the basis of redundancy (in my case).
- Jan 6, 2017
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They will. Dont use Ublock Origin and Avira/ BitDefender. ONLY Ublock Origin and HTTPS Everywhere or Avira/BitDefender and an adblocker with HTTPS everywhere.
HTTPS Everywhere, another great extension. I don't use it myself anymore but it's still great and I do recommend it still.
- Jan 6, 2017
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Its great extension but it uses lots of memoryHTTPS Everywhere, another great extension. I don't use it myself anymore but it's still great and I do recommend it still.
only HTTPS Everywhere and Netcraft here. the rest is Adguard for Desktop's duty (i love this app)
- Jan 6, 2017
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Is Adguard light? Can you tell me how much memory is using?only HTTPS Everywhere and Netcraft here. the rest is Adguard for Desktop's duty (i love this app)
they say conflict but actually not. I'm sure that won't conflict. They just try to block the same link
similar to windows, A deletes a file, B also wants to delete the same file but A deletes it already. Then B says "Wait, where is my file? I can't delete it. Conflict!!!" I have been using them (BD, avira, ublock) for a year without problems. Ignore the conflict message
for sure ublock uses more memory than adguard as adguard tweaked something to make it use less RAM. However adguard for chrome is much less customizable than ublock and it's much easier to manage/add/remove filters from ublock (according to the last time I tried it on chrome). ublock with a lot of custom filters is ~40-70Mb depends on the machines (pagefile usage is different for everyone)Can someone check out how much of memory is uBlock Origin using? Thanks.
Here is how much Adguard Browser Extension uses.
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- Jan 6, 2017
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I agree, you can use them all but i dont like the conflict message
That depends on how many tabs you have opened. For example right know i have 6 tabs open and its using like 55MB. HTTPS Everywhere is using 150+MB.Can someone check out how much of memory is uBlock Origin using? Thanks.
Here is how much Adguard Browser Extension uses.
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- Aug 12, 2015
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There are 70 filters in browser extension which you can activate. If you want some filters to be added to Adguard, you can ask staff on Adguard forum and they will add them. I asked them for one filter and they had added it in next update. Also, you can add filters from web if you want but they will be added to user filter.
With 7 tabs opened, Adguard uses 41 MB. Awesome!I agree, you can use them all but i dont like the conflict message
That depends on how many tabs you have opened. For example right know i have 6 tabs open and its using like 55MB. HTTPS Everywhere is using 150+MB.
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