I have a lifetime license of AdGuard for Windows but haven’t been using it for at least two years because it was slowing down browsing too much. Any idea if it has improved lately? Thanks
Much faster than before in my experience, but not as fast as browser extension based adblockers which is expected I guess. Also, the CPU usage is much higher than browser extension based adblockers and even make my PCs fan speed up with noise that I can hear from time to time. But the development is always very active, and the devs try their best to improve the product.
I just checked CPU usage and it's 0 in W taskmanager. With a page with quite a lot ads reloading it went up to 2% for some milliseconds.
Thanks @all for your replies. Maybe I should check it again one of these days just to see how it is on my own rig
On idle, it's normal for it to be 0. Instead of reloading, try to load a site with moderate ads that you never/haven't visited in a long time. Like I didn't visit theverge dot com in a long time and just now did and Adguard reached 20% CPU usage. The same happened on another local news site. Also, I can hear my CPU fan when it reaches 15-20%. The usage percentage would vary from system to system. On a faster system, the usage should be lower.
Never visited theverge went up to 8%, but only for a time I just could see it. I can't understand your fan upload with something happening fot a few ms. I'm on a very average laptop some 7 years old.
Very interesting. Don't know why there's this massive difference. My system is newer than yours, but the CPU usage thing has always been like this for me. Maybe I'll contact their support team and see if they have any explanation.
The AdGuard for Android App has not updated the Online Malicious URL Blocklist filter since Dec 14, 2022. When i click on the Subscription URL it shows it was updated today. So which one is right and why do they have different dates.
AdGuard for Windows 7.12 RC, Release date: January 19, 2023 https://adguard.com/en/versions/windows/beta.html#version-71241670
Hmmmm. I see that also on my two devices, phone and tablet. Everything else AdGuard is JAN 23. That filter is managed by the urlhaus-filter crew and, yup, this blocklist is 01-24-2023 as of this writing. Could be just a bug in AdGuard's UI. That said, there's that "Phishing and malware protection" mode under "Browsing security" and the ability to select the protective DNS's of Cloudfare, Quad9, et. al. I'm on AdGuard DNS for its DoQ for now. Anyhow, you've probably noticed the JAN 20 Really Big Update... https://adguard.com/en/versions/android/release.html Most interesting, IMHO: AdGuard for Andoid - Don't android without it!
I don't really care about the Online Malicious URL Blocklist filter date because i use the ControlD DNS with Malware and Phishing filters URL that i copy and paste from the ControlD website into The AdGuard for Android App on my phone.
Understood. Looking forward to other posts about things you don't care about. Not. And whatever you do, do not share that URL. Cheers.
AdGuard for Windows 7.12, Release date: January 30, 2023 https://adguard.com/en/versions/windows/release.html#version-71241700 Spoiler: Changelog Changelog Enhancement DNS protection is enabled by default, the DNS server of the ISP is used #4534 Added The option to filter traffic at system start-up without launching the app #4454 PIX-LINK router/repeater domains to fallback domains #170 Support for Catsxp Browser #4326 An option to delete installation logs when reinstalling the app #4493 Dark theme for the installer app 3048 Fixed AdGuard doesn’t start after rebooting #4502 AdGuard freezes after filter update #4456 If “Blocked” is selected in the filtering log, all requests are shown #4525 The app doesn't update automatically in the background in Windows 7 #4494 Unable to install userscripts that include @ in the link #4397 Metadata updating error for HaGeZi DynDNS Blocklist #4475 The main window opens at system startup despite checkbox is unchecked #4546 Filtering and userscripts do not work with Norton 360 installed #1712 Compatibility issue for the google-ima3 redirect #272 Compatibility issue between prevent-addEventListener and userscripts #271 Issue with isEmptyObject() #268 Error when updating/reinstalling the AdGuard Popup Blocker userscript #4574 Updated CoreLibs to v1.10.189 #4563 DnsLibs to v2.0.75 #4562 Scriptlets to v1.7.20
You are in the wrong thread. Adguard for Android is here= https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/adguard-for-android.370671/
Introducing the brand new Knowledge base February 7, 2023 https://adguard.com/en/blog/new-knowledge-base.html
Not able to update filters and userscripts today for AdGuard for Windows v7.12 , and the same goes for the AdGuard AdBlocker browser extension. Browser extension just says, "Error updating filters Failed to get updates. Please try again later." I emailed support. Anyone else notice this?
Looks to be working now... I was able to manually update filters and userscripts on AdGuard for Windows v7.12. And AdGuard Browser extension v4.1.53 no longer throws the error message noted above. It just says "No updates found". Thanks for the reply, Rules.
