Compare Chrome extensions: McAfee® WebAdvisor vs Web Ad Blocker

Stats McAfee® WebAdvisor McAfee® WebAdvisor Web Ad Blocker Web Ad Blocker
User count 85,000,000+ 60,000+
Average rating 4.56 4.33
Rating count 11,357 102
Last updated 2024-03-22 2024-03-26
Size 3.31M 355.33K
Version 8.1.0.4881 5.0.4
Short description
McAfee® WebAdvisor Blocks web ads and web activity trackers, helping your pages load faster and protecting your privacy.
Full summary

Browse safely, search with confidence.

McAfee WebAdvisor is your trusty companion that helps keep you safe while you browse and search the web. This extension safeguards you and your PC against threats, like malware and phishing attempts, without impacting your browsing performance

Here's how it works:

  1. Search safely. For supported search engines, WebAdvisor helps you easily identify safe sites by placing red, yellow, or green safety ratings right in your search results.

  2. Click with confidence. WebAdvisor warns you of potentially harmful sites before they cause you trouble.

  3. Breathe easy. Even genuine websites can unwittingly play host to malicious content. Don't worry - WebAdvisor helps identify and block these risky elements while still displaying safe content.

As one of the world's leading independent cyber security companies, McAfee actively protects over 300 million consumer devices worldwide. We use this expertise to power the real-time protection that makes WebAdvisor your first line of defense for safer browsing.

Web Ad Blocker is the premier security and privacy application that blocks ads, trackers, and enhances your privacy by blocking companies that track your internet presence.

Types of ads we block:

  • Block Ads (Ads in header, footer, sidebars, and other ways)
  • Block Popups (Fake Blue Screen & Microsoft Support)
  • Block Pop-Exits (When you try to close a website and they bombard you with ads)
  • Block Remarketing (Where they deliver thousands of targeted ads by seeing what you searched for)

Types of trackers we block:

  • History (Where you have been on the internet)
  • Malicious (Trackers that try to trick you into doing something)
  • Personal Identifiable Information (We mask any information that could be used to identity you)
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