AdGuard Extra

AdGuard Extra

AdGuard Extra is designed to solve complicated cases when regular ad blocking rules aren't enough.

What is AdGuard Extra?
AdGuard Extra is a specialized browser extension aimed at helping ad blockers combat circumvention attempts on specified websites. Used alongside a full-scale ad blocker, this add-on extends the efficiency of ad blocking on the sites from its designated list. While it does not provide any user interface, it seamlessly integrates with your browser and works in the background. Please note, it is only beneficial for the websites included in its list.
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Users: 40,000+
Rating: 3.78 (58)
Version: 1.0.594 (Last updated: 2024-04-18)
Creation date: 2020-07-03
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Size: 110.59K
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AdGuard Extra is a browser extension that is supposed to fight ad blocking circumvention attempts which become more and more popular. Regular ad blocking rules do not allow us being as flexible as it's necessary, that's why AdGuard Extra was developed.

Important

AdGuard Extra is a companion extension, it is supposed to be used with a full-scale ad blocker like AdGuard or any other. It provides no user interface save for the extension icon in the toolbar. Your browser should allow you to hide the icon if it annoys you.

Please note that it is only useful on a limited set of websites, and it does nothing on the websites not from this list.

Here's the list of websites where this extension can be useful: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardExtra/blob/master/README.md#important

If you have any issue to report, please do it here: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardExtra/issues

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Blocks ads effectively on certain websites
  • Helpful for blocking specific types of ads like mail.ru and Yandex ads
  • Works well on twitch for some users
Cons
  • Inconsistent ad blocking on certain websites
  • Doesn't work well on all websites
  • High RAM usage
Most mentioned
  • Doesn't work on twitch
  • Blocks ads on mail.ru and Yandex
  • High RAM usage
Recent reviews
Me pidió instalarla para que siga sin servir ni bloquear anuncios, Increíble.
by Luislol4 a Luislol4 a, 2024-03-31


Freeze sur twitch
by John Max John Max, 2024-03-26
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Safety
Risk impact

AdGuard Extra is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

AdGuard Extra has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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