AdGuard Extra
AdGuard Extra is designed to solve complicated cases when regular ad blocking rules aren't enough.
What is AdGuard Extra?
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Summary
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
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User reviews summary
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
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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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