# Universal Ad Blocker

> Blocks advertisements and tracking on all websites including social media, analytics, and OEM trackingBlocks advertisements and tracking on all websites including social media, analytics, and OEM tracking

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/universal-ad-blocker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/universal-ad-blocker)

## Overview

- **ID:** `universal-ad-blocker`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Avinash
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-13
- **First published:** 2025-12-10
- **Size:** 39 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/universal-ad-blocker/)

## Description

Universal Ad Blocker prevents advertisements, tracking scripts, analytics beacons, and OEM tracking pixels from loading on websites. It uses the webRequest and webRequestBlocking APIs to intercept and block unwanted network requests before they reach the browser. 

Features:
• Blocks ads on all websites
• Prevents tracking by social media, analytics platforms, and OEM trackers
• Lightweight, efficient, and fast
• No data collection, no telemetry, no external servers
• 100% local processing  

The extension does not read or store personal data. It only blocks predefined ad and tracker URLs.

## Rankings

- #81,706 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `webNavigation`
- `downloads`
- `<all_urls>`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/universal-ad-blocker)