Adguard 2.5.0 (902) Release

Adguard can make your online experience safer because, though Macs and Apple laptops are quite safe to use, when it comes to ad blockers, Macs experience real problems. Already-existing solutions do not consider the specifics of OS X. That greatly influences the stability of work in Safari, and these ad-blocking extensions fail to do their work properly, especially when video ads are an issue.

New Adguard lets you fully enjoy web surfing without any distractions. Watch those videos you want to watch, and not video ads, on YouTube, Twitch, or any other website. Look at photos of your friends and not at endless banners on Facebook and other social networks. Adguard gives you freedom of choice and saves your nerves. It works perfectly with all browsers, as it was developed specially for use on OS X.

• Ad Blocker. Subtle filtering of all incoming traffic, and what is more, ads are blocked before they load to the page.
• Browsing Security. Adguard checks every page for any malicious content using our databases, and blocks requests from potentially dangerous ones.
• Privacy Protection. Any counters and tracking instruments will be blocked by powerful Spyware filter. With Adguard you can stop worrying for the privacy of your actions on the Internet.
• Adguard works in all browsers. Safari, Chrome – you name it. No exceptions.
• Easy to install. A couple of clicks, and your Mac is protected from ads. You don’t have to struggle with overcomplicated settings – just surf the net and Adguard will do all the work.
• Blocking video ads. Any video ad, on any site – Adguard will block it.
• Application filtering. Adguard is more than just an addon for browser. It can help you to get rid of ads in any app on your Mac.
• Is supported in all OS X versions from 10.10 64-bit and higher.
• Adguard has intuitive and simple UI with such additional features like Adguard Assistant and filtering log.
• Daily ad filters and phishing databases updates.

What’s New:

Version 2.5.0 (902):
AdGuard v2.5 for Mac: Big Sur compatibility
Hey, Mac users! Missed us? We are coming back with a great update! Please, meet AdGuard v2.5 for Mac. A small intro first.

Privacy is in high demand
Following a worldwide modern trend towards privacy protection, Apple announced its new macOS Big Sur with 3 cornerstone features: refined design, increased efficiency and ‘even more transparency around your privacy’. So privacy protection is a big deal now and is widely acknowledged by the market’s leaders, such as Apple.

Our AdGuard v2.5 for Mac version is specifically designed to cooperate seamlessly with the new macOS 11 (Big Sur). We have resolved many compatibility problems and added new gorgeous app icons that suit new OS style.

System Extensions will replace Kernel in Big Sur
First of all, what are System Extensions? It all started in 2019 when Apple decided to minimize the amount of operations executed in Kernel. The old framework — Kernel Extensions — would no longer be of use. As an alternative, Apple offered System Extensions, and specifically Network Extensions as a framework to run apps that filter traffic.

Network Extensions
MacOS 11 (Big Sur) will no longer support the old Kernel Extensions (for the most part), so we added support for the new framework. If you’re already on Big Sur preview, please make sure your AdGuard works in Network Extensions mode: open AdGuard’s menu -> Select Preferences… -> Network -> Select Mode…. “Kernel Extension” mode should be grayed out, and “Network Extension” mode should be selected.

Unfortunately, Network Extensions is a relatively new feature, which means it is only to be further bugfixed and updated. It was shortly introduced as a replacement for Kernel Extensions (first appeared in this role in macOS 10.15) and now Apple is actively developing and improving it. However, there are still many issues in different branches associated with Network Extensions.

Compatibility: OS X 10.10 or later, 64-bit processor
Homepage https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html

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