Adguard, just as your browser, checks the server’s certificate before deciding whether to filter it or not. Nevertheless, HTTPS filtering has its drawbacks. The most important of them is the fact that it hides from the browser the real certificate that the website uses. Instead, the browser sees the certificate issued by Adguard. Adguard, just as your browser, checks the server’s certificate before deciding whether to filter it or not. Nevertheless, HTTPS filtering has its drawbacks. The most important of them is the fact that it hides from the browser the real certificate that the website uses. Instead, the browser sees the certificate issued by Adguard. AdGuard Browsing Security Community. An important tool for maintaining the highest level of filtering is a mechanism: AdGuard Browsing Security Community. Any user of our products - be it AdGuard for Windows or browser extension - can become a member of the community and help us in making of AdGuard filters.
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What is AdGuard?
AdGuard is a remarkable internet filter that protects you from annoying advertising, malicious and phishing websites, online tracking and much more. AdGuard handles all types of Internet ads, speeds up page loading, saves bandwidth and increases your device protection against possible threats.
AdGuard uses a unique technology that allows filtering the traffic on your device without ROOT privileges. Filtering speed does not depend on the work of VPN server, as it is embedded right in your device.
How does AdGuard protection work?
AdGuard filters your browser traffic by blocking requests to phishing and malicious websites and removing intrusive browser advertising. AdGuard can use two modes of traffic filtering.
- Local VPN mode.
- Local HTTP proxy mode.
Local VPN mode
If you are using this mode, AdGuard does not need ROOT privileges to carry out filtering. At the same time, a VPN-server is located on your device, so that there is no need to pass your traffic through a remote server in order to filter it.
Local HTTP proxy mode
In this mode AdGuard launches a local HTTP proxy server on your device. This mode is recommended, if you use a rooted device. Otherwise, manual adjustment of an HTTP proxy will be needed to use this mode, the filtering in mobile networks (Edge/3G/4G) will also be impossible.
Do I need the ROOT access?
Unlike most applications that are engaged in traffic filtering, AdGuard does not require ROOT access to your device. In local VPN server mode AdGuard, will filter all your traffic and ROOT access is not needed.
How to manually configure a local HTTP proxy?
If your device does not support automatic proxy configuration, then you can configure a proxy server manually, using the instructions below:
In the AdGuard Settings select Local HTTP Proxy mode and Proxy setup mode — Manual.
Go to your phone settings and choose Wi-Fi. A list of wireless networks will be opened.
If the device is not yet connected, connect to the Wi-Fi network that you need. Open the network setting by pressing the line with this network. The following menu of the selected Wi-Fi network will appear.
Select Modify network. In the new window select Show advanced options.
In Proxy select Manual.
Enter 127.0.0.1 in Proxy hostname and enter the port that is showed in proxy settings in AdGuard application itself (port 8080 is used in AdGuard setting by default).
A proxy server has been set up. Now all Wi-Fi traffic will be filtered by AdGuard.
How to use a third-party VPN along with AdGuard?
Optimage 3 3 1. If you are already using a VPN for other purposes, then in order for AdGuard filtering to work, you can change it to the HTTP proxy server mode. The filtering mode can be changed in the Advanced Settings.
In this mode, there are two ways to set up a proxy: automatic and manual.
Automatic mode
In the automatic mode, enabling of filtering does not require any action from you. Filtering will work in both mobile and Wi-Fi networks. The problem is that the automatic mode can be operated only on rooted devices.
Manual mode
This approach may not work in some situations. It depends on your firmware and the actual VPN app. In some cases traffic bypasses a manually configured proxy.
In the manual mode, filtering will only work in Wi-Fi networks. You will have to manually configure the use of a proxy server for each Wi-Fi network.
What restrictions does a VPN mode have?
AdGuard filters traffic using a local VPN-server by default. In this mode there are some restrictions.
- In a local VPN mode AdGuard won't be run automatically after turning on the phone, because this capability is blocked by the Android OS.
- Cannot be used along with other VPN applications.
When asked to enable VPN, I cannot tick the 'I trust' checkbox. Why?
If you are using an application that enhances your display (for example, Night Mode or Twilight), you need to temporarily disable that application. Android prevents your selection for security reasons.
Why do I get a 'VPN is not supported' dialog message?
This dialog appears when AdGuard fails to create a VPN connection on the device. So far, we've identified the following situations where this can happen.
1. Custom firmware
You're using custom firmware that is missing a tun.ko kernel module needed for proper VPN support on Android.
2. Wrong firmware configuration
The firmware on the device has not been configured correctly. If the manufacturer is aware of the problem, the issue may fixed in future firmware updates.
Restore VPN support
If you have ROOT access you can restore the VPN module (tun.ko) using a special app tun.ko installer.
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Switch the filtering mode
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You can switch to the Local HTTP Proxy filtering mode in AdGuard's extended settings.
Why do Android stats show that AdGuard consumed more traffic than it saved?
On Android's Data usage page or in your favorite>
Opera Max
Problem:Opera Max is a VPN app and you cannot have two active VPNs at the same time.
Solution: (ROOT is required) switch filtering mode to Local HTTP proxy in advanced settings.
Why is the firewall's function partial and the data stats not that accurate in proxy mode?
There are many types of AdGuard and its created connection. For this purpose AdGuard generates and installs a special root certificate in the system and, if necessary, in certain browsers e.g. Firefox.
Does my traffic stay secure and encrypted?
Of course! Your connection to the remote server stays encrypted and secure. Just like a browser AdGuard checks the server certificate before starting to filter it.
By default, AdGuard doesn't filter websites of financial services and websites with important personal data.
There are two modes of HTTPS filtering:
Filter ONLY connections to domains on the blacklist.
Filter ALL connections EXCEPT those to domains on the whitelist. We have pre-added domains of financial institutions and banks there, and this list will be updated in the future.
All right, how can I enable it?
Install certificate into the system certificates storage.
If you do not have a password or lock screen pattern, then Android will require one of the options to be set up. This is an Android requirement.
Restart the protection. If you have done everything correctly, the HTTPS filtering will work like the usual filtering.
How to remove a certificate from the system?
Go to Android settings -> Security -> Trusted credentials.
Go to the 'User' section.
Select 'AdGuard Personal CA' (it might be the only certificate there).
In the opened dialog window scroll down and tap 'Remove'.
What is the difference between AdGuard filtering methods?
There are three AdGuard filtering methods:
- High-quality;
- High-speed;
- Simplified.
Dropcopy pro 1 87. High-quality method is able to use all sorts of filtering rules and can filter everything. This method allows to change the HTML-code of a page cutting out all unwanted elements before the browser even loads the page.
High-quality method can increase the pages loading time, so it is recommended to use only on powerful devices.
High-speed method is able to use all rules save for HTML filtering rules and filters everything except page content. This method uses so called cosmetic filtering rules which are used not for blocking ad requests, but for changing the page appearance. Cosmetic rules include adding some special CSS-rules (styles) which hide the unwanted advertisements on a page and mask the removed elements' remains after blocking, such as empty fields in the place of the blocked banner, etc.
Simplified filtering method is able to use just the basic filtering rules and lets block only ad requests.
In contrast to the High-quality and High-speed filtering methods, the Simplified one does not use cosmetic filtering rules.
How to manage AdGuard notifications?
On Android version 8 and newer AdGuard provides multiple notification channels (which are also called 'categories'). With their help you can easily manage AdGuard notifications on your device — customize channels, prioritize them, disable secondary notifications, etc. Get more instructions on how to do that and learn about options we provide for the older Android versions below.
Android 8 and newer
AdGuard for Android 8 and newer has 6 different notification categories. Before describing them, let’s see the way you can find the appropriate settings on your device — Settings → Apps & notifications → AdGuard → App Notifications.
Apart from this way, you can get a quick and simple access to these settings when long clicking on any AdGuard notification and choosing 'All categories'.
Alright, you're in the right section. Now you can see 6 different categories, which are shown on the left part of the following screenshot.
Each category includes certain notifications type:
- Protection Status (a permanent notification with the app protection status and filtering statistics);
- License Status (notifications about your license status changes);
- Updates (notifications about new application and filters updates);
- Outbound proxy (a permanent notification with the outbound proxy status);
- Firewall (notifications that let you manage network access);
- Other (notifications about critical errors, logging, conflicts with other apps etc.).
They are all enabled by default. You can customize the settings of each category (look at the right part of the above screenshot) — change its Importance status, set any supported sound of notifications, choose whether notifications should vibrate your phone or not, etc. In case you decide that some notifications are absolutely not important for you, you can disable the respective category(ies).
As mentioned, you can also choose the Importance status which will let you give every notification category the priority needed. Please look at the screenshot.
Please note, that starting from Android 9 'Importance' renamed to 'Behaviour'
There are four statuses to choose from:
- Urgent (notifications will make sound and pop up on screen);
- High (notifications will make sound);
- Medium (notifications will make no sound);
- Low (notifications will make no sound and give no visual interruption).
Please note: you can't enable the vibration for those notifications whose Important status is determined as Medium or Low.
We do hope these notification categories will help you sort through all the AdGuard notifications and let you enjoy using our product without unnecessary distractions.
Android 7 and older
For those who have devices on Android 7 and older AdGuard has also some useful options for managing notifications.
First of all, you can open device settings — Settings → Notifications → AdGuard or Settings → Apps → AdGuard → Notifications — and activate the following options if needed:
- Show silently - means that notifications will not make sound, vibrate or peek into view;
- On the lock screen - means that notifications’ content will be shown on the lock screen;
- Override Do Not Disturb - this option lets notifications continue interrupting when Do Not Disturb is set to Priority Only;
Or you can disable all AdGuard notifications (what we would not recommend you to do) by choosing 'Block all' option.
Besides, you can manage the notification of protection status in AdGuard General Settings (AdGuard → Settings → General → Notification icon).
Here you can choose from the options:
- Default icon (which means that you will see not only notification but also a notification icon in the top of the screen);
- Notification without icon (you will see only notification without the icon);
- None (you will see neither notification nor icon)
Please note: if the icon is removed, Android can stop AdGuard functioning any time. That's why we do not recommend you to choose 'None' option. A house of many doors 1 2. Please use 'Notification without icon' instead.
Summary of feature requests:
1. Add more default optional ad-blocking lists to Opera's native ad-blocker, and allow users to add URL's as custom ad-blocking lists.
1.1 Add a brief and helpful description to each ad-blocking list, so users know what they're getting. Also, give warnings to users if some lists are redundant (like EasyList and EasyList+EasyPrivacy).
2. Allow users to manually configure how often ad-blocking lists will be auto-updated. (Example: 15m, 30m, 1h, 2h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, Weekly..)
3. Optimize the downloading of ad-blocking lists into the master file.
1.1 Add a brief and helpful description to each ad-blocking list, so users know what they're getting. Also, give warnings to users if some lists are redundant (like EasyList and EasyList+EasyPrivacy).
2. Allow users to manually configure how often ad-blocking lists will be auto-updated. (Example: 15m, 30m, 1h, 2h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, Weekly..)
3. Optimize the downloading of ad-blocking lists into the master file.
1.
Here's the list I use:
Annoyances
https://filters.adtidy.org/extension/chromium/filters/14.txt
Simplified Domain Names
https://filters.adtidy.org/extension/chromium/filters/15.txt
Fanboy's Social Blocking List
https://easylist.to/easylist/fanboy-social.txt
Fanboy's Annoyances
https://easylist.to/easylist/fanboy-annoyance.txt
Fanboy's Enhanced Tracking List
https://fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt
Adblock Warning Removal List
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/antiadblockfilters.txt
Anti-Adblock Killer | Reek
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer/master/anti-adblock-killer-filters.txt
Malware Domains
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/malwaredomains_full.txt
Peter Lowe's List
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php%3Fhostformat%3Dadblockplus%26mimetype%3Dplaintext
Prebake
https://raw.github.com/liamja/Prebake/master/obtrusive.txt
Spam 404
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dawsey21/Lists/master/adblock-list.txt
BarbBlock
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulgb/BarbBlock/master/blacklists/adblock-plus.txt
NoCoin Adblock list
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/master/nocoin.txt
https://filters.adtidy.org/extension/chromium/filters/14.txt
Simplified Domain Names
https://filters.adtidy.org/extension/chromium/filters/15.txt
Fanboy's Social Blocking List
https://easylist.to/easylist/fanboy-social.txt
Fanboy's Annoyances
https://easylist.to/easylist/fanboy-annoyance.txt
Fanboy's Enhanced Tracking List
https://fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt
Adblock Warning Removal List
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/antiadblockfilters.txt
Anti-Adblock Killer | Reek
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer/master/anti-adblock-killer-filters.txt
Malware Domains
https://easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org/malwaredomains_full.txt
Peter Lowe's List
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php%3Fhostformat%3Dadblockplus%26mimetype%3Dplaintext
Prebake
https://raw.github.com/liamja/Prebake/master/obtrusive.txt
Spam 404
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dawsey21/Lists/master/adblock-list.txt
BarbBlock
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paulgb/BarbBlock/master/blacklists/adblock-plus.txt
NoCoin Adblock list
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list/master/nocoin.txt
Not all of these can be added to Opera's native ad-blocking list. Please allow users to add these lists, and include them as optional lists by default.
1.1
Add a brief and helpful description to each ad-blocking list, so users know what they're getting. Also, give warnings to users if some lists are redundant (like EasyList and EasyList+EasyPrivacy).
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2.
Allow users to manually configure how often ad-blocking lists will be auto-updated. (Example: 15m, 30m, 1h, 2h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 48h, Weekly..)
This helps, as some websites will employ anti-adblocker scripts that bypass the ad-blocking extensions quicker than the auto-update can. This results in ads getting displayed even when an ad-blocker is present. This mitigates that problem, even if it doesn't solve it.
3.
After downloading the ad-blocking lists, compact them into a single, sorted file. Also, remove redundant/repeated entries. This makes the ad-blocking faster, and allows searches done to the ad-blocking master files to be done much faster.
Also, this way a few things can be done. If I select to auto-update the ad-blocking lists every 15 minutes, updates can be checked against an MD5 or SHA1 sum, preventing unnecessary downloading of files. But if the hash sum is different, the original file can be compared to the new one for any differences. The of all newly-updated ad-blocking differences can then be added (or removed) in one go to the new master file, which can then be updated. This avoids unnecessary use of CPU resources, RAM, or bandwidth.
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Thanks,