7.10 beta 1

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

Have you already enjoyed our latest release version 7.9.1? Then we're happy to tell you that there are even more important changes ahead — today we release our first beta of AdGuard 7.10 for Windows!

We've changed, fixed and improved a lot and also didn't forget to update Corelibs and DNSlibs.

We've added a new feature to AdGuard — Protect from DPI, and we hope you'll appreciate how much your online privacy has improved.

[Enhancement] Add an DPI-bypass option to AdGuard Stealth Mode #4175

Let’s see what Deep Packet Inspection is. Well, it is a system of deep analysis and filtering of traffic by packet content, as well as the accumulation of statistical data. In this way, internet service providers have the ability to control the passing traffic and thereby limit access to the content for their clients.

Now AdGuard can modify outgoing packet data so that the client does not fall under the DPI blocking criteria. This means that users can avoid blocking and get access to the content they want. However, not in all cases DPI-systems can be bypassed. We are actively trying to fix this.

Remember we promised a lot of updates? Here's another one!

[Enhancement] WFP and TDI network drivers

We've updated and enhanced our network drivers and this is a very important change. Drivers’ update improves the app efficiency and compatibility with other software. Besides, we have also fixed some bugs in the WFP driver.

Other changes, as always, are listed below.
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Changelog

• [Enhancement] Update CoreLibs to 1.9.67 #4237
• [Enhancement] Add "Unencrypted" icon for "Regular" DNS servers description in the DNS tab #4121
• [Fixed] Cosmetic rules are on filtering log when Ad Blocker is disabled #4185
• [Fixed] Crash on custom DNS address in Advanced Settings #4195
• [Fixed] DNS filters are not updated when ad blocker is turned off #4118
• [Fixed] Filter subscription is downloaded partially within the update #4165
• [Fixed] There is sound notification on Windows 10 while Enable sound notifications is disabled #4127

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7.9.1

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

Some users could experience problems in AdGuard 7.9 occurring when Traffic filtering is disabled. Also, you might have faced problems with filter updates. So here we are with a hotfix that will solve them. And we also seized the opportunity to update DNSLibs and CoreLibs and make some minor bug fixes. Now the app’s performance will be more stable.

Changelog

• [Enhancement] Update CoreLibs to 1.9.43 #4150
• [Enhancement] Update DnsLibs to 1.7.12
• [Fixed] Disabling Traffic filtering causes a crash after restarting AdGuard 4142
• [Fixed] Error while checking for filter updates #4143
• [Fixed] Disabling Show quic doesn't work until filtering log is relaunched #4133

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7.9

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

Now we know that we can create suspense no worse than Hitchcock: since the last release, we’ve presented three versions of the app (one beta version and two release candidates). But enough is enough! Meet AdGuard 7.9 for Windows, the release we've all been waiting for. Let's list the major innovations and benefits of this version so you can savor them.

Let's start with the fact that we have worked hard on improving the performance of the application as well as its user interface. Now you'll enjoy interacting with AdGuard for Windows even more. We've also improved the advanced DNS settings by adding a bootstrap option. Don't want to use the system DNS resolver as a bootstrap? You don't have to! Now you can specify IP addresses of the DNS servers that are used to determine the address of the encrypted DNS servers.

What else? We fixed tons of bugs of different severity, including the problem with auto-activation of language filters. As a result, AdGuard's stability is improved now. Of course we couldn't avoid updating CoreLibs and DNSLibs. That's all, folks! We hope you’ll enjoy the new version of AdGuard for Windows.

Changelog

• [Enhancement] Added an advanced option to set custom DNS bootstrap address #4080
• [Enhancement] Added sorting by request type Connection #3830
• [Enhancement] Browser Assistant's filtering log won't open when AdGuard is closed, but continues filtering 3335
• [Fixed] Language-specific filters are automatically enabled even if the Ad Blocker module is disabled. #4098
• [Fixed] Pseudo-update of userscripts 4050
• [Fixed] Link to the Home page in the User rules settings #4068
• [Fixed] When adding a new rule via Filtering log, the default rule includes the name of the filter it belongs to #4045
• [Fixed] Wrong padding under filter name in the filter editor #3553
• [Fixed] A mistake in the text of the license agreement in the Installer #4060
• [Fixed] $$ rules are not visible in the filtering log #4113
• [Fixed] Blocked requests by Parental control are shown as Stealth mode's ones in Filtering log 4074
• [Fixed] The rule counter on the main screen defines comments as active rules #3994
• [Fixed] Impossible to scroll DNS exclusions screen #4024
• [Fixed] When enabling/disabling protection "on this site" in one browser window, the Assistant's icon does not change its color in another opened browser window.
• [Fixed] localization of the All rights reserved string in About tab #4065
• [Other] AdGuard uses about 10% CPU on Netflix.com with disabled protection on this website 4003
• [Other] Reworked onboarding animation on Privacy protection slide
• [Other] The text of the error that occurs when a custom filter is added incorrectly is not translated #4026
• [Other] Info about AdGuard is left in registry after deleting #4064

Updated CoreLibs to v1.9.34

• [Enhancement] Added an ability to apply cosmetic rules to specific URLs only #124
• [Enhancement] Improved detection of content type using Sec-Fetch-Dest header #1382
• [Enhancement] Changed default address Hide your IP #1516
• [Enhancement] TLS fingerprint should not change when AdGuard is enabled #1503
• [Enhancement] Improved the HTTPS filter certificate caching algorithm #1402
• [Fixed] Authorization on kinopoisk.ru doesn't work when Self-destruct third-party cookie files function is enabled #1502
• [Fixed] If rule with $all modifier is applied, wrong rule appears in logs #1535
• [Fixed] AdGuard breaks the encoding on danawa.com #1534
• [Fixed] An error net::ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR on www.adorama.com #1518
• [Fixed] Rules with $third-party modifier do not work at worldvision.de #1523
• [Other] AdGuard fails at pinning test on pinning-test.badssl.com #1526
• [Other] Validation errors on RegEx entries #1544

Updated DnsLibs to v1.7.4

• [Other] Started using NativeLibsCommon in DnsLibs #128

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7.9 RC 2

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

At AdGuard we are guided by the rule "Measure twice, release once". So today, instead of the AdGuard v7.9 for Windows release, we present to you the second release candidate, which contains minor fixes. For example, we fixed an issue with checking for available application updates. It seems that we are now ready for the release!

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7.9 RC

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

It's been a little over a week since the release of the first beta, and we're ready to present the release candidate of AdGuard v7.9 for Windows.

We tried to achieve our goal as quickly as possible without leaving a single bug unfixed. While preparing this release candidate, we solved a few unpleasant issues, that interfered with the stable performance of the app, and updated the CoreLibs. We hope that the next step will be the release of AdGuard v7.9 for Windows!

Changelog

• [Fixed] $$ rules are not visible in the filtering log #4113
• [Fixed] Blocked requests by Parental control are shown as Stealth mode's ones in Filtering log 4074
• [Fixed] The rule counter on the main screen defines comments as active rules #3994
• [Fixed] Impossible to scroll DNS exclusions screen #4024
• [Fixed] When enabling/disabling protection "on this site" in one browser window, the Assistant's icon does not change its color in another opened browser window.
• [Fixed] localization of the All rights reserved string in About tab #4065
• [Other] The text of the error that occurs when a custom filter is added incorrectly is not translated #4026
• [Other] Info about AdGuard is left in registry after deleting #4064
• [Other] CoreLibs updated to v1.9.32 #4129

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7.9 beta 1

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

The year 2022 has just begun and we already have something to show you. Meet the first beta version of AdGuard 7.9 for Windows! What have we managed to do since the last release? We've applied some AdGuard magic and greatly improved the performance of our app. We've enhanced the advanced DNS settings by adding a bootstrap option. Now you can specify IP addresses of the DNS servers that are used to determine the address of the encrypted DNS servers. We've also fixed an unpleasant bug with language filters auto-activation, improved the UI to make AdGuard even more user-friendly and eliminated other issues. Also, following the tradition, we've updated CoreLibs and DNSLibs.

Changelog

• [Enhancement] Added an advanced option to set custom DNS bootstrap address #4080
• [Enhancement] Added sorting by request type Connection #3830
• [Enhancement] Browser Assistant's filtering log won't open when AdGuard is closed, but continues filtering 3335
• [Fixed] Language-specific filters are automatically enabled even if the Ad Blocker module is disabled. #4098
• [Fixed] Pseudo-update of userscripts 4050
• [Fixed] Link to the Home page in the User rules settings #4068
• [Fixed] When adding a new rule via Filtering log, the default rule includes the name of the filter it belongs to #4045
• [Fixed] Wrong padding under filter name in the filter editor #3553
• [Fixed] A mistake in the text of the license agreement in the Installer #4060
• [Other] AdGuard uses about 10% CPU on Netflix.com with disabled protection on this website 4003
• [Other] Reworked onboarding animation on Privacy protection slide

Updated CoreLibs to v1.9.20

• [Enhancement] Added an ability to apply cosmetic rules to specific URLs only #124
• [Enhancement] Improved detection of content type using Sec-Fetch-Dest header #1382
• [Enhancement] Changed default address Hide your IP #1516
• [Enhancement] TLS fingerprint should not change when AdGuard is enabled #1503
• [Enhancement] Improved the HTTPS filter certificate caching algorithm #1402
• [Fixed] Authorization on kinopoisk.ru doesn't work when Self-destruct third-party cookie files function is enabled #1502
• [Fixed] If rule with $all modifier is applied, wrong rule appears in logs #1535
• [Fixed] AdGuard breaks the encoding on danawa.com #1534
• [Fixed] An error net::ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR on www.adorama.com #1518
• [Fixed] Rules with $third-party modifier do not work at worldvision.de #1523
• [Other] AdGuard fails at pinning test on pinning-test.badssl.com #1526
• [Other] Validation errors on RegEx entries #1544

Updated DnsLibs to v1.7.4

• [Other] Started using NativeLibsCommon in DnsLibs #128

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7.8

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

We once again reviewed GitHub repo and realized that we had been working for almost six months on version 7.7. And less than two months on version 7.8. Yes, there were fewer tasks in this version, but we did a good job on improving everything: Browsing Security, network drivers, CoreLibs and DNSLibs, other minor features, and – hopefully – your user experience.

[Enhancement] Browsing Security

Browsing Security is a module that blocks requests to malicious and phishing websites. You might have seen a nice looking banner caringly stating "AdGuard has blocked access to this page": that's what Browsing Security does. Now it's working a way better: requests for information about malicious domains are not sent to a server, but to a periodically updated database stored locally on your computer. This is faster and safer.

[Enhancement] WFP and TDI network drivers

We've also updated and enhanced our network drivers for Windows – WFP and TDI. Both have been helpful, among other things, to improve compatibility with other applications.

Other good stuff

And of course, there is no release without updating CoreLibs, our main filtering engine, and DNSLibs. Meet their new versions: more flexible, more powerful.
As always: minor bugs have been fixed.
As always: perfection has no limits.

Hope that your holidays will be safer with AdGuard.

Changelog

• [Enhancement] 360 browser has been added to the list of apps filtered by default #4018
• [Fixed] Browser assistant is still available after the license expires #4020
• [Fixed] Update info is incorrect after manual update #3997
• [Fixed] QUIC requests are blocked and shown as TCP when app is excluded from filtering
• [Fixed] Different type of dialog window opens when adding a custom DNS server
• [Fixed] Right click on the tray menu icon opens the main window #3908
• [Fixed] AdGuard defines the Chromium browser as the Sidekick browser #4008
• [Fixed] AdGuard crashes when trying to use an occupied port in proxy mode
• [Fixed] Once a custom DNS server is added, in some cases it remains inactive #4042
• [Fixed] The filter is not displayed in the filtering log when its rule is applied #3992
• [Fixed] Bandizip is not filtered #3334
• [Other] Add handling of adguard:add_dns_server URLs

Updated CoreLibs to v1.8.274

• [Enhancement] QUIC SNI decoder logic #1554
• [Fixed] The rule @@*$network,app=chrome.exe causes AdGuard to crash #4015
• [Fixed] Failed to install a custom filter list with #include directive #1553
• [Other] Support Safebrowsing V2 in the new version of CoreLibs

Updated DnsLibs to v1.6.71

• [Fixed] Crash when parsing an invalid SDNS stamp #127

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7.7.2

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

We’ve come a long way through bugs thorns to the stars and finally reached the finish line (we hope so!) Many apologies for the last few versions of AdGuard for Windows: they had to be really good, but something went wrong. In one week since the last release, with your help we have found and fixed several disappointing flaws, as well as bugs in the application drivers, which turned out to be the main issue of v7.7.1. And of course we’ve updated CoreLibs — it couldn't happen any other way!

Changelog

• [Fixed] Driver installation failed on v7.7.1 #3986
• [Fixed] New tab in Edge is broken when AdGuard is on #1541
• [Other] Update CoreLibs to v1.8.240 #3996

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7.7.1

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

Unfortunately, the larger the update, the more the risk of letting some bugs through. The latest release of AdGuard for Windows exposed several of those so we’re ready with a hotfix. Thanks to all users who sent reports to us — it wouldn’t be possible without your help! As a result, we fixed the bugs that some of you had encountered. For instance, we fixed a network filtering bug that prevented the application from working correctly. We also solved the problem with incorrect work of the tray menu icon. In addition, we slightly redesigned the “Advanced settings” block for easier navigation.

Changelog

• [Enhancement] Advanced settings redesign
• [Enhancement] “Disable IP” and “Fallback” text fields become inactive when no input is required
• [Fixed] Clicking the desktop icon doesn’t open AdGuard UI #3956
• [Fixed] "Launch AdGuard at system start-up" doesn't work correctly #3968
• [Fixed] Right click on the tray menu icon opens the main window #3908
• [Fixed] Service stops with a "Network filtering is absent" error
• [Fixed] Downloads slow down if the server uses HTTP/2 #1533
• [Fixed] “Adguard Service” causes ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH on some sites in Chrome #1537
• [Other] Upgraded CoreLibs to v1.8.227
• [Other] Upgraded DnsLibs to v1.6.58

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7.7

Disclaimer AdGuard for Windows is not an open-source project. We use Github as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

One beta and two RCs — and here comes AdGuard v7.7 for Windows! This time we didn't encounter significant difficulties on our way to the release stage, so the development cycle turned out to be fast. Hope you'll enjoy the way the new version of AdGuard for Windows works, meanwhile we'll keep moving to the top — v8.0.

The main focus of this release was to fix bugs and improve user experience. We performed tough tests and were unable to crash the app! But you can surely fix it, right? 🙂

For starters, we implemented low-level DNS settings, added the Finnish language and updated other translations.

There are not many significant changes in this version but we’ve put our energy into something no less important. We updated CoreLibs and DNSLibs, fixed various issues along the way, and did some magic with the filtering log to make it more user-friendly.

[Enhancement] Added low-level DNS settings

There is a new section named Blocking mode for DNS in low-level settings. Now you can select the response type if you've requested a DNS domain blocked by a DNS filtering rule. There are three response types to choose from.

Besides, settings with fallback servers were modified. In the previous v7.6.1 there was a simple option Enable DNS Fallback. Now users not only can enable it, but also select whether they want to use the system or custom fallback DNS. By the way, you can add several fallback servers at once.

And finally, there are DNS exclusions — domains in this list will be resolved through the system DNS.

Changelog

• [Fixed] Cannot install CA certificate when "Use Unicode UTF-8 (beta)" is enabled in Windows settings #3763
• [Fixed] Parental control can be bypassed with AdGuard Browser Assistant #3815
• [Fixed] Conflict with Sophos Endpoint Security and Control #3791
• [Fixed] Filters don't update if the Default update interval is set #3825
• [Fixed] Opening extra window with a Chinese language proposition while selecting Czech language #3877
• [Fixed] Filtering completely stops working for some time #3880
• [Fixed] The rule must be disabled after adding the comment symbol ! but it still exists #3766
• [Fixed] Ctrl-Shift-Z is not working in Filter Editor #3756
• [Fixed] DNS requests don't reach client server after update #3757
• [Fixed] ExtendedCSS misbehaves on images.google.com #135
• [Enhancement] Finnish translations are missing yet they've been 100% completed for a long time #3898
• [Enhancement] Compatibility with the Cent Browser #3342
• [Enhancement] Added Sidekick to the list of default browsers #3769
• [Enhancement] Make items in the tray menu inactive when we AdGuard's license is not activated #3817
• [Enhancement] Change tooltips in filters editor to multiline #3870
• [Enhancement] Updated translations
• [Other] Unable to activate the app if the old license is outdated #3811
• [Other] Browser assistant async #3824
• [Other] New tray icons for AdGuard

Updated CoreLibs to v1.8.199

• [Fixed] Some :xpath rules do not work #1479
• [Fixed] Allow to apply $removeparam rules to all resources #1492
• [Fixed] Rule with $important modifier should have higher priority than rule with $all modifier #1440
• [Fixed] Browser Assistant can’t view website’s original security certificate #1422
• [Fixed] CSS rules with url shouldn't be allowed #1431
• [Fixed] blockchain.com is broken #1411
• [Fixed] dsp-wiki.com is broken #1420
• [Fixed] hepsiburada.com - HTTPS filtering issue #1406
• [Fixed] hydrogenaud.io is broken in Firefox #1361
• [Fixed] scarlet.be - page cannot be loaded completely #1424
• [Fixed] superonline.net is broken #1413
• [Fixed] CL reports incorrect errors on duplicate rules like /ads_google_ #1517
• [Enhancement] Added an option to send Global Privacy Control's Do Not Sell signal to Stealth Mode #1451
• [Enhancement] Added $denyallow modifier #1304
• [Enhancement] Added $redirect-rule modifier #1303
• [Enhancement] Added $removeheader modifier #1427
• [Enhancement] Added $specifichide modifier #1166
• [Enhancement] Add full regex support for $network rules #1394
• [Enhancement] Allow *## cosmetic rules #1437
• [Enhancement] Rules with $ in path don't work #161
• [Enhancement] Add SNI scanning option for QUIC #1467
• [Enhancement] Figure out why some rules haven't been parsed successfully #1472
• [Other] Cannot load joongang.co.kr #1509
• [Other] Improve invalid CA cert or key detection #1455

Updated DnsLibs to v1.6.52

• [Fixed] SERVFAIL/timeout issue on iOS #108
• [Fixed] Increase DNS timeout for DnsProxy.testUpstream #112
• [Enhancement] Upgrade to QUIC version 1 #111
• [Enhancement] Truncate reply to size expected by client #103

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