Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Filter list downloads require HTTPS now · 2019-05-24 04:00 by Manish Jethani

Starting with Adblock Plus 3.6 for Chrome, Firefox and Opera (and development builds as of 3.5.2.2320), the extension will no longer download filter lists over unencrypted HTTP (core#5). Any existing subscriptions with http:// URLs will stop syncing. If you are a filter list maintainer affected by this change, you can migrate any of your current subscribers over in a few simple steps.

Removed support for the $collapse and $object-subrequest filter options · 2019-05-15 04:00 by Sebastian Noack

Starting with Adblock Plus 3.6 (and development builds as of 3.5.2.2320), filters using the $collapse or $object-subrequest filter options will become invalid and have no effect. We advise filter list authors to update their filter lists, removing any $collapse filter option and replacing any $object-subrequest filter option with the $object filter option.

Adblock Plus 2.0.6 for Safari released · 2019-05-13 15:02 by Dean Murphy

Install Adblock Plus for Safari 2.0.6

In this update we have updated the filter lists.

Changes

Updated filter lists

Firefox bug disabled all add-ons - including Adblock Plus · 2019-05-04 10:38 by Laura Dornheim

Since late Friday night, an expired certificate caused all add-ons on Firefox to be disabled.
With Adblock Plus being one of the favorite add-ons for users world-wide, this hits us hard. But we have absolute confidence in the open source community behind Firefox to get this fixed as soon as possible!

Adblock Plus 2.0.5 for Safari released · 2019-04-23 11:59 by Dean Murphy

ABP for Safari Update 2.0.5
Install Adblock Plus for Safari 2.0.5

In this update we have improved the speed and performance issues that were affecting some websites.

Changes

Performance improvements and bug fixes for filter lists

Vulnerability? Fixed! · 2019-04-20 10:22 by Laura Dornheim

Adblock Plus 3.5.2 for Chrome, Firefox and Opera released · 2019-04-20 00:00 by Manish Jethani

Install Adblock Plus 3.5.2 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 3.5.2 for Firefox
Install Adblock Plus 3.5.2 for Opera

Changes

The $rewrite filter option now works for internal redirects only (core#4).
Worked around an issue due to missing browser.storage.onChanged events in Firefox 66 (Firefox bug #1541449) causing the options page to not respond to some preference changes (issue 7430).

Potential vulnerability through the URL rewrite filter option · 2019-04-15 21:58 by Laura Dornheim

Hours ago we were made aware that the rewrite-option that we provide for filter list authors can potentially be abused to execute third-party code on a website.

We are taking this very seriously and are currently investigating the actual risk for our users to determine the best countermeasure.

Adblock Plus 3.5.1 for Chrome, Firefox and Opera released · 2019-04-04 01:00 by Andrea Giammarchi

Install Adblock Plus 3.5.1 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 3.5.1 for Firefox
Install Adblock Plus 3.5.1 for Opera

Changes

Added strip-fetch-query-parameter snippet to exclude undesired query string parameters from fetch operations (issue 7294).
The abort-current-inline-script snippet now works with properties that are functions (issue 7356).
The abort-on-property-read, abort-on-property-write and abort-current-inline-script snippets now work with sub-properties (issue 7236).
Fixed whitelisting of content within <iframe srcdoc> elements (issue 7305).

New Release Adblock Plus 3.5: Making blocking 5x faster! · 2019-03-13 12:00 by Laura Dornheim

Adblock Plus has been helping to improve the web for users since 2007, giving you more control over your internet experience, and creating a better and sustainable online environment. The new release of Adblock Plus 3.5 brings with it serious improvements and advantages. In addition to the already fast and battle-tested ad-blocking capabilities of our previous release, one of the most valuable improvements for users is that the new version uses up to 60 percent less CPU, or Central Processing Units. That means that less of your computer’s processing capabilities are needed for blocking ads, resulting in even more speed and surfing ease.