Adblock Plus and (a little) more

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.

Adblock Plus 3.5 for Chrome, Firefox and Opera released · 2019-03-13 04:00 by Manish Jethani

Install Adblock Plus 3.5 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 3.5 for Firefox
Install Adblock Plus 3.5 for Opera

This release comes with significant performance improvements, enhanced support for the $rewrite and $csp filter options, and a new Korean filter list.

Changes

Overall CPU usage is down by ~60% since the last release:
- Blocking of network requests is now 5 times as fast on average (issues 6994, 7003, 7052, 7089, 7208, 7209, 7232, 7245, 7250 and 7265).
- Generation of the CSS style sheet for a document is now more than 10 times as fast on average and more than 1,000 times as fast for domains not occurring in any of the user’s filter list subscriptions (i.e. most domains) (issues 6956, 6957, 6989, 6997, 6999 and 7244).
- Extension badge updates to indicate the number of ads blocked are now at least 5-10% more efficient (issues 7253 and 7257).
The $rewrite filter option can now take a value of the format abp-resource:<name> where <name> is the name of a built-in resource (issue 7067).
If there are multiple filters with the $csp option that match a URL, now all corresponding CSP headers are injected into the document (issues 7179 and 7243).
Added a new Korean filter list (issue 7235).
Fixed: Domain-based whitelisting did not work in data: URI frames (issue 6953).
Fixed: Element collapsing style sheets could linger after the frame was destroyed (issue 7104).
Fixed: Critical notification animation did not stop when dismissed (issue 7077).

Chrome/Opera-only changes

Stopped using Shadow DOM v0 on older versions of Chromium that do not support user style sheets (issue 6998).
Fixed: The “Block element” context menu option disappeared after initial use (issue 6948).

Firefox-only changes

Fixed: The “Block element” context menu option sometimes did not work on first use (issue 6493).
Fixed: The “Block element” option did not appear in the extension popup for some websites (issue 5938).

Adblock Plus for Samsung Internet 1.2.0 released · 2019-03-05 12:10 by Mario König

Install Adblock Plus for Samsung Internet 1.2.0

Changes

Added filter lists for Vietnamese, Polish, Portugese, Spanish, Korean, and Indian languages (Issue 31)
Fixed several in in-app strings (Issue 27)

We are proud to support the blocking community’s feedback to Chromium’s manifest V3 · 2019-02-20 17:41 by Job Plas

Over the past weeks, there has been an active discussion between developers regarding Chromium’s manifest V3. Much of the discussion focused around the restricting of the webRequestAPI as well as the new declarativeNetrequestAPI. These API’s have the biggest impact on security-, privacy-, ad- and content-blocking extensions.

Adblock Plus 2.0.4 for Safari released · 2019-02-19 09:57 by Dean Murphy

Install Adblock Plus 2.0.4 for Safari

In this update we have fixed the speed and performance issues that were present in the previous version.

Changes

Performance improvements and bug fixes for filter lists
Upgraded whitelist mechanism to work with new filter lists

Regarding recent news · 2019-01-24 17:30 by Tom Woolford

Adblock Plus responds to recent news coverage.

Adblock Plus 3.4.3 for Chrome, Firefox and Opera released · 2019-01-23 04:00 by Sebastian Noack

Install Adblock Plus 3.4.3 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 3.4.3 for Firefox
Install Adblock Plus 3.4.3 for Opera

Changes

Added the new abort-current-inline-script snippet for terminating inline scripts containing a given pattern (issue 7141).
Added the new abort-on-property-write snippet for terminating scripts that assign a value to a given property (issue 7207).
Changed name to “Adblock Plus – free ad blocker” (issue 7219).
Worked around an issue that caused Firefox to run out of memory and crash (issue 7210).
Provided the ABPIndo filter list to Malaysian users (issue 7158).

Taking up Mark's offer · 2019-01-14 16:59 by Job Plas

Last week Mark Zuckerberg wrote the following about his upcoming challenge for 2019:

My challenge for 2019 is to host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society — the opportunities, the challenges, the hopes, and the anxieties.

Well said, Mark. And yes, we totally agree with you. 2018 has been a pivotal year in tech, and we as an industry have to do everything in our power to win back the trust of the public by working on the right things. And we would love to participate in the dialogue.