The Internet is currently not just an entertainment platform, but also an incredible information space in which people literally live, chat with their friends and work. That's just the trend of recent years is such that many site owners prefer to earn by placing ads on them.
Sometimes its quantity is such that it becomes impossible to use the page normally, and yet it may contain some important or interesting information! In any case, this is what numerous reviews say. Adguard is the program that can help you solve this problem.
What it is?
This is a specialized application designed to cut ads. It blocks its loading, as a result of which you not only do not see a bunch of informational garbage, but also significantly save traffic. This is especially important when using a USB modem with a limited connection.
What do the reviews say about this? Adguard, judging by the statement of users, helps reduce the amount of information downloaded by one and a half to two times. If you use the Opera browser with the turbo mode turned on, then the traffic consumption can be reduced immediately by three times (and sometimes more).
Program Benefits
Firstly, we immediately decide on one moment. The fact is that the program is paid. It costs 150 rubles (within $ 5 for foreign buyers). To consider this a plus or minus is everyone's personal business, since money is in any case not serious. Now let's move on to discussing the positive aspects of the utility.
Firstly, Adguard is completely independent of the browser in which it is installed. What does it mean? To put it more simply, the recently popular extensions for Internet browsers (the famous AdBlock, for example) work only in the program where they were installed. In addition, there are versions far from all browsers.
Child protection
It is no secret that children should be protected from switching to "adult" versions of sites, as well as from visits to those pages that contain information that may be harmful to them. Advard is even suitable for this. Its developers regularly update the "black list" of harmful sites, which are blocked by the program.
Are there any reviews about this? Adguard, according to almost all the people who installed it, is an excellent means of protecting not only children, but also inexperienced users. So, when you try to switch to a potentially malicious program , an expressive warning appears written in red font, so that most novice users do not risk continuing to surf in this direction. Experienced users say that such a simple measure more than once saved the computers of their relatives from a complete reinstallation of the entire operating system.
Inexperienced users are glad that you can install one program, and then use any browser program (IE, Opera, Firefox). What else are the reviews talking about? Adguard is practically the only alternative for those users who, for some reason, prefer to use exotic browsers in their daily work. For them there is (and is unlikely to appear) a special version of Adblock.
They speak great of Adguard. Of course, modern antivirus programs can often cut
ad units from web pages, but this option may not always be present in the antivirus that you use, and it does not always work fully enough. Users say that in this case, up to 50% of the ad can remain on the page, and sometimes more.
Small appetites
If you use Firefox, then you probably know about a small negative feature of its extensions. Some of them have no optimization, and therefore, when the browser is running, they begin to consume a huge amount of RAM.
If you use Adguard, then nothing like this is observed. The application has a resident module that constantly hangs in the system tray, and the amount of consumed "RAM" does not exceed a couple of tens of megabytes.
Given the gluttony of modern browsers in this regard, this circumstance can be extremely important for people who still work on older computers. Since only 2 GB of RAM or less can be installed in them, they cannot afford to use any extensions that contribute to memory leaks.
Of course, the matter may not be at all in them, but an inexperienced person will certainly not have the time and opportunities to finally understand this issue.
Flash ad blocking
Unlike the same anti-virus programs, Advard can completely block all annoying ads based on the use of Flash technology. Given the number of vulnerabilities that are regularly discovered in it, this is extremely important.
So the Adguard program wins in this regard. Adblock, reviews of which are also good, has no such option. We have to additionally install Flashblock, which for inexperienced users can be problematic. In addition, there is not a version for every browser: it works great in Firefox and its replicas, but in Chrome it’s not so good.
Create your own rules
Finally, the Adguard program, which we are reviewing, allows you to create your own rule sets for specific sites. And you can do this by clicking on the objects that bother you a couple of times. This application compares favorably with antiviruses in which (if any) this option needs to be configured. Moreover, beginners obviously can’t cope with this.
Are there any negative reviews about the Adguard program? Yes, there are some.
Negative points
Firstly, users complain that the application installs a bunch of security certificates in the browser. This is far from convenient, as often this approach leads to the inability to access the site. Again, experienced users will surely be able to remove the most confusing ones, while for beginners this task can become simply impossible.
Is there a trial?
Very often, users complain that no trial period is available, and the program immediately asks for the key file during installation. Of course, as a result, the Adguard anti-banner, which we are reviewing, does not receive special recognition from users.
Technical support in this case is not particularly helpful. As practice shows, they simply advise to uninstall and reinstall the program. Again, even after this, activation problems may occur. This in no way adds credibility to the program.
The brakes ...
Developers strongly emphasize that the application does not complicate the loading of sites, does not increase ping. You can verify this on Adguard.com. Reviews are not so unanimous. Many users who are forced to access the Internet using a channel that is not too fast speak of a significant slowdown in browser performance.
In addition, some antiviruses are at odds with this application, and therefore sometimes give errors. Sometimes they lead to a restart of the "Explorer" or the antivirus application itself. And further. On the Internet you can find a bunch of reviews about how the program worked perfectly the entire demo period, and after it suddenly began to miss almost half of the ads.
Someone believes that this can happen due to some problems with activation, because of which the actual transition from the trial category does not occur. Technical support in this regard also cannot say anything intelligible.
And for what?
By the way, is it really necessary to support a couple of dozen browsers? Out of hundreds of ordinary users, only 3-4 can simultaneously run several types of Internet browsers. All others are content with one, the most tested and reliable. So isn’t it easier to install AddBlock than to buy its paid equivalent?
Many experienced users do just that.
conclusions
So what can we say when summing up? If you have weak Internet, and every megabyte counts, there is a sense in this application. For experienced users, it can be easier to configure once all the necessary plug-ins in the browser they use, so that later they do not return to this topic. In addition, if you have the necessary knowledge, you can simply activate the corresponding options in the antivirus software you use.
Many utilities of this class provide the corresponding options, and therefore it is not worth paying twice for the same thing. Here is what Adguard is. Reviews indicate a good functionality of this application, but also note the existence of high-quality and free analogues. In a word, the choice is yours!