AdAway Alternatives for Windows

Popular Alternatives to AdAway for Windows. Explore 25+ Windows apps like AdAway, all suggested and ranked by the AlternativeTo user community.

An ad blocker that uses the hosts file. For Android, requires root. If your looking for more info about AdAway like screenshots, reviews and comments you should visit our info page about it. Below you find the best alternatives.

The list of alternatives was last updated: 10/22/2018 7:23:00 AM
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  • uBlock Origin

    A wide-spectrum efficient blocker. Which block ads, trackers and malware sites. Supports Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Thunderbird. Fast and lean, and as of 2017 still being actively improved. Forked from uBlock More than 12 million users. Including 3.8+ millions users on Firefox and 8.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Microsoft Edge Vivaldi Browser ... Chrome Safari Pale Moon Opera Chromium Firefox

    Lightweight 3rd-party filters Google Chrome extension Custom filters ... Customizable Element blocker Firefox extension Privacy focused Security focused Website whitelisting Add a feature

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    Basic mode. Popup user interface.
    Advanced-user mode. A point-and-click firewall which can be configured on a per-site basis.
    uBlock Origin is easy on the CPU
    On average, uBlock Origin does make your browser run leaner
    Advanced-user mode. A point-and-click firewall which can be configured on a per-site basis.

  • Adblock Plus

    Adblock Plus is a free extension that allows you to - among other things - block annoying ads, disable tracking and block domains known to spread malware. Available for Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Opera, Safari and Yandex, Adblock Plus uses filters that you choose to block all unwanted elements. Adblock Browser , a mobile web browser with Adblock Plus built-in, is also available for Android and iOS.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux iPhone Chrome OS ... BSD iPad Microsoft Edge Internet Explorer Vivaldi Browser Chrome Safari Yandex.Browser Opera Firefox

    Google Chrome extension Element blocker Firefox extension Google Drive integration ... Internet Explorer extension Microsoft Edge extension No Tracking Opera extension Safari extension Add a feature

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    Adding a filter
    Issue reporter
    Blocking an image ad
    Toolbar button
    Adding a filter subscription
    List of blockable items

  • uMatrix

    Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc. uMatrix: A point-and-click matrix-based firewall, with many privacy-enhancing tools. uMatrix put you in full control of where your browser is allowed to connect, what type of data it is allowed to download, and what it is allowed to execute. Nobody else decides for you: You choose. You are in full control of your privacy.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome Opera ... Chromium Firefox

    Browser based Google Chrome extension Firefox extension Opera extension ... Outbound firewall Timer for clearing cache Using public domain lists Add a feature

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  • uBlock

    Enjoy a faster, cleaner web. uBlock enhances your browsing experience, efficiently blocking any clutter and overhead disturbing your experience. Built for performance, uBlock is also potent and effective — from built-in ad-blocking and privacy-protection filter lists and the ability to add your own to advanced Dynamic Filtering.

    • Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, v0.9.5.2, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Chrome OS ... Chrome Safari Opera Chromium Firefox

    Built-in Ad-blocker Google Chrome extension Firefox extension Opera extension ... Safari extension Unattended installation Add a feature

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  • Adguard

    Adguard is an unique internet filter that removes ads, ad-trackers and blocks websites with viruses & malware.

    Freemium Mac Windows iPhone Chrome OS Vivaldi Browser ... Chrome Safari Yandex.Browser Opera Firefox

    No features added Add a feature

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  • Bluhell Firewall

    Lightweight Ad-Blocker and Privacy Protector for Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. All we know the availability of popular AdBlockers lying around... but frankly, these are too bloated with several features and options which most of us don't use beyond the defaults. So, this extension was made for those of us who don't care about all that stuff but does about just getting rid of all the nasty resources being loaded by websites.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Thunderbird ... Firefox

    Firefox extension Add a feature

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  • Ad Muncher

    Ad Muncher is a powerful advert and popup blocking system for all browsers and advert-displaying programs like Pando, SopCast, ICQ, Morpheus, Kazaa, Grokster, Opera, PalTalk, iMesh, Bearshare, LimeWire, TVAnts. Ad Muncher can be configured to block anything that annoys Music and sound; Colorful scroll bars; Self-bookmarking; Automatic page reloading; Customized bookmark and address bar icons; Interference with mouse clicks.

    Free Windows

    No features added Add a feature

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  • AdBlocker Ultimate

    AdBlocker Ultimate is a cross-browser ad-blocker. FEATURES - Completely free - Block ALL ads - no whitelisted ads/websites - Block tracking and malware domains

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Microsoft Edge Chrome Safari ... Yandex.Browser Opera GitHub Firefox

    Ad-free Add a feature

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  • Adblock Fast

    Just as webpages grew bloated with ads, so too have ad blockers grown bloated with little-used filtering rules and features that sap their would-be speed and hog your computer or device’s disk space, CPU cycles, and memory. Adblock Fast runs a mere 7 optimized filtering rules to accelerate pages 8x more but consume 6x less system resources than other ad blockers do.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux iPhone iPad ... Chrome Safari Opera

    Google Chrome extension Opera extension Safari extension Add a feature

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  • AdFender

    State-of-the-Art Ad Blocking Technology for home and business from AdFender. AdFender provides the most comprehensive, easy-to-use ad-blocking software that can... Block ads in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Avant, K-Meleon, Maxthon, Lunascape, Epic and more Save bandwidth Speed up web browsing Protect online privacy Delete browsing history (IE) Remove tracking cookies (IE)

    Free Windows Internet Explorer Chrome Safari K-Meleon ... Maxthon Epic Browser Lunascape Avant Browser Opera Firefox

    No features added Add a feature

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  • Bad Ad Johnny

    An ad-blocker with a personality – Bad Ad Johnny – stops annoying ads, fights malware & dodges trackers. Taken from Chrome store > I am best at: Stopping Ads Fighting Malware Dodging Trackers Speeding up your browsing I DO NOT believe in acceptable ads. I DO NOT shake hands with publishers under the table and let some ads slide.

    Free Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS ... Chrome Chrome Web Store

    Google Chrome extension Add a feature

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  • Facebook AdBlock for Chrome

    Facebook AdBlock for Chrome enhances your user experience. Your Facebook user experience is not interrupted by companies trying to sell you things or make you install useless games. Users using the Facebook AdBlock extension are saving more than 30% of their time during surfing over the Facebook. Begin saving your time as well - take all ads out of your Facebook!

    Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome Yandex.Browser

    Google Chrome extension Facebook integration Add a feature

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  • Karma Blocker

    Karma Blocker is a lightweight ad blocker which is directed towards the more technically advanced users and gives great flexibility to block elements with its custom rules. It uses a Karma (or score) based weighting of objects, similar to popular spam filtering solutions like SpamAssasin.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Firefox

    Firefox extension Add a feature

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  • CatBlock

    In 2014, Michael Gundlach (the creator of the AdBlock extension) discontinued his pay-monthly "CatBlock" extension, that let users replace ads online with cats (or any other image from Flickr). As he open-sourced the code, a few contributors to the project decided to fork the code and continue maintenance of the extension.

    Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Microsoft Edge Chrome ... Safari Opera Opera Next

    Google Chrome extension Flickr integration Microsoft Edge extension Opera extension ... Safari extension Add a feature

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  • Better Pop Up Blocker

    Better Pop Up Blocker improves the default pop up blockers for Google Chrome and Apple Safari by blocking pop up windows opened by javascript, & other annoyances like alert, prompt, and confirm boxes. These popups often occur when you simply click on what looks like blank space or text that shouldn't do anything, let alone annoy you with a pop up window.

    Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome

    No features added Add a feature

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  • Domain Whitelist

    Ultimate blocker which says no to every network packet until you explicitly allow it. By default Domain Whitelist blocks everything. Everything, really. It's up to you to build your very customized whitelist of domains you trust. Everything else is blocked and well kept out of your browser. It's AdBlock the other way around, completely. - Hide ads - by blocking advertisement domains you're free of the most of those pervasive ads.

    Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS Chrome

    Google Chrome extension Add a feature

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  • Stands

    Change the way you experience the web and stand up for what you believe in: Block ads and online trackers for much cleaner and private browsing. Let just a few ads appear on every site - and the ads will also sponsor the charity you choose to support. # KEY BENEFITS # · Block the most annoying ads, including: autoplay video ads, youtube ads, expanding ads, interstitial page ads, overlay ads. · Block pop-up ads and pop-unders no matter where you click on the page.

    Free Mac Windows Linux Chrome

    Google Chrome extension Add a feature

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  • Quero AdBlock IE

    Quero AdBlock IE XML is an InPrivate Filtering XML-based Ad Blocker for Internet Explorer 8 and Quero AdBlock IE TPL is an ad blocking Tracking Protection List (TPL) for Internet Explorer 9. Both are based on the Adblock Plus EasyList. These methods are additions to Quero's IE9 Flash Hider and can also be used without any add-ons.

    Free Windows Internet Explorer

    Ad-free Internet Explorer extension Add a feature

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  • Adblock Cyceam

    Earn extra money while browsing online! Get rid of ads, and optionally tip your favorite sites. • Earn extra money while browsing online! • Get rid of ads, malware and trackers! • Optionally tip your favorite sites! Cyceam removes ads except ones which pay you to see them. You can also select to browse totally ad-free. Cyceam efficiently removes malware, pop-ups and trackers as well, to speed up your browsing and protect your privacy.

    • Discontinued No recent updates and website is down.

    Free Mac Windows Linux Android Chrome ... Opera Chromium Firefox

    No features added Add a feature

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