AdAway Alternatives for Windows

    AdAway is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is AdGuard, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to AdAway and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to AdAway are uMatrix (Free, Open Source), Disconnect (Paid, Open Source), NextDNS (Freemium) and Hosts by Steven Black (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Sep 9, 2021

    1. AdGuard

      • Freemium • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Chrome OS
      • Android Tablet
      • iPad
      • Vivaldi Browser
      • Google Chrome
      • Safari
      • Yandex.Browser
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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      AdGuard is the best way to get rid of intrusive ads and online tracking, and to protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing faster, safer and more comfortable with AdGuard!.
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      Most users think AdGuard is a great alternative to AdAway.
    2. 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.

      Discontinued

      The repository has been archived and the development has been stopped. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291

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    4. Disconnect was founded in 2011 by former Google engineers and a consumer- and privacy-rights attorney. We develop award-winning, user-friendly privacy and security software in San Francisco, California.
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    5. NextDNS

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Chrome OS
      • iPad
      • UC Browser
      • Vivaldi Browser
      • Google Chrome
      • Safari
      • Yandex.Browser
      • Software as a Service (SaaS)
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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      Block ads, trackers and malicious websites on all your devices. Get in-depth analytics about your Internet traffic. Protect your privacy and bypass censorship. Shield your kids from adult content.
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    6. Extending and consolidating hosts files from several well-curated sources like adaway.org, mvps.org, malwaredomainlist.com, someonewhocares.org, and potentially others. You can optionally invoke extensions to block additional sites by category.
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    8. Lightweight Ad-Blocker and Privacy Protector for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome .

    9. Ad Muncher

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Windows
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      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.
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    10. This Energized System is designed to be available for all OSs, systems. gets a list of domains that serve ads, tracking scripts and malware from multiple reputable sources and creates a hosts file that prevents your system from connecting to them.
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    11. AdBlocker Ultimate

      • Freemium • Open Source
      • Windows
      • Microsoft Edge
      • Google Chrome
      • Yandex.Browser
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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      AdBlocker Ultimate is a cross-browser ad-blocker. FEATURES - Completely free - Block ALL ads - no whitelisted ads/websites - Block tracking and malware domains
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    12. Popup blocker script

      • Free • Proprietary
      • Windows
      • Tampermonkey
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        The most efficient user script for blocking popups of all types. Designed to fight the sneakiest popups including the ones on adult and streaming websites.
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