AdguardTeam/AdguardForMac v2.17.0

2.17

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Disclaimer Adguard for Mac is not an open-source project. We use GitHub as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

In this release, we’ve made AdGuard more helpful by updating interactive blocking pages and stronger by adding post-quantum encryption — it’s a win-win.

New blocking pages

“Access blocked”: You may have already seen one of these screens if you’ve visited a phishing website or if a rule restricted access to a website. If you haven’t seen it yet, now is the time to get familiar with it and see what you can do on these screens.

If AdGuard blocks a website due to phishing concerns, but you’re sure it’s safe, you can let us know directly from the blocked page. You can also access our security check tool to get more details about the website.

A website blocked by a filtering rule? Just click Add this website to the allowlist and an unblocking rule will be generated automatically and added to User rules.

Post-quantum cryptography

When it comes to HTTPS filtering, it’s crucial that AdGuard encrypts your traffic just as securely as the app it’s filtering. That’s why we always stay up to date and keep pace with modern apps and browsers.

This time, we’ve added support for post-quantum cryptography. If the filtered app or browser uses the latest encryption methods, AdGuard will do the same, ensuring that even a quantum computer won’t be able to decrypt your traffic.

Updates for better filtering

No new release would be complete without updates to our filtering engines — DnsLibs and CoreLibs. And here’s a nice touch: language-specific filters now activate automatically based on your keyboard layout.

Changelog

Improvements

• Added the confirmation window after pressing Reset #1532
• Added Orion browser to the list of applications filtered by default #1513
• Enabled automatic selection of language-specific filters based on active keyboard layouts #1530

Fixes

• AdGuard icon in the Dock is still active after closing the certificate info in AdGuard Assistant #1533
• After updating or importing settings, the filters with empty metadata have empty titles #1550
• Network extension consumes more than 100% CPU on v2.17.0.1955 nightly #1560
• Userscript or userstyle not enabled after creation #1554
• Enabling Automatically filter applications causes a crash #1564
• Enabling Hide menu bar icon causes UI to disappear on macOS 15 after reopening the app #1565

CoreLibs (Filtering engine)

• CoreLibs updated to v1.17.157 #1577

Improvements

• Removed trust in GlobalTrust certificates #1883
• Enable post-quantum cryptography when it’s used by the filtered app #1916
• Implemented new blocking pages #1859
• Provided the ability to add userscripts without specifying a resource #1889
• Allowed HTTPS filtering with trusted self-signed certs #1890

Fixes

• “##+js(rmnt, #text, [...])” rule with non-ASCII UTF-8 characters is not converted #1946
• Error in content-script when $jsinject exception is applied #1960
• $network,app= rules with a large number of apps don’t work #1951
• The “Proceed anyway” button doesn’t work when a website is blocked by a rule with the $all modifier #1952
• Content script is not injected on www.huya.com #1897
• On certain websites, media playback is broken #1944
• Network filtering service does not start correctly #1462
• CoreLibs v1.17 blocks access to ota.googlezip.net #1963
• Access to function “GM_getValue” is not allowed #1905
• Upload speed is low #1943
• On reddit.com, URL parameters with %24 are not removed #1922
• Naver Smartstore instances cannot be accessed properly #1971
• Some React-based sites aren’t loaded correctly due to a Minified React error #1953

DnsLibs (DNS filtering engine)

• DnsLibs updated to v2.6.6 #1576

Improvements

• Added a public method for detecting upstream protocol #209

Fixes

• _matter._tcp.default.service.arpa request is not resolved locally #230

Scriptlets (JavaScript enhancement for filtering rules) updated to v2.1.7

Improvements

• prevent-addEventListener — added ability to match specific element #480
• trusted-click-element — check for containsText of all matched selectors #468
• Added new scriptlet prevent-canvas #451
• href-sanitizer — added ability to modify the value #460
• href-sanitizer — added base64 support #455
• prevent-fetch — set response.ok to false if response.type is opaque #441
• prevent-xhr — added missed events #414
• prevent-xhr — modified response #415
• remove-node-text — added an ability to remove text node of specified element #397
• set-cookie and set-local-storage-item — added values forbidden and forever #458
• trusted-replace-node-text — added trusted-types policy #457

Fixes

• json-prune — content of array was incorrectly removed #482
• trusted-click-element — element was removed and added again before it was clicked #391
• trusted-create-element — element is added on every DOM change #450
• trusted-set-cookie — cannot set cookie if name has __Secure- prefix #448
• Tests failing for trusted-set-cookie #453

UserscriptsWrapper updated to v2.0.1

How to install AdGuard for MAC

• Standalone build, release channel
• Standalone build, beta channel
• Standalone build, nightly channel