Ad blocking tool, Adguard will soon hit version 6.0, the developers announced this a month ago.

The application is currently in beta test, and we decided to give it a whirl.

Here’s what the new version brings:

First of all, the app now has a new UI, and I must say, it is refreshingly pleasant. Although I did find the older UI to be good, it isn’t as good as the newer one.

Adguard 6 comes with a Privacy protection mode, which the company terms as Stealth mode. And this mode comes with a plethora of options ranging from blocking cookies, to hiding search queries, and more.

There are a slew of new features to Adguard’s [...]

Ad-blocking application, Adguard, is now available for Mac devices.

The developers announced the news on the product’s official website.

Online ads can be annoying, they consume precious data (aka bandwidth), and also slows down the speed at which your browser loads webpages. Advertisements can also be dangerous, and can be exploited and embedded with malicious content which steal personal information and other data.

An annoying issue with common ad-blockers are that they are basically just browser add-ons, and hence do not block ads in other apps on your system. Also, not all ad-blocking add-ons are available for all browsers. So, if you have [...]