Adblock Plus For Firefox

Adblock Plus is a Firefox, Google Chrome, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird extension that attempts to block banners and ads on websites.

By default it includes the EasyList filter, which covers almost any annoying ad from popular websites. However, it also features lots of other filters, or you can create your own filter.

Adblock Plus is a free add-on designed to work with Mozilla Firefox 16.0 or later, Firefox for Android 16.0 - 27.0, SeaMonkey 2.13 or later, Mozilla Thunderbird 16.0 or later, as well as with the Google Chrome. web browser.

What is new in this release:

• suppress_first_run_page preference introduced by previous release can now be preconfigured by machine administrators via setting extensions.adblockplus.preconfigured.suppress_first_run_page Firefox preference.
• Issue reporter: Made sure there is always enough space to display report data.
• Issue reporter: No longer intercepting right-clicks on the resulting report link, only left- and middle-clicks result in the report being opened.
• Implemented an alternative format for subscription links that is easier to use in forums or emails: https://subscribe.adblockplus.org/?location=foo instead of abp:subscribe?location=foo.
• Fixed subscription links in multi-process Firefox
• Added global opt-out for notifications.
• Notifications are shown immediately after download rather than waiting for a browser restart.
• Removed inconsistent behavior (breaks backwards compatibility): exception rules starting with http:// or https:// no longer imply $document option.
• Reduced the initial delay for filter lists and notification updates after browser startup.
• First-run page: Fixed social buttons being broken starting with Firefox 38.

What is new in version 2.4.1:

• Added support for the upcoming Firefox Australis theme.
• Default icon location is the navigation toolbar again (add-on bar is going away).
• Fixed image preview in the list of blockable items.
• Fixed keyboard shortcut on Mac OS X (Control key was used instead of Command).
• Fixed: Changes to Adblock Plus options didn't always persist.

What is new in version 2.4:

• Improved first-run page
• Fixed: Adblock Plus icon wasn't showing up on browser startup for some users
• Fixed: Redirect blocking wasn't working in current Firefox versions
• Fixed: Issue reporter fails to process some console errors
• Fixed: Adblock Plus fails to start up when updating in current Firefox nightly builds (workaround for bug 924340)

What is new in version 2.3.2:

• Fixed an issue in the emergency notification mechanism introduced in previous release.

What is new in version 2.3.1:

• Improved filter list downloads (https://adblockplus.org/blog/simplifying-subscription-downloads-module).
• Implemented filter forward-compatibility proposal (https://adblockplus.org/blog/forward-compatibility-of-filters).
• Implemented an emergency notification mechanism that can be used to communicate important issues.

What is new in version 2.3:

• Removed typo correction feature
• Better localization approach
• Worked around a Firefox Mobile bug, selecting filter subscription is possible again
• Fixed issue reporter breakage in current Firefox nightlies

What is new in version 2.2.4:

• Fixed: Server names with a trailing dot were mistakenly treated as typos.
• Fixed a Firefox 22 compatibility issue (no colors/imaages in filters list and list of blockable items).

What is new in version 2.2.3:

• This release mostly works around breakage caused by AVG Security Toolbar 14.0.3.* extension, it prevented Adblock Plus from working correctly among other things.

What is new in version 2.2.2:

• Worked around regression in Firefox 18 causing entries on the blockable items list to disappear and preventing context menu from working reliably.
• Issue reporter now encourages users to enter an email address when submitting issue reports.
• Removed Do-Not-Track handling which is redundant with Firefox supporting it as well (blog post).
• Added support for per-window private browsing in Firefox 20.
• Fixed: Changes in Firefox 19 broke issue reporter.
• Fixed: "null" access keys show up in Firefox 20.
• Fixed: Context menu broken on background images in Firefox 20.

What is new in version 2.2.1:

• Fixed issue affecting loading of filters in old Firefox version (including Firefox 10).
• Fixed wrong apostrophe encoding in translations (especially Italian).

Requirements:

• Mozilla Firefox