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Filter lists are an interesting element to the online game that some people may not know a great deal about. This is unfortunate, as they can help users have the internet experience they really want to have.

We’re back with a new release! In ABP 3.7, you’ll notice several user interface (UI) updates and overall under the hood improvements, notably increased CPU (Central Processing Unit) performance.

Install Adblock Plus 3.7 for Chrome Install Adblock Plus 3.7 for Firefox Install Adblock Plus 3.7 for Opera This release includes various improvements for the settings page and the extension popup. It also drops support for legacy browsers such ... [More] as Chrome 51 or Opera 38 and below, plus it fixes notifications for Opera browser. Overall improvements Settings page Improved filters list management (ui#438). It is now possible to rate our extension (ui#370). Added link to help center (ui#276). Users can now provide feedback to us on Acceptable Ads when they opt-out (ui#375). Added button to the settings page to select from a list of recommended filter lists (ui#129). Popup Enabling/disabling ad blocking on a website can now be undone without having to close the icon popup or refresh the page (ui#3). Notifications can now bring you directly to the settings page (webext#34). Issue reporter Added option for attaching further information to issue reports (ui#152). Other improvements Added new page to show new users what else they can do with Adblock Plus (ui#378). Optimized existing font and added fonts for Arabic and Thai languages (ui#115). Other changes Dropped support for Chrome 51 (respectively Opera 38) and below (webext#56, webext#81). Opera-only changes Fixed: Links in notifications did not work on Opera (webext#60). [Less]

Install Adblock Plus 3.6.3 for Chrome Install Adblock Plus 3.6.3 for Firefox Install Adblock Plus 3.6.3 for Opera Changes Improved performance of snippet hide-if-contains-image-hash (core#55, core#62).

Install Adblock Plus 3.6.2 for Chrome Install Adblock Plus 3.6.2 for Firefox Install Adblock Plus 3.6.2 for Opera Changes Added the snippet hide-if-contains-image-hash (issue 7187). Fixed: The snippet abort-on-property-read couldn’t be used on DOM APIs (core#41).

Install Adblock Plus 3.6.1 for Chrome Install Adblock Plus 3.6.1 for Firefox Install Adblock Plus 3.6.1 for Opera Changes Improved performance of the hide-if-contains-visible-text snippet (core#32). Fixed: The ABP Anti-circumvention filter list was not loaded properly (core#45).

This release features several all-around UI improvements, fixes and updates to ABP filters, and other minor behind-the-scenes changes.

Install Adblock Plus 3.6 for Chrome Install Adblock Plus 3.6 for Firefox Install Adblock Plus 3.6 for Opera This release includes various user interface improvements around managing custom filters, such as the ability to disable individual ... [More] filters, as well as further performance and stability improvements. It also removes support for the $collapse and $object-subrequest filter options as well as for filter lists that are served over unencrypted HTTP. User interface changes Settings page Replaced text area with table for managing custom filters (ui#15, ui#174). Removed unnecessary remove option from filter list menu (ui#238). Sort whitelisted websites alphabetically (ui#240). Fixed: Copyright year in “About Adblock Plus” dialog refers to wrong year (ui#195). Fixed: Website menu item was missing for newly added filter lists (ui#237). Fixed: Link to Adblock Plus page on Weibo not shown for Chinese users (ui#412). Developer tools panel Open rewritten URLs in Resources panel (ui#192). Log element hiding exception rules (webext#4, issue 6428). Added translations (ui#77). Issue reporter Clarified inclusion of screenshot in issue reports for visually impaired users (ui#83). Fixed: Button disabled for closing page after sending the issue report (ui#245). First-run page: Made links more distinct from regular text (ui#250). Updated extension description (ui#258). Filter changes Snippet changes Allow wrapping of function properties in abort-on-property-* snippets (issue 7419). Added hide-if-contains-visible-text snippet (issue 7450). Fixed: Filter is being ignored on subsequent filter that uses abort-current-inline-script snippet (issue 7373). Fixed: strip-fetch-query-parameter snippet did not work in older browsers (issue 7407). Removed support for $collapse filter option (core#1). Removed support for $object-subrequest filter option (core#6). Added blank-mp4 resource for internal redirects (issue 7440). Fixed: :-abp-properties() does not work when tag name is specified (issue 7400). Fixed: :-abp-properties() does not work when selector in document ends in a combinator (issue 7428). Other changes Reject downloads over unencrypted HTTP (core#5). Firefox-only changes Fixed: Position of rectangles drawn on screenshot in issue reporter was offset (ui#251). [Less]

With all the hype about Chrome and their new Ad Filter, it’s important to ask what it really is, and also how it affects external ad blockers.

The IT company Confiant has reported in their current Q1 2019 Demand Quality Report that almost every hundredth ad impression that users see is infected with malvertising, and that the risk of infection is higher on the weekend and especially on ... [More] holidays. The basis for these numbers is the result of an analysis of over 100 billion ad impressions during the time period between Q4/2018 and Q1/2019. [Less]