AdGuard nominated as Best Security App

Brief summary: while hardening AdGuard’s crypto-jacking protection, we discovered four involved popular websites (mostly streaming) with an aggregated audience of almost a billion people.

We have already told you in our blog (part 1, part 2, part 3) about the problem of stealth mining (the so-called "cryptojacking"), but this story is not going to end. Just two(!) months after its first launch, this technology has been used on thousands of websites with a total estimated traffic of a billion(!) monthly visits. Now, after an additional three weeks have passed, we must regretfully report that cryptomining has soared to even greater heights.

Ad blockers were first to respond to this new menace and implement protection against mining on websites. Thanks to the popularity of ad blockers, a significant portion of Internet users received the necessary protection in a very timely manner. Naturally, "crypto-jackers" are not pleased with this counteraction.

What a beautiful season it is! The anticipation of holidays, family time and celebration atmosphere. We hope you already have a festive mood. If not, we will try to fix it right away.

Now, holidays are coming, and it is the perfect time to give presents to the loved ones. And hey, we at AdGuard love our users! So we have prepared a cool giveaway for you and discounts for lifetime keys.