AdGuardについて

Who we are?

We are the team of experienced specialists from Adguard Software Limited — an IT company that develops a range of AdGuard software products for internet filtering. We are not just creators of AdGuard, but rather jedi of the light side of the Internet.

What we do

To date, we have made a real breakthrough in the field of internet advertising blocking. Our flagship product AdGuard enjoys wide popularity — we help millions of regular users worldwide. Considering the wishes of our customers, we are constantly engaged in improving our products, and therefore developed a whole range of software, which includes a multifunctional AdGuard ad blocking desktop programs, mobile apps and browser extensions. Our solutions are not just an ad blocker; they protect from online threats, prevent tracking, and filter obscene materials. This comprehensive approach provides high-quality filtering, making AdGuard an essential tool for every internet user. Our mission is to make our users' web surfing most comfortable and safe.

AdGuardのクロニクル

Kommunarka, Moscow Region

2009

The birth of AdGuard

AdGuard was founded. There were 3 people in the team and the office was in the one of the co-founder’s apartment. It was the year of searching and experiments.

ロゴの進化

2010

AdGuard was reworked from scratch. In October we released renewed version and opened our Forum. Thanks to that we got a huge user feedback that helped us a lot in future program development. Later that year AdGuard Assistant was created.

AdGuard 4.2.2

2011

Second total re-design in AdGuard history in version 5.0. The team is growing, AdGuard got the first proper office.

AdGuard拡張機能

2013

We understood that to compete with other ad blockers we need to be present in their field as well, so we developed free ad blocking browser extensions for Chrome and Opera.

Google kicked us out of their Play Store

2014

Extensions for Safari, Firefox and Yandex.Browser were next. In November we released second major product in AdGuard software range - our Android app. In just a week we were removed from Google Play, because.. well, we block Google’s ads. And by the end of the year AdGuard products reached 5 million users around the world.

AdGuard for Mac OS

2015

Major release in April added AdGuard for Mac to our software products. In October that year other Apple users got their app - AdGuard for iOS was added to App Store. We also created Stealth mode extension (yes, it’s ours) that later was turned into Stealth mode module in AdGuard for Windows. And another important step was to reflect all our development processes on GitHub. We became more transparent than ever and users really helped us by reporting issues and suggesting new features.

AdGuard on Webit

2016

Third ultimate makeover of Windows program. We released AdGuard 6. which concept design (more or less) you can see now in the current versions. AdGuard won at Webit Festival Europe as the best startup. We released the first version of AdGuard DNS (still working on this), and then AdGuard Content Blocker (limited functionality blocker for Android, works in Samsung and Yandex mobile browsers). In September we released the premium version of iOS app - AdGuard Pro.

AdGuardウェブサイト

2017

We developed AdGuard for Edge extension and added it to the Microsoft Store. Our website is fully redesigned. It finally represents all our products properly, is adaptive for mobile devices and is simply good-looking and user-friendly :) There are around 40 people in the team.

2018

2018年の最も重要な変更は、CoreLibsでした。これは、すべてのAdGuard製品の新しいクロスプラットフォームエンジンです。広告ブロックとの闘いはすべての「分野」で行われていますが、CoreLibsのおかげで、AdGuardは再び一歩先を行くことができました。

2018年に、Nightly buildsのリリース（AdGuardの「生」バージョン）を開始しました。このように、私たちの飽きのこないテスターは厄介なバグの最初の波に対応するので、普通のユーザーはプログラムの最も安定したバージョンを手に入れることができます。

そして年末には、AdGuard HomeとAdGuard DNSの2つの強力な製品をリリースしました。これは、自宅または職場のネットワーク上のすべてのデバイスをユーザーが完全に制御することへの最初のステップです。

2019

2019年のAdGuardの出来事をすべて短文でまとめるのはなかなか難しいものです。全製品の多数なアップデートをリリースしたり、新しいAdGuard for Safariをローンチしたり、さらにiOS用AdGuard Proを復活させたりしました。

プライバシーも相変わらず最優先でした。私たちは、Webサイトに2FAを導入し、ユーザーの個人情報を盗む偽広告ブロッカー拡張機能を曝しました。

さらに、ワークだけでなくプレイなハプニングもありました！AdGuard10周年を祝い、Ad Blocker Dev Summit(広告ブロッカー開発者サミット)に他の多くの主要な業界プレーヤーとともに参加しました。

2020

We improve and develop our applications, while striving to make them more beautiful and easier to use. We are preparing new research, we are dissecting the next threats to security, privacy and effective web surfing. And we thank every user of AdGuard: thank you for being with us, motivating us and helping us!

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