2.19

Disclaimer Adguard for Mac is not an open-source project. We use GitHub as an open bug tracker for users to see what developers are working on.

We are presenting our latest release — AdGuard for Mac v2.19! This version offers an assortment of updates and reworkings, aimed in two main directions: security and usability.

We’ve implemented a new protection mechanism: AdGuard for Mac now uses cryptography to protect UserDefaults settings and userscripts. UserDefaults are encrypted with AES-GCM. Other types of data, including userscripts and filters, are protected by SHA256 checksums cryptography, with keys stored in the macOS Keychain. If a third-party app attempts to modify the configuration, AdGuard will detect it and alert you immediately.

Another security-focused feature is that AdGuard can now detect when a userscript compromises a website’s security. If that is the case, you will get a specific warning while trying to install it. This became possible after an important update to CoreLibs.

Concerning usability: we reworked the onboarding process for new users. We added new screens and details to create a smoother flow, making the app easier to understand and navigate.

We updated Scriptlets, DnsLibs, and UserscriptsWrapper as well, and fixed bugs for an overall better app performance.

Changelog

Improvements

• Added DuckDuckGo browser to the list of filtered apps #1628
• Trigger filter update when it gets enabled #1636
• UserDefaults protected with checksums
• Userscripts protected with checksums
• Added warning message about userscript requiring modifications of CSP on Mac

Fixes

• Issues in Atlas browser when AdGuard for Mac protection is enabled #2043
• Browser assistant state isn’t updated after AdGuard uninstallation #1659
• The Block Java message is triggering Cloudflare DDoS protection #1694
• AdGuard is not automatically pulling the latest version of AdGuard Assistant for a release build #1639
• UI tabs aren’t clickable, only icons are #1704
• Rules from the enabled filter migrate to the User rules filter #1158

CoreLibs (Filtering engine)

• Updated CoreLibs to v1.20.101

Improvements

• Local.adguard.org resolution does not leak after enabling protection #1854
• Use CRLite as alternative of OCSP #1997
• Added an option to decode URL in $urltransform #1915
• Enabled HTTP/3 filtering by default in AdGuard beta/nightly versions #2014
• Added support for a new $reason modifier #1986
• The Do Not Track feature sends both DNT and GPC even on browsers which do not support them #1982
• Added regexp support in the $app modifier #1906
• Added support for example.org/path cosmetic rules #2012
• Added support for ALPS extension #1987

Fixes

• The MWITools script does not work with AdGuard #2001
• @connect does not work as expected #1985
• Content-type modifiers cannot be used with $urltransform modifier #1978
• HAR file is not fully compiled #2002
• If closing script tag contains space, then content is removed until next script tag (including this script) #2042
• In Request details, Destination address is displayed as 127.0.0.1 if integration with AdGuard VPN is enabled #2021
• Incorrect HTTP 10x status code handling for HTTP/1.1 #2013
• Userscript cannot be added to AdGuard for Android due to BOM (Byte Order Mark) #2009
• Userscript runner doesn’t add a source map #1984
• When using FakeDNS option in proxy settings, AdGuard injections are broken #2017
• XHR timeout with immersivetranslate userscript #2000
• $generichide disables element hiding rules for specific domain if $domain=... is used #2041
• Connection resets on CoreLibs 1.19 #2023
• Localhost is unreachable in manual proxy mode in 1.19 #2019
• Manual proxy does not work under Windows on CL1.19 #2029

Scriptlets (JavaScript enhancement for filtering rules)

• Updated Scriptlets to v2.2.14

Improvements

• Added a new scriptlet — prevent-innerHTML #488
• Improved fingerprintjs2 — added support for the window.Fingerprint variable #541
• Improved trusted-click-element — added a parameter to increase the scriptlet execution duration #400
• Improved set-cookie and set-cookie-reload — added support for the denied value #512
• Added a new scriptlet — trusted-replace-argument #405
• href-sanitizer now supports uBO arguments #493

Fixes

• trusted-set-constant cannot determine string values correctly #499
• Incorrect selector validation for single-letter HTML tags #172
• prevent-element-src-loading — TrustedScriptURL is not defined in Firefox #514
• trusted-replace-node-text — some quotes are incorrectly escaped #517
• Scriptlets compilation error in Safari 15 due to unsupported regex lookbehind #519

UserscriptsWrapper (Userscripts and user styles support library)

• Updated UserscriptsWrapper to v2.2.0

Fixes

• The requests GM.xmlHttpRequest and GM_xmlhttpRequest are implemented incorrectly #1983

DnsLibs (DNS filtering engine)

• Updated DnsLibs to v2.7.6
  #1633

How to install AdGuard for MAC

• Standalone build, release channel
• Standalone build, beta channel
• Standalone build, nightly channel