Yes, they are annoying and if you know what you are doing and security isn't a huge deal for you, then you can get away without using them. You absolutely should use anti-malware if you aren't very knowledgeable with computers, Windows Defender is not as good as the better ones out there like Avast, BitDefender or Malwarebytes. We can't afford to open the source code of a paid app, but we do it for all our free products (browser extension, AG content blocker, AG for iOS, etc). Being an open source is also a good thing. > Check out DNS66 which is a free version but is open source.ĭNS66 is a great app indeed! It is not a full-scale ad blocker as AG, but it's sufficient for blocking most of the ads.

Every bit of the information used by AG is described in the privacy policy.

We've been developing AdGuard for years and we've earned our reputation by being open and not doing anything shady.

AG is not a no-name app, you know who's behind it.

You should be cautious with any app doing it regardless of its origin.

> so I'd be cautious about installing it and letting it intercept all of your web traffic - especially https. The development team is mostly located in Moscow also, there are people from Poland, Ukraine, South Korea and Slovakia on the team. The choice was obvious as the privacy laws in EU are quite more advanced comparing to other countries meanwhile, Russia and the US are both moving in another direction. However, we've currently in process of transitioning the HQ to Cyprus. Originally, AG was a Russian company indeed.

If that's the only 'bad' thing you can remember, we are doing quite well :)

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