Best Adblocker: Test vs Malware

[PestoPosta]

I'd say considering Ublock is not intended as an anti virus, 78% is quite good.

[TheMassgames]

Browsing the internet without ublock origin is a painful and soul crushing experience.

[tyber]

All hail to heros who making internet usable with such great extension.

[marcusjohansson]

To be fair.. An ad blocker is for blocking ads, not malware...
I think it's impressive they just threw the functionality in there, and it actually works to block 78%.

[zacool]

i mean lets not forget that you can add extra+ protection to ublock origin by adding more filter list via github/other sites/etc

[PhoenixWrong_]

To be fair, a 78% protection rate from an ad blocker against malware is really good. If it was a full fledged anti-malware program 78% would be really bad.

[tomasrazgus]

We use ad blockers to block ads not malware. And anyway ublock origins and adguard are only good blockers, others are crap.

[ayushmanbt]

google will complain about adblocking but won't fix the fundamental flaw with scammy ads they serve.. if they just make the ads more screened I don't think adblokers will be a huge thing

[Firespecialstar]

let's be honest, if you use the browser default protection + ublock, considering that ublock blocked those 3 malwares that the browser allowed, and the browser blocked everything else, using those 2 together offer a really good amount of protection from malware. the most important thing that will remain however is common sense

[nicoackermann]

I discovered your channel a few days ago and I really enjoy your content. Thank you very much and I hope the algorithm blesses you.

[tandyy]

I used to work as a tech, and whenever someone managed to install adware, the last thing i did was always to install ublock so they wouldn't manage to do it again

[eliotcougar]

Ghostery is not an adblocker or malware blocker... It's a privacy anti-tracking tool...

[EricParker]

Another point here (not super relevant with uBO but with smaller adblockers) is that there have been cases of extensions, such as nano adblocker / defender (an anti anti adblock extension) getting bought up and turned into malware. That is the justification for manifest V3.

[Its-Just-Zip]

It may not be perfect, but it's all part of a holistic defensive stance. If you run this alongside a good anti-malware system, which Microsoft Defender has surprisingly become, you're in good shape. Combine that with a little bit of computer security literacy and you've defended against probably 99 to 98% of the threat out there.

I would actually like to see the test run again with all three of the systems enabled at once just to see if the Swiss cheese method works here or if we have the ridiculous amount of overlap between the blocking databases.

[the-answer-is-]

I use an ad blocker to protect me from malvertising and from getting annoyed by ads, I didn't even know it had a (albeit not super impressive) malware protection system. It's not why I use it, but I don't object it having it in addition to the stuff built into the browser.

[JimCKD]

Ι would like you to test Adguard extension. It is quite good, although lately I noticed some malvertising slip through at a higher rate than it used to be. UBlock is also great, and both are of the same level. But they are just ad-blockers, so they are not an anti-malware solution, but rather an extra layer. But their main task is not this. Also, a pop-up/under blocker like pop-up blocker strict is a great addition. Another useful vid!

[TheCocoaDaddy]

I use Malwarebytes Browser Guard along with another ad blocker (not uBlock Origin) and I've had great success with nothing being downloaded. So, that's a combination of the browser extensions blocking things and my browser just not being exposed to much to download. One cool thing about Malwarebytes Browser Guard is it keep statistics of the malware blocks over various time periods. So, you can get some sense of how much malware you were exposed to that it blocked. In some cases, I didn't even know I was exposed to malware that it silently blocked. Great video! Thanks for posting!

[LinuxPlayer]

I wonder how well does the combo Firefox default protection + Ublock Origin

[Posh_Quack]

Seeing as it's a free ad blocker, blocking 78% of malware sounds pretty good.

[cmsupreme]

Would you please start a channel for Mobile phone security too.
Love to see various anti virus / anti malware solutions tested on smartphones