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uBlock Origin for Chrome for Windows

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uBlock Origin effectively filters ads, pop-ups, and unwanted content in Chrome. It's lightweight on resources while supporting extensive filter lists.

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  • Pros

    • Highly efficient on memory and CPU
    • Supports thousands of filters
    • Can utilize hosts files for filtering
    • Includes default filter lists for immediate protection
    • Offers numerous optional filter lists

  • Cons

    • Disabling is per-site, not global
    • Extra lists may increase memory usage
    • Some extra lists can cause website breakage
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uBlock Origin for Chrome for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
1.26.0
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
Additional Requirements
Google Chrome
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Total Downloads
6,168
Downloads Last Week
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Developer’s Description

By Raymond Hill
Filter out ads, pop-ups, inappropriate contents from your Chrome browser.
An efficient blocker: easy on memory and CPU footprint, and yet can load and enforce thousands more filters than other popular blockers out there.Usage: The big power button in the popup is to permanently disable/enable uBlock Origin for the current web site. It applies to the current web site only, it is not a global power button.lexible, it's more than an "ad blocker": it can also read and create filters from hosts files.

Out of the box, these lists of filters are loaded and enforced: EasyList; Peter Lowe's Ad server list; EasyPrivacy; Malware domains.More lists are available for you to select if you wish: Fanboy's Enhanced Tracking List; Dan Pollock's hosts file; hpHosts's Ad and tracking servers; MVPS HOSTS; Spam404; And many others.Of course, the more filters enabled, the higher the memory footprint. Yet, even after adding Fanboy's two extra lists, hpHosts's Ad and tracking servers, uBlock Origin still has a lower memory footprint than other very popular blockers out there.Also, be aware that selecting some of these extra lists may lead to higher likelihood of web site breakage -- especially those lists which are normally used as hosts file.

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