AdAway

AdAway
AdAway's main user interface
Original author(s) Dominik Schürmann[1]
Developer(s) mrRobinson (former); PerfectSlayer (current)
Stable release
4.0.9-11d3f561 / September 26, 2018 (2018-09-26)[2]
Repository
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Operating system Android 4.1 or later
Size 5.40 MB
License GPLv3[3]
Website https://adaway.org

AdAway is a free and open-source ad-blocking application for the Android mobile operating system.[4][5]

History

It was started by Dominik Schürmann of Sufficiently Secure, but has since been forked.[6] In 2013, it was removed from the Google Play store along with other ad blocking apps.[7] It is currently available on F-Droid.[8]

Features

AdAway blocks ads using hosts files from various locations, and combines them automatically. The user is able to whitelist or blacklist additional webservers, or add a new hosts file altogether. There is an option to log DNS requests to help whitelisting or blacklisting.[5] AdAway requires root access because the hosts file is in the system partition.[9] AdAway helps to white- and blacklist domains and IPs, If you want to see any ads on any website, all you need is to whitelist that website.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
  2. ↑ "AdAway". AndroidFileHost. PerfectSlayer. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ https://github.com/AdAway/AdAway/blob/master/LICENSE
  4. ↑ "Stick it to Google with AdAway". HowardForums. September 23, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Official AdAway Website". AdAway. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sufficiently Secure"
  7. ↑ Velazco, Chris (March 13, 2013). "Google Pulls Ad-Blocking Apps From Play Store For Violating Developer Distribution Agreement". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ "AdAway on F-Droid". F-Droid. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ Boricha, Mehul (February 26, 2018). "16 Best Android Apps Not on Google Play Store of 2018". Tech Arrival. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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