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Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) Changelog

What's new in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.5.0.0

Sep 22, 2015
  • Performance:
  • Fixed issues with slow rendering on Youtube
  • Fixed performance issue within IE10

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.4.0.0 (Feb 26, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • CPluginUserSettingsInvoke.InvalidDispatchIdShouldOverflow crashes
  • [Installer cleanup] Do not leak MSIHANDLEs in custom action
  • Problem to deploy ABP V1.2 via Group Policy Object
  • Google shopping links fail to open
  • Adblock Plus entry in Control Panel has a generic installer icon
  • AdblockPlusEngine.exe and AdblockPlus32.dll metadata issues
  • fix usage of BSTR
  • Update libadblockplus
  • Incorrect usage of BString
  • Missed using of url to detect request type'
  • Add helper std::wstring GetLocationUrl(IWebBrowser2& browser)
  • Ensure that C++ exceptions do not propagate out of CPluginClass::Invoke
  • Populate AppInfo.applicationVersion field properly
  • Return an UTF-8 string for the PROC_GET_DOCUMENTATION_LINK message
  • Move away from yoda conditions in PluginUserSettings
  • Support case-insensitive header comparison in PluginWbPassThrough.cpp
  • Incorrect closing of HMODULE in process_by_any_exe_not_immersive::operator()

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.3.0.0 (Dec 16, 2014)

  • General blocking improvements:
  • Improved detection of mime types
  • Added support for XMLHttpRequests
  • Added support for requests from Flash
  • Improved detection of a referrer of a request.
  • Fix element hiding on some sites
  • Fix incorrect blocking of video content on some sites
  • Block video ads where they weren’t blocked before
  • Fix “Navigation canceled” messages if IFRAME is blocked
  • Fix version string in Add/Remove programs
  • Changes in the First Run Page

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.2.0.0 (Aug 13, 2014)

  • Full support of Enhanced Protected Mode
  • Acceptable Ads are now supported
  • Improved installer. Made it multilingual. And it will now be able to detect if IE is opened and close if needed.
  • Fixed incorrect blocking of videos on a wide range of websites
  • Fixed a lot of stability issues
  • Fixed incorrect blocking of non-ad content
  • ABP should not be triggering “Only secure content is displayed” warning message anymore

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.1.0.0 (Oct 9, 2013)

  • Enhanced Protected Mode support.
  • Better user interface for update notifications.
  • Fixed a crash when files are being uploaded.
  • Fixed a hang sometimes happening in Internet Explorer 6.

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.1.5 (Sep 22, 2012)

  • Performance:
  • Fixed issues with slow rendering on YouTube
  • Fixed performance issue within IE10

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.1.4 (Sep 17, 2012)

  • Adblocking:
  • Improved adblocking of iframe and image ads
  • Improved support for adblockplus filter rules
  • Save bandwidth:
  • Filters are downloaded gzip compressed

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.1.2 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Support for Internet Explorer 10
  • Fix issue with filter formats

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.1.0 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • The Simple Adblock startup process has been refactored for improved startup time when launching Internet Explorer.

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.9 (May 23, 2011)

  • Bug fixed causing Simple Adblock to block content on some webpages

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.8 (May 9, 2011)

  • Adblocking did not work on some pages, this has been fixed

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.6 (May 2, 2011)

  • Plugin optimization:
  • Reduced memory allocation
  • Fixed bug with the ie9 integration, which could cause Simple Adblock to block all images on a webpage
  • Added code signing:
  • For your online safety all installers are now signed by Simple Adblock

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.5 (Apr 14, 2011)

  • IE9 adblocking improved
  • Improved support for adblockplus filter rules

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.4 (Apr 14, 2011)

  • Adblocker has been improved for better performance
  • Fixed memory leak

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.3 (Mar 27, 2011)

  • Internet Explorer 9 improvements:
  • Improved blocking of iframe ads
  • Filter implementation:
  • Improved support for adblockplus filter rules

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.2 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Filter implementation:
  • Improved support for new adblockplus filter rules
  • Minor fixes:
  • Backwards compatibility using personal_filters.txt
  • Stability issue

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.1 (Mar 7, 2011)

  • The filterupdate has been improved for filterupdate every 5 days.

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 1.0.0 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Internet Explorer 9:
  • Support for Internet Explorer 9 finalized
  • Language support:
  • Simple Adblock has been translated into more than 30 languages

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.8.7 (Jan 26, 2011)

  • Internet Explorer 9:
  • Support for Internet Explorer has been added
  • Auto enable of the statusbar removed:
  • Previously Simple Adblock would enable the statusbar during installation
  • This has been removed according to the guidelines for Internet Explorer Addons
  • Bug fix:
  • settings menu fixed

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.8.6 (Apr 29, 2010)

  • Internet Explorer 64 bit
  • Support for Internet Explorer 64 bit versions has been added
  • Tab browsing
  • An issue with opening many tabs simultaneously has been fixed
  • Language support
  • Simple Adblock has been translated into more than 20 languages

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.8.4 (Apr 6, 2010)

  • Adblocking
  • Improved blocking of iframe ads

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.8.2 Beta (Mar 10, 2010)

  • Minor fixes
  • Better integration with Internet Explorer versions: IE6 and IE7
  • Welcome page is shown correctly

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.8.1 Beta (Mar 10, 2010)

  • Bug fix
  • With version 0.8.0 a critical bug was introduced and now corrected

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.8.0 Beta (Oct 30, 2009)

  • Element Hiding
  • Simple Adblock now support Element Hiding
  • Enhanced Filter management
  • Automatic filter download improved
  • Server side filter control implemented to assure always up-to-date filters
  • Compatibility issues
  • Assuring Simple Adblock works with other plugins installed in Internet Explorer
  • Various bug fixes
  • minor enhancements to filter algorithm, some ads were not blocked according to filters
  • fixed some minor stability issues

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.7.0 Beta (Oct 1, 2009)

  • Performance:
  • Filter caching implemented to make the page loading even faster
  • Multilanguage Support:
  • The Simple Adblock Menu has been reworked, so it allows for adding additional languages
  • Easy installation, and configuration:
  • Automatic filter assignment based on country
  • Support for adding EasyPrivacy filters, to protect your privacy online
  • User interface enhancements:
  • Add invite friend
  • Add settings page, to select country and enable/disable privacy protection
  • Various bug fixes:
  • Minor enhancements to filter algorithm, some ads were not blocked according to filters
  • Startup issue, some users experienced that no filters were loaded first time they used Simple Adblock

New in Adblock Plus for IE (formerly Simple Adblock) 0.6.0 Beta (Aug 24, 2009)

  • On some sites ads were not removed correctly
  • Improved performance for better speed