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Best Antivirus Alternative for Chrome Browsing

Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026

An ad blocker can't replace antivirus software, but it can stop some threats before they reach your computer. Malicious ads are a common way people end up on scam and malware pages, and Ultimate Adblocker blocks the ad networks that serve them. It also checks each page you open against bundled lists of known malware and phishing addresses (URLhaus and the Phishing URL Blocklist) and shows a warning page before one loads, and it blocks known crypto-mining scripts. Keep your antivirus and Chrome's Safe Browsing on as well: the extension is an extra layer, not a substitute.

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