Shieldra – Smart Ad & Privacy Blocker EN

Shieldra is a smart ad and privacy helper that uses the browser’s built-in rules system to block many common ad and tracking requests, hide ad elements on pages, reduce cookie and consent popups, and give you clear per-site control over when protection is active.

What Shieldra does

• Blocks many ad and tracker network requests using a built-in list of rules covering major ad networks, analytics services, tracking pixels, and content recommendation widgets.
• Hides common ad containers, banner ads, and sponsored content on pages using cosmetic filtering, so blocked ad placeholders do not leave empty gaps.
• Shows how many requests were blocked on the current site and in total.
• Displays a Protection Level meter in the popup indicating your current coverage.
• Lets you disable protection for the current site with a single switch, without turning the whole extension off.
• Lets you manually block any domain from the popup — type a domain, click Block, and all requests to that domain (including page navigation) are blocked immediately. You can remove blocked domains at any time.
• Hides or reduces many cookie and consent popups (including common consent frameworks and generic cookie banners).
• Supports light and dark themes, which can be toggled from the popup header.
• Provides quick links to contact support or open an internal “Threat history” page from the Actions tab.
• Opens a welcome page on first install introducing all features.

Per-site control and statistics

• The main view shows whether Shieldra is ACTIVE or OFF for the current site.
• “Blocked (this tab)” shows the number of blocked network requests for the current tab.
• “Total blocked” shows the cumulative number of blocked network requests across all sites.
• “Site total” shows how many requests have been blocked on that particular domain over time.
• A protection streak counter shows how many days Shieldra has been active.
• You can turn Shieldra off just for the current site; when disabled, blocking stops and counters remain at 0 for that site.
• The toolbar badge shows a checkmark when protection is active, or the blocked count when requests have been blocked.

Manual domain blocking

• From the Actions tab, you can type any domain (for example, ads.example.com) and block it manually.
• Manually blocked domains are listed below the input, and each can be removed with a single click.
• These custom block rules persist across browser sessions and block all resource types, including page navigation.

Notifications and engagement

• Shieldra may send occasional notifications to keep you informed about your protection status.
• Milestone notifications appear when you reach blocking milestones (for example, 1,000 or 10,000 requests blocked).
• A weekly summary notification can show how many requests were blocked in the past week.
• On banking and shopping websites, Shieldra may display a notification suggesting you upgrade to Premium for automatic incognito protection on those sites.

Optional Premium – Banking / Shopping Mode

Shieldra includes an optional Premium feature called Banking / Shopping Mode:

• When Premium is active and Banking / Shopping Mode is turned ON in the popup, Shieldra detects banking, payment, and checkout websites using a curated list of known domains plus checkout-path detection.
• On these sites, Shieldra shows a notification with two options: “Always open in incognito” (saves your preference and opens the site in an incognito window automatically in the future) or “Never ask for this site” (saves your preference and stops notifications for that domain).
• Saved site preferences are displayed in the popup and can be reset at any time.
• Premium is activated by entering a license key inside the extension popup; the key is securely validated with the Shieldra licensing server.
• The Protection Level meter reflects enhanced coverage for Premium users.

Important notes

• “Blocked” counters refer to blocked network requests (ads, trackers, and similar). Cosmetic hiding of visible ad elements is not included in request totals.
• Shieldra blocks ads on most websites but does not block video ads that stream from the same servers as regular video content. Overlay ads, banner ads, sidebar ads, and companion ads are hidden where possible.
• Incognito windows reduce how data is stored locally in your browser, but they do not make you anonymous to websites, network administrators, or internet providers.
• Blocking behavior may vary depending on the site and browser version.
• Per-tab statistics reset when a tab is closed. Total blocked counts persist across browser sessions.

Shieldra is designed to provide transparent ad and tracker blocking with manual domain control, cosmetic filtering, protection tracking, light and dark themes, and an optional incognito workflow for banking and shopping sites, while operating within the browser’s built-in privacy and security model.