Introduction
Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
Support and Service via Sourceforge
We value your feedback. However, to provide you with the best support, please note the following sections.
.1. Get Support
To get support, use the Sourceforge Support Forum:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118
.2. Report bugs
To submit bugs, use the Sourceforge Bug Forum:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118.
Make sure that the bug has not already been submitted. Please try to verify that it is a Privoxy bug, and not a browser or site bug first. If you are using your own custom configuration, please try the stock configs to see if the problem is a configuration related bug. And if not using the latest development snapshot, please try the latest one. Or even better, CVS sources. Please be sure to include the Privoxy version, platform, browser, any pertinent log data, any other relevant details (please be specific) and, if possible, some way to reproduce the bug.
.3. Request new features
To submit ideas on new features, use the Sourceforge feature request forum:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse.
.4. Report ads or other filter problems
You can also send feedback on websites that Privoxy has problems with. Please bookmark the following link: "Privoxy - Submit Filter Feedback". Once you surf to a page with problems, use the bookmark to send us feedback. We will look into the issue as soon as possible.
New, improved default.action files will occasionally be made available based on your feedback. These will be announced on the ijbswa-announce list.
.5. Other
For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118.
Anyone interested in actively participating in development and related discussions can also join the appropriate mailing list. Archives are available, too. See the page on Sourceforge.
Copyright
Privoxy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
History
Privoxy is evolved, and derived from, the Internet Junkbuster, with many improvments and enhancements over the original.
Junkbuster was originally written by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL. Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project Privoxy to rekindle development. There are now several active developers contributing. The last stable release of Junkbuster was v2.0.2, which has now grown whiskers ;-).
