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- is not a substitute for the <a href="../user-manual/index.html"
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- What is Privoxy?
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- Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and
- HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other
- obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and
- can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has
- application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
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+ <p>This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/"
+ target="_top">Privoxy</a>. It is not a substitute for the <a href="../user-manual/index.html" target=
+ "_top"><i class="CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i></a>.</p>
+ <p>What is Privoxy?</p>
+ <p>Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying
+ web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.
+ Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has
+ application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</p>
+ <p>Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 or later.</p>
+ <p>Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).</p>
+ <p>Helping hands and donations are welcome:</p>
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- </p>
+ <p><a href="https://www.privoxy.org/participate" target=
+ "_top">https://www.privoxy.org/participate</a></p>
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- <p>
- <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
- target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</a>
- </p>
+ <p><a href="https://www.privoxy.org/donate" target="_top">https://www.privoxy.org/donate</a></p>
</li>
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-
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- Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy
- represents the state at the release of version 3.0.18. You can
- find the latest version of the document at <a href=
- "http://www.privoxy.org/faq/" target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</a>. Please see the <a href=
- "contact.html">Contact section</a> if you want to contact the
- developers.
- </p>
+ <p>Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy represents the state at the release of
+ version 3.0.35. You can find the latest version of the document at <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/faq/"
+ target="_top">https://www.privoxy.org/faq/</a>. Please see the <a href="contact.html">Contact section</a> if
+ you want to contact the developers.</p>
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- </div>
- <div class="TOC">
- <dl>
- <dt class="c1">
- Table of Contents
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1. <a href="general.html">General Information</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 1.1. <a href="general.html#WHO-USES">Who should give <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> a try?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.2. <a href="general.html#BESTCHOICE">Is Privoxy the best
- choice for me?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.3. <a href="general.html#PROXYMORON">What is a <span class=
- "QUOTE">"proxy"</span>? How does Privoxy work?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.4. <a href="general.html#OTHERSTUFF">Does Privoxy do
- anything more than ad blocking?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.5. <a href="general.html#NEWJB">What is this new version of
- <span class="QUOTE">"Junkbuster"</span>?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.6. <a href="general.html#AEN85">Why <span class=
- "QUOTE">"Privoxy"</span>? Why change the name from Junkbuster
- at all?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.7. <a href="general.html#DIFFERS">How does Privoxy differ
- from the old Junkbuster?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.8. <a href="general.html#WHATSANAD">How does Privoxy know
- what is an ad, and what is not?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.9. <a href="general.html#AEN163">Can Privoxy make mistakes?
- This does not sound very scientific.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.10. <a href="general.html#AEN169">Will I have to configure
- Privoxy before I can use it?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.11. <a href="general.html#LAN">Can Privoxy run as a server
- on a network?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.12. <a href="general.html#BROWSERS2">My browser does the
- same things as Privoxy. Why should I use Privoxy at all?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.13. <a href="general.html#WHYTRUST">Why should I trust
- Privoxy?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.14. <a href="general.html#LICENSE">Is there is a license or
- fee? What about a warranty? Registration?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.15. <a href="general.html#SPYWARE">Can Privoxy remove
- spyware? Adware? Viruses?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.16. <a href="general.html#OTHERADS">Can I use Privoxy with
- other ad-blocking software?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.17. <a href="general.html#HELP-THE-DEVELOPERS">I would like
- to help you, what can I do?</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 1.17.1. <a href="general.html#PARTICIPATE">Would you like
- to participate?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 1.17.2. <a href="general.html#DONATE">Would you like to
- donate?</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- 2. <a href="installation.html">Installation</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 2.1. <a href="installation.html#WHICHBROWSERS">Which browsers
- are supported by Privoxy?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 2.2. <a href="installation.html#WHICHOS">Which operating
- systems are supported?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 2.3. <a href="installation.html#EMAIL-CLIENT">Can I use
- Privoxy with my email client?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 2.4. <a href="installation.html#FIRSTSTEP">I just installed
- Privoxy. Is there anything special I have to do now?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 2.5. <a href="installation.html#LOCALHOST">What is the proxy
- address of Privoxy?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 2.6. <a href="installation.html#NOTHING">I just installed
- Privoxy, and nothing is happening. All the ads are there.
- What's wrong?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 2.7. <a href="installation.html#NOTUSED">I get a <span class=
- "QUOTE">"Privoxy is not being used"</span> dummy page
- although Privoxy is running and being used.</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- 3. <a href="configuration.html">Configuration</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 3.1. <a href="configuration.html#AEN360">What exactly is an
- <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> file?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.2. <a href="configuration.html#ACTIONSS">The <span class=
- "QUOTE">"actions"</span> concept confuses me. Please list
- some of these <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span>.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.3. <a href="configuration.html#AEN383">How are actions
- files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.4. <a href="configuration.html#AEN392">There are several
- different <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> files. What
- are the differences?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.5. <a href="configuration.html#GETUPDATES">Where can I get
- updated Actions Files?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.6. <a href="configuration.html#NEWCONFIG">Can I use my old
- config files?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.7. <a href="configuration.html#DIFFICULT">Why is the
- configuration so complicated?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.8. <a href="configuration.html#YAHOO">How can I make my
- Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail account work?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.9. <a href="configuration.html#CONFIGFILES">What's the
- difference between the <span class="QUOTE">"Cautious"</span>,
- <span class="QUOTE">"Medium"</span> and <span class=
- "QUOTE">"Advanced"</span> defaults?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.10. <a href="configuration.html#BROWSECONFIG">Why can I
- change the configuration with a browser? Does that not raise
- security issues?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.11. <a href="configuration.html#AEN480">What is the <tt
- class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt> file? What is a <span
- class="QUOTE">"filter"</span>?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.12. <a href="configuration.html#LANCONFIG">How can I set up
- Privoxy to act as a proxy for my LAN?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.13. <a href="configuration.html#AEN531">Instead of ads, now
- I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see
- anything.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.14. <a href="configuration.html#AEN548">Why would anybody
- want to see a checkerboard pattern?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.15. <a href="configuration.html#AEN554">I see some images
- being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard image.
- Why and how do I get rid of this?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.16. <a href="configuration.html#SRVANY">Can Privoxy run as
- a service on Win2K/NT/XP?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.17. <a href="configuration.html#OTHERPROXY">How can I make
- Privoxy work with other proxies?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.18. <a href="configuration.html#PORT-80">Can I just set
- Privoxy to use port 80 and thus avoid individual browser
- configuration?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.19. <a href="configuration.html#TRANSPARENT">Can Privoxy
- run as a <span class="QUOTE">"transparent"</span> proxy?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.20. <a href="configuration.html#INTERCEPTING">Can Privoxy
- run as a <span class="QUOTE">"intercepting"</span> proxy?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.21. <a href="configuration.html#OUTLOOK">How can I
- configure Privoxy for use with Outlook?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.22. <a href="configuration.html#OUTLOOK-MORE">How can I
- have separate rules just for HTML mail?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.23. <a href="configuration.html#SNEAKY-COOKIES">I sometimes
- notice cookies sneaking through. How?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.24. <a href="configuration.html#EVIL-COOKIES">Are all
- cookies bad? Why?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.25. <a href="configuration.html#ALLOW-COOKIES">How can I
- allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.26. <a href="configuration.html#MULTIPLES">Can I have
- separate configurations for different users?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.27. <a href="configuration.html#WHITELISTS">Can I set-up
- Privoxy as a whitelist of <span class="QUOTE">"good"</span>
- sites?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.28. <a href="configuration.html#NO-ADBLOCK">How can I turn
- off ad-blocking?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.29. <a href="configuration.html#TEMPLATES">How can I have
- custom template pages, like the <span class="emphasis"><i
- class="EMPHASIS">BLOCKED</i></span> page?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 3.30. <a href="configuration.html#BLOCKALL">How can I remove
- the <span class="QUOTE">"Go There Anyway"</span> link from
- the <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">BLOCKED</i></span> page?</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- 4. <a href="misc.html">Miscellaneous</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 4.1. <a href="misc.html#AEN729">How much does Privoxy slow my
- browsing down? This has to add extra time to browsing.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.2. <a href="misc.html#LOADINGTIMES">I notice considerable
- delays in page requests. What's wrong?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.3. <a href="misc.html#CONFIGURL">What are
- "http://config.privoxy.org/" and "http://p.p/"?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.4. <a href="misc.html#NEWADS">How can I submit new ads, or
- report problems?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.5. <a href="misc.html#NEWADS2">If I do submit missed ads,
- will they be included in future updates?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.6. <a href="misc.html#NOONECARES">Why doesn't anyone answer
- my support request?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.7. <a href="misc.html#IP">How can I hide my IP address?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.8. <a href="misc.html#AEN794">Can Privoxy guarantee I am
- anonymous?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.9. <a href="misc.html#AEN812">A test site says I am not
- using a Proxy.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.10. <a href="misc.html#TOR">How do I use Privoxy together
- with Tor?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.11. <a href="misc.html#AEN868">Might some things break
- because header information or content is being altered?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.12. <a href="misc.html#AEN882">Can Privoxy act as a <span
- class="QUOTE">"caching"</span> proxy to speed up web
- browsing?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.13. <a href="misc.html#AEN892">What about as a firewall?
- Can Privoxy protect me?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.14. <a href="misc.html#AEN897">I have large empty spaces /
- a checkerboard pattern now where ads used to be. Why?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.15. <a href="misc.html#AEN905">How can Privoxy filter
- Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.16. <a href="misc.html#AEN919">Privoxy runs as a <span
- class="QUOTE">"server"</span>. How secure is it? Do I need to
- take any special precautions?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.17. <a href="misc.html#TURNOFF">Can I temporarily disable
- Privoxy?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.18. <a href="misc.html#REALLYOFF">When <span class=
- "QUOTE">"disabled"</span> is Privoxy totally out of the
- picture?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.19. <a href="misc.html#TURNOFF2">How can I tell Privoxy to
- totally ignore certain sites?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.20. <a href="misc.html#CRUNCH">My logs show Privoxy <span
- class="QUOTE">"crunches"</span> ads, but also its own
- internal CGI pages. What is a <span class=
- "QUOTE">"crunch"</span>?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.21. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS">Can Privoxy effect files
- that I download from a webserver? FTP server?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.22. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2">I just downloaded a Perl
- script, and Privoxy altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.23. <a href="misc.html#HOSTSFILE">Should I continue to use
- a <span class="QUOTE">"HOSTS"</span> file for
- ad-blocking?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.24. <a href="misc.html#SEEALSO">Where can I find more
- information about Privoxy and related issues?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.25. <a href="misc.html#MICROSUCK">I've noticed that Privoxy
- changes <span class="QUOTE">"Microsoft"</span> to <span
- class="QUOTE">"MicroSuck"</span>! Why are you manipulating my
- browsing?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.26. <a href="misc.html#VALID">Does Privoxy produce <span
- class="QUOTE">"valid"</span> HTML (or XHTML)?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 4.27. <a href="misc.html#SURPRISE-PRIVOXY">How did you manage
- to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- 5. <a href="trouble.html">Troubleshooting</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 5.1. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1091">I cannot connect to any
- websites. Or, I am getting <span class="QUOTE">"connection
- refused"</span> message with every web page. Why?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.2. <a href="trouble.html#ERROR503">Why am I getting a 503
- Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.3. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1114">I just added a new rule,
- but the steenkin ad is still getting through. How?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.4. <a href="trouble.html#BADSITE">One of my favorite sites
- does not work with Privoxy. What can I do?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.5. <a href="trouble.html#DUN">After installing Privoxy, I
- have to log in every time I start IE. What gives?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.6. <a href="trouble.html#FTP">I cannot connect to any FTP
- sites. Privoxy is blocking me.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.7. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXIE">In Mac OS X, I can't
- configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use Privoxy as the
- HTTP proxy.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.8. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXUNINSTALL">In Mac OS X, I
- dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to uninstall
- it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient
- privileges to empty the trash.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.9. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXIMAGES">In Mac OS X Panther
- (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I experience random
- delays in page loading. I'm using <tt class=
- "LITERAL">localhost</tt> as my browser's proxy setting.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.10. <a href="trouble.html#BLANKPAGE">I get a completely
- blank page at one site. <span class="QUOTE">"View
- Source"</span> shows only: <span class=
- "MARKUP"><html><body></body></html></span>.
- Without Privoxy the page loads fine.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.11. <a href="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME">My logs show many
- <span class="QUOTE">"Unable to get my own hostname"</span>
- lines. Why?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.12. <a href="trouble.html#INUSE">When I try to launch
- Privoxy, I get an error message <span class="QUOTE">"port
- 8118 is already in use"</span> (or similar wording). Why?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.13. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER">Pages with UTF-8
- fonts are garbled.</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.14. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2">Why are binary
- files (such as images) corrupted when Privoxy is used?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.15. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER3">What is the <span
- class="QUOTE">"demoronizer"</span> and why is it there?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.16. <a href="trouble.html#WINDOWOPEN">Why do I keep seeing
- <span class="QUOTE">"PrivoxyWindowOpen()"</span> in raw
- source code?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.17. <a href="trouble.html#DNSERRORS">I am getting too many
- DNS errors like <span class="QUOTE">"404 No Such
- Domain"</span>. Why can't Privoxy do this better?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.18. <a href="trouble.html#ALLCPU">At one site Privoxy just
- hangs, and starts taking all CPU. Why is this?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.19. <a href="trouble.html#SLOWCRAWL">I just installed
- Privoxy, and all my browsing has slowed to a crawl. What
- gives?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.20. <a href="trouble.html#PREVENTCOMP">Why do my filters
- work on some sites but not on others?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.21. <a href="trouble.html#SSL-WARNINGS">On some HTTPS sites
- my browser warns me about unauthenticated content, the URL
- bar doesn't get highlighted and the lock symbol appears to be
- broken. What's going on?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.22. <a href="trouble.html#SE-LINUX">I get selinux error
- messages. How can I fix this?</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 5.23. <a href="trouble.html#GENTOO-RICERS">I compiled <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with Gentoo's portage and
- it appears to be very slow. Why?</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- 6. <a href="contact.html">Contacting the developers, Bug
- Reporting and Feature Requests</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 6.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT">Get Support</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 6.2. <a href="contact.html#REPORTING">Reporting Problems</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 6.2.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS">Reporting Ads
- or Other Configuration Problems</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 6.2.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS">Reporting
- Bugs</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- 6.3. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE">Request New
- Features</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 6.4. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing Lists</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- <dt>
- 7. <a href="copyright.html">Privoxy Copyright, License and
- History</a>
- </dt>
- <dd>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- 7.1. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1464">License</a>
- </dt>
- <dt>
- 7.2. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1480">History</a>
- </dt>
- </dl>
- </dd>
- </dl>
</div>
+ <hr>
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- <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0"
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- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
+ <div class="TOC">
+ <dl>
+ <dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt>
+ <dt>1. <a href="general.html">General Information</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>1.1. <a href="general.html#WHO-USES">Who should give <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> a
+ try?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.2. <a href="general.html#BESTCHOICE">Is Privoxy the best choice for me?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.3. <a href="general.html#PROXYMORON">What is a <span class="QUOTE">"proxy"</span>? How does Privoxy
+ work?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.4. <a href="general.html#OTHERSTUFF">Does Privoxy do anything more than ad blocking?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.5. <a href="general.html#NEWJB">What is this new version of <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"Junkbuster"</span>?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.6. <a href="general.html#WHYPRIVOXY">Why <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy"</span>? Why change the name
+ from Junkbuster at all?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.7. <a href="general.html#DIFFERS">How does Privoxy differ from the old Junkbuster?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.8. <a href="general.html#WHATSANAD">How does Privoxy know what is an ad, and what is not?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.9. <a href="general.html#MISTAKES">Can Privoxy make mistakes? This does not sound very
+ scientific.</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.10. <a href="general.html#CONFIGORNOT">Will I have to configure Privoxy before I can use it?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.11. <a href="general.html#LAN">Can Privoxy run as a server on a network?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.12. <a href="general.html#BROWSERS2">My browser does the same things as Privoxy. Why should I use
+ Privoxy at all?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.13. <a href="general.html#WHYTRUST">Why should I trust Privoxy?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.14. <a href="general.html#LICENSE">Is there is a license or fee? What about a warranty?
+ Registration?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.15. <a href="general.html#SPYWARE">Can Privoxy remove spyware? Adware? Viruses?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.16. <a href="general.html#OTHERADS">Can I use Privoxy with other ad-blocking software?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.17. <a href="general.html#HELP-THE-DEVELOPERS">I would like to help you, what can I do?</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>1.17.1. <a href="general.html#PARTICIPATE">Would you like to participate?</a></dt>
+ <dt>1.17.2. <a href="general.html#DONATE">Would you like to donate?</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>1.18. <a href="general.html#SPONSOR">How can I become a sponsor and get my logo or link on
+ privoxy.org?</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>2. <a href="installation.html">Installation</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>2.1. <a href="installation.html#WHICHBROWSERS">Which browsers are supported by Privoxy?</a></dt>
+ <dt>2.2. <a href="installation.html#WHICHOS">Which operating systems are supported?</a></dt>
+ <dt>2.3. <a href="installation.html#EMAIL-CLIENT">Can I use Privoxy with my email client?</a></dt>
+ <dt>2.4. <a href="installation.html#FIRSTSTEP">I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything special I have
+ to do now?</a></dt>
+ <dt>2.5. <a href="installation.html#LOCALHOST">What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</a></dt>
+ <dt>2.6. <a href="installation.html#NOTHING">I just installed Privoxy, and nothing is happening. All the
+ ads are there. What's wrong?</a></dt>
+ <dt>2.7. <a href="installation.html#NOTUSED">I get a <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not being used"</span>
+ dummy page although Privoxy is running and being used.</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>3. <a href="configuration.html">Configuration</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>3.1. <a href="configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">What exactly is an <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span>
+ file?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.2. <a href="configuration.html#ACTIONSS">The <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> concept confuses
+ me. Please list some of these <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span>.</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.3. <a href="configuration.html#ACTCONFIG">How are actions files configured? What is the easiest way
+ to do this?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.4. <a href="configuration.html#ACTIONFILE-DIFFERENCES">There are several different <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"actions"</span> files. What are the differences?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.5. <a href="configuration.html#GETUPDATES">Where can I get updated Actions Files?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.6. <a href="configuration.html#NEWCONFIG">Can I use my old config files?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.7. <a href="configuration.html#DIFFICULT">Why is the configuration so complicated?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.8. <a href="configuration.html#YAHOO">How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail account work?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.9. <a href="configuration.html#CONFIGFILES">What's the difference between the <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"Cautious"</span>, <span class="QUOTE">"Medium"</span> and <span class="QUOTE">"Advanced"</span>
+ defaults?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.10. <a href="configuration.html#BROWSECONFIG">Why can I change the configuration with a browser? Does
+ that not raise security issues?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.11. <a href="configuration.html#FILTERFILE">What is the <tt class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt>
+ file? What is a <span class="QUOTE">"filter"</span>?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.12. <a href="configuration.html#LANCONFIG">How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my
+ LAN?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.13. <a href="configuration.html#NOSEEUM">Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't
+ want to see anything.</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.14. <a href="configuration.html#WHYSEEUM">Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard
+ pattern?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.15. <a href="configuration.html#BLOCKEDBYTEXT">I see some images being replaced with text instead of
+ the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.16. <a href="configuration.html#SRVANY">Can Privoxy run as a service on Win2K/NT/XP?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.17. <a href="configuration.html#OTHERPROXY">How can I make Privoxy work with other proxies?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.18. <a href="configuration.html#PORT-80">Can I just set Privoxy to use port 80 and thus avoid
+ individual browser configuration?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.19. <a href="configuration.html#TRANSPARENT">Can Privoxy run as a <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"transparent"</span> proxy?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.20. <a href="configuration.html#INTERCEPTING">Can Privoxy run as a <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"intercepting"</span> proxy?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.21. <a href="configuration.html#OUTLOOK">How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.22. <a href="configuration.html#OUTLOOK-MORE">How can I have separate rules just for HTML
+ mail?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.23. <a href="configuration.html#SNEAKY-COOKIES">I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through.
+ How?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.24. <a href="configuration.html#EVIL-COOKIES">Are all cookies bad? Why?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.25. <a href="configuration.html#ALLOW-COOKIES">How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted
+ sites?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.26. <a href="configuration.html#MULTIPLES">Can I have separate configurations for different
+ users?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.27. <a href="configuration.html#WHITELISTS">Can I set-up Privoxy as a whitelist of <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"good"</span> sites?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.28. <a href="configuration.html#NO-ADBLOCK">How can I turn off ad-blocking?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.29. <a href="configuration.html#TEMPLATES">How can I have custom template pages, like the
+ <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">BLOCKED</i></span> page?</a></dt>
+ <dt>3.30. <a href="configuration.html#BLOCKALL">How can I remove the <span class="QUOTE">"Go There
+ Anyway"</span> link from the <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">BLOCKED</i></span> page?</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>4. <a href="misc.html">Miscellaneous</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>4.1. <a href="misc.html#SLOWSME">How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This has to add extra
+ time to browsing.</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.2. <a href="misc.html#LOADINGTIMES">I notice considerable delays in page requests. What's
+ wrong?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.3. <a href="misc.html#CONFIGURL">What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and "http://p.p/"?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.4. <a href="misc.html#NEWADS">How can I submit new ads, or report problems?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.5. <a href="misc.html#NEWADS2">If I do submit missed ads, will they be included in future
+ updates?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.6. <a href="misc.html#NOONECARES">Why doesn't anyone answer my support request?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.7. <a href="misc.html#IP">How can I hide my IP address?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.8. <a href="misc.html#ANONFORSURE">Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.9. <a href="misc.html#PROXYTEST">A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.10. <a href="misc.html#TOR">How do I use Privoxy together with Tor?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.11. <a href="misc.html#SITEBREAK">Might some things break because header information or content is
+ being altered?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.12. <a href="misc.html#CACHING">Can Privoxy act as a <span class="QUOTE">"caching"</span> proxy to
+ speed up web browsing?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.13. <a href="misc.html#FIREWALL">What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.14. <a href="misc.html#WASTED">I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where ads used
+ to be. Why?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.15. <a href="misc.html#SSL">How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.16. <a href="misc.html#HTTP2">Does Privoxy support HTTP/2?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.17. <a href="misc.html#SECURE">Privoxy runs as a <span class="QUOTE">"server"</span>. How secure is
+ it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.18. <a href="misc.html#TURNOFF">Can I temporarily disable Privoxy?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.19. <a href="misc.html#REALLYOFF">When <span class="QUOTE">"disabled"</span> is Privoxy totally out
+ of the picture?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.20. <a href="misc.html#TURNOFF2">How can I tell Privoxy to totally ignore certain sites?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.21. <a href="misc.html#CRUNCH">My logs show Privoxy <span class="QUOTE">"crunches"</span> ads, but
+ also its own internal CGI pages. What is a <span class="QUOTE">"crunch"</span>?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.22. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS">Can Privoxy affect files that I download from a webserver? FTP
+ server?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.23. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2">I just downloaded a Perl script, and Privoxy altered it! Yikes,
+ what is wrong!</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.24. <a href="misc.html#HOSTSFILE">Should I continue to use a <span class="QUOTE">"HOSTS"</span> file
+ for ad-blocking?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.25. <a href="misc.html#SEEALSO">Where can I find more information about Privoxy and related
+ issues?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.26. <a href="misc.html#MICROSUCK">I've noticed that Privoxy changes <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"Microsoft"</span> to <span class="QUOTE">"MicroSuck"</span>! Why are you manipulating my
+ browsing?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.27. <a href="misc.html#VALID">Does Privoxy produce <span class="QUOTE">"valid"</span> HTML (or
+ XHTML)?</a></dt>
+ <dt>4.28. <a href="misc.html#SURPRISE-PRIVOXY">How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my
+ consent?</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>5. <a href="trouble.html">Troubleshooting</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>5.1. <a href="trouble.html#REFUSED">I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"connection refused"</span> message with every web page. Why?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.2. <a href="trouble.html#ERROR503">Why am I getting a 503 Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every
+ page?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.3. <a href="trouble.html#FLUSHIT">I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting
+ through. How?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.4. <a href="trouble.html#BADSITE">One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy. What can I
+ do?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.5. <a href="trouble.html#DUN">After installing Privoxy, I have to log in every time I start IE. What
+ gives?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.6. <a href="trouble.html#FTP">I cannot connect to any FTP sites. Privoxy is blocking me.</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.7. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXIE">In Mac OS X, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
+ Privoxy as the HTTP proxy.</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.8. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXUNINSTALL">In Mac OS X, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in
+ order to uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to empty the
+ trash.</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.9. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXIMAGES">In Mac OS X Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
+ experience random delays in page loading. I'm using <tt class="LITERAL">localhost</tt> as my browser's
+ proxy setting.</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.10. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXACCOUNTDELETION">I just upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and now
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has stopped working.</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.11. <a href="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME">My logs show many <span class="QUOTE">"Unable to get my own
+ hostname"</span> lines. Why?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.12. <a href="trouble.html#INUSE">When I try to launch Privoxy, I get an error message <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"port 8118 is already in use"</span> (or similar wording). Why?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.13. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER">Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.14. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2">Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when Privoxy
+ is used?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.15. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER3">What is the <span class="QUOTE">"demoronizer"</span> and why
+ is it there?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.16. <a href="trouble.html#WINDOWOPEN">Why do I keep seeing <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"PrivoxyWindowOpen()"</span> in raw source code?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.17. <a href="trouble.html#DNSERRORS">I am getting too many DNS errors like <span class="QUOTE">"404
+ No Such Domain"</span>. Why can't Privoxy do this better?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.18. <a href="trouble.html#ALLCPU">At one site Privoxy just hangs, and starts taking all CPU. Why is
+ this?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.19. <a href="trouble.html#SLOWCRAWL">I just installed Privoxy, and all my browsing has slowed to a
+ crawl. What gives?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.20. <a href="trouble.html#PREVENTCOMP">Why do my filters work on some sites but not on
+ others?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.21. <a href="trouble.html#SSL-WARNINGS">On some HTTPS sites my browser warns me about unauthenticated
+ content, the URL bar doesn't get highlighted and the lock symbol appears to be broken. What's going
+ on?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.22. <a href="trouble.html#SE-LINUX">I get selinux error messages. How can I fix this?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.23. <a href="trouble.html#GENTOO-RICERS">I compiled <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with
+ Gentoo's portage and it appears to be very slow. Why?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.24. <a href="trouble.html#TAINTED-SOCKETS">What are tainted sockets and how do I prevent
+ them?</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.25. <a href="trouble.html#PCRE-STACK-LIMIT">After adding my custom filters, <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> crashes when visitting certain websites</a></dt>
+ <dt>5.26. <a href="trouble.html#FILE-PERMISSIONS">What to do if editing the config file of privoxy is
+ access denied?</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>6. <a href="contact.html">Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>6.1. <a href="contact.html#SUFFICIENT-INFORMATION">Please provide sufficient information</a></dt>
+ <dt>6.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT">Get Support</a></dt>
+ <dt>6.3. <a href="contact.html#REPORTING">Reporting Problems</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>6.3.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS">Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</a></dt>
+ <dt>6.3.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS">Reporting Bugs</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>6.4. <a href="contact.html#SECURITY-CONTACT">Reporting security problems</a></dt>
+ <dt>6.5. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing Lists</a></dt>
+ <dt>6.6. <a href="contact.html#SF-TRACKERS">SourceForge support trackers</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>7. <a href="copyright.html">Privoxy Copyright, License and History</a></dt>
+ <dd>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>7.1. <a href="copyright.html#PRIVOXY-LICENSE">License</a></dt>
+ <dt>7.2. <a href="copyright.html#HISTORY">History</a></dt>
+ </dl>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
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