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Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions

Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions

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This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering - capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing + capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. (tm).

Please note that this document is constantly evolving. This copy represents - the state at the release of version 3.1.1. + the state at the release of version 3.0.3. You can find the latest version of the document at

1.7. Will I have to configure Privoxy + before I can use it?
1.8. My browser does the same things as at all?
1.8. 1.9. Is there is a license or fee? What about a warranty? Registration?
1.9. 1.10. I would like to help you, what do I do?
1.9.1. 1.10.1. Money Money Money
1.9.2. 1.10.2. Software
1.9.3. 1.10.3. You want to work with us?
2.3. Can I use Privoxy with my email client?
2.4. Can I install ?
2.4. 2.5. I just installed Privoxy
2.5. 2.6. What is the proxy address of ?
2.6. 2.7. I just installed , and nothing is happening. All the ads are there. What's wrong?
2.8. I get a "Privoxy is not being used" dummy page although +Privoxy is running and being used.
3.3. What is an "actions"
3.5. How are actions files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?
3.6. There are several different "actions""Medium" and "Advanced""Adventuresome" defaults?
3.10. What is the default.filter
3.11. How can I set up Privoxy
3.12. Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.
3.13. Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?
3.14. I see some images being replaced by a text instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?
"transparent" proxy?
3.19. How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook + Express?
3.20. How can I have separate rules just for HTML mail?
3.21. How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?
4.1. How much does Privoxy
4.7. Can Privoxy
4.8. Might some things break because header information or content is being altered?
4.9. Can Privoxy
4.10. What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy
4.11. I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where ads used to be. Why?
4.12. How can Privoxy
4.13. Privoxy
4.18. I just downloaded a Perl script, and Privoxy +altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!
4.19. Where can I find more information about and related issues?
4.20. I've noticed that Privoxy changes "Microsoft" to +"MicroSuck"! Why are you manipulating my browsing?
5.1. I just upgraded and am getting "connection refused"
5.2. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting through. How?
5.8. In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I + experience random delays in page loading. I'm using + localhost as my browser's proxy setting.
5.9. I get a completely blank page at one site. <html><body></body></html>.. Without + Privoxy the page loads fine.
5.10. Why am I getting a 503 Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?
5.11. My logs show many "Unable to get my own hostname" lines. +Why?
5.12. When I try to launch Privoxy, I get an +error message "port 8118 is already in use" (or similar wording). +Why?
5.13. Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.
5.14. Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when Privoxy + is used?
5.15. What is the "demoronizer" and why is it there?
5.16. Why do I keep seeing "PrivoxyWindowOpen()" in raw source code?
7.1. License
7.2. History