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Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions

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This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about - Privoxy. It is + Privoxy. It is not a substitute for the Privoxy User Manual.

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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 @@ -43,515 +35,376 @@ 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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Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.

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Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).

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Helping hands and donations are welcome:

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Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy - represents the state at the release of version 3.0.25. You can find + represents the state at the release of version 3.0.26. You can find the latest version of the document at http://www.privoxy.org/faq/. Please see the https://www.privoxy.org/faq/. Please see the Contact section if you want to contact the developers.

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Table of Contents
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1. General Information
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1.1. Who should give Privoxy a try?
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1.2. Is Privoxy the best choice for me?
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1.3. What is a "proxy"? How does Privoxy work?
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1.4. Does Privoxy do anything more than ad blocking?
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1.5. What is this new version of "Junkbuster"?
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1.6. Why "Privoxy"? Why change the name from Junkbuster at all?
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1.7. How does Privoxy differ from the old Junkbuster?
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1.8. How does Privoxy know what is an ad, and what is not?
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1.9. Can Privoxy make mistakes? This does not sound very scientific.
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1.10. Will I have to configure Privoxy before I can use it?
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1.11. Can Privoxy run as a server on a network?
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1.12. My browser does the same things as Privoxy. Why should I use Privoxy at all?
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1.13. Why should I trust Privoxy?
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1.14. Is there is a license or fee? What about a warranty? Registration?
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1.15. Can Privoxy remove spyware? Adware? Viruses?
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1.16. Can I use Privoxy with other ad-blocking software?
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1.17. I would like to help you, what can I do?
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1.17.1. Would you like to participate?
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1.17.2. Would you like to donate?
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1.18. How can I become a + sponsor and get my logo or link on privoxy.org?
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2. Installation
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2.1. Which browsers are supported by Privoxy?
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2.2. Which operating systems are supported?
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2.3. Can I use Privoxy with my email client?
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2.4. I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything special I have to do now?
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2.5. What is the proxy address of Privoxy?
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2.6. I just installed Privoxy, and nothing is happening. All the ads are there. What's wrong?
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2.7. I get a "Privoxy is not being used" dummy page although Privoxy is running and being used.
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3. Configuration
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3.1. What exactly is an "actions" file?
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3.2. The "actions" concept confuses me. Please list some of these "actions".
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3.3. How are actions files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?
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3.4. There are several +
3.4. There are several different "actions" files. What are the differences?
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3.5. Where can I get updated Actions Files?
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3.6. Can I use my old config files?
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3.7. Why is the configuration so complicated?
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3.8. How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail account work?
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3.9. What's the difference between the "Cautious", "Medium" and "Advanced" defaults?
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3.10. Why can I change the configuration with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
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3.11. What is the default.filter file? What is a "filter"?
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3.12. How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my LAN?
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3.13. Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.
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3.14. Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?
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3.15. I see some images being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?
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3.16. Can Privoxy run as a service on Win2K/NT/XP?
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3.17. How can I make Privoxy work with other proxies?
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3.18. Can I just set Privoxy to use port 80 and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
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3.19. Can Privoxy run as a "transparent" proxy?
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3.20. Can Privoxy run as a "intercepting" proxy?
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3.21. How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook?
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3.22. How can I have separate rules just for HTML mail?
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3.23. I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through. How?
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3.24. Are all cookies bad? Why?
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3.25. How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?
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3.26. Can I have separate configurations for different users?
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3.27. Can I set-up Privoxy as a whitelist of "good" sites?
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3.28. How can I turn off ad-blocking?
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3.29. How can I have custom template pages, like the BLOCKED page?
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3.30. How can I remove the "Go There Anyway" link from the BLOCKED page?
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4. Miscellaneous
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4.1. How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This has to add extra time to browsing.
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4.2. I notice considerable delays in page requests. What's wrong?
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4.3. What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and "http://p.p/"?
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4.4. How can I submit new ads, or report problems?
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4.5. If I do submit missed ads, will they be included in future updates?
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4.6. Why doesn't anyone answer my support request?
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4.7. How can I hide my IP address?
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4.8. Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?
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4.9. A test site says I am not using a Proxy.
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4.10. How do I use Privoxy together with Tor?
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4.11. Might some things break because header information or content is being altered?
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4.12. Can Privoxy act as a "caching" proxy to speed up web browsing?
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4.13. What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?
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4.14. I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where ads used to be. Why?
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4.15. How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?
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4.16. Privoxy runs as a "server". How secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?
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4.17. Can I temporarily disable Privoxy?
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4.18. When "disabled" is Privoxy totally out of the picture?
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4.19. How can I tell Privoxy to totally ignore certain sites?
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4.20. My logs show Privoxy "crunches" ads, but also its own internal CGI pages. What is a "crunch"?
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4.21. Can Privoxy affect files that I download from a webserver? FTP server?
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4.22. I just downloaded a Perl script, and Privoxy altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!
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4.23. Should I continue to use a "HOSTS" file for ad-blocking?
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4.24. Where can I find more information about Privoxy and related issues?
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4.25. I've noticed that Privoxy changes "Microsoft" to "MicroSuck"! Why are you manipulating my browsing?
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4.26. Does Privoxy produce "valid" HTML (or XHTML)?
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4.27. How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?
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5. Troubleshooting
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5.1. I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting "connection refused" message with every web page. Why?
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5.2. Why am I getting a 503 Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?
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5.3. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting through. How?
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5.4. One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy. What can I do?
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5.5. After installing Privoxy, I have to log in every time I start IE. What gives?
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5.6. I cannot connect to any FTP sites. Privoxy is blocking me.
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5.7. In Mac OS X, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use Privoxy as the HTTP proxy.
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5.8. 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.
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5.9. In Mac OS X 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.
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5.10. I just upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and now Privoxy has stopped working.
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5.11. I get a completely - blank page at one site. "View Source" - shows only: <html><body></body></html>. - Without Privoxy the page loads fine.
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5.12. My logs show many +
5.11. My logs show many "Unable to get my own hostname" lines. Why?
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5.13. When I try to launch +
5.12. When I try to launch Privoxy, I get an error message "port 8118 is already in use" (or similar wording). Why?
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5.14. Pages with UTF-8 +
5.13. Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.
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5.15. Why are binary +
5.14. Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when Privoxy is used?
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5.16. What is the +
5.15. What is the "demoronizer" and why is it there?
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5.17. Why do I keep seeing +
5.16. Why do I keep seeing "PrivoxyWindowOpen()" in raw source code?
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5.18. I am getting too many +
5.17. I am getting too many DNS errors like "404 No Such Domain". Why can't Privoxy do this better?
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5.19. At one site Privoxy just +
5.18. At one site Privoxy just hangs, and starts taking all CPU. Why is this?
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5.20. I just installed +
5.19. I just installed Privoxy, and all my browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?
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5.21. Why do my filters +
5.20. Why do my filters work on some sites but not on others?
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5.22. On some HTTPS sites +
5.21. 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?
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5.23. I get selinux error +
5.22. I get selinux error messages. How can I fix this?
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5.24. I compiled +
5.23. I compiled Privoxy with Gentoo's portage and it appears to be very slow. Why?
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5.25. What are tainted +
5.24. What are tainted sockets and how do I prevent them?
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5.25. After adding my + custom filters, Privoxy crashes + when visitting certain websites
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6. Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests
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6.1. Please provide sufficient information
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6.2. Get Support
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6.3. Reporting Problems
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6.3.1. Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems
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6.3.2. Reporting Bugs
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6.4. Reporting security problems
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6.5. Mailing Lists
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6.6. SourceForge support trackers
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7. Privoxy Copyright, License and History
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7.1. License
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7.2. History
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7.1. License
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7.2. History
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