Privoxy is a filtering proxy for the HTTP protocol, frequently used in combination with Tor (anonymous network) and Squid cache. 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, etc. It supports both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

Privoxy is based on the Internet Junkbuster and is released under the GNU General Public License. It runs on Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, AmigaOS, BeOS, and most flavours of Unix.

The most recent stable version is 3.0.3, release on January 30, 2004.

=See also=

*Proxy server *Filtering proxy *Proxomitron

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