5.3. I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is still getting through. How?
If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be held in the browser's cache for some time, so it will be displayed without the need for any request to the server, and Privoxy will not be involved. Flush the browser's caches, and then try again.
If this doesn't help, you probably have an error in the rule you applied. Try pasting the full URL of the offending ad into http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info and see if it really matches your new rule. Blocking ads is like blocking spam: a lot of tinkering is required to stay ahead of the game. And remember you need to block the URL of the ad in question, which may be entirely different from the site URL itself. Most ads are hosted on different servers than the main site itself. If you right-click on the ad, you should be able to get all the relevant information you need. Alternately, you can find the correct URL by looking at Privoxy's logs (you may need to enable logging in the main config file if its disabled).
Below is a slightly modified real-life log snippet that originates with one requested URL: www.example.com (name of site was changed for this example, the number of requests is real). You can see in this the complexity of what goes into making up this one 'page'. There are eight different domains involved here, with thirty two separate URLs requested in all, making up all manner of images, Shockwave Flash, JavaScript, CSS stylesheets, scripts, and other related content. Some of this content is obviously 'good' or 'bad', but not all. Many of the more questionable looking requests, are going to outside domains that seem to be identifying themselves with suspicious looking names, making our job a little easier. Privoxy has 'crunched' (meaning caught and BLOCKED) quite a few items in this example, but perhaps missed a few as well.
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#1549 uninstall privoxy on mac Status: closed. Owner: Ian Silvester Labels: None Priority: 5 Updated: 2013-02-27 Created: 2013-02-27 Creator: Private: No I installed privoxy on mac.os through preferences, but can't remember how i did that. Some pages don't work anymore (like buying train tickets etc) so I really want to get rid of it. To have your Mac detect whether a proxy is necessary and automatically configure the proxy settings, enable the 'Auto Proxy Discover' checkbox. Your Mac will use the Web Proxy Auto Discover protocol, or WPAD, to automatically detect whether a proxy is necessary. This setting may be used on business or school networks, for example. Current Version: 3.0.16 (February 22, 2010). From the Privoxy web site: 'Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying 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.
Actaully, the hint is missing the 'make' command which makes the privoxy binary. The build steps should be: $ autoheader $ autoconf $./configure $ make $ sudo make install In an abundance of caution, I used a bit more in the final 'make install' command as well (found at macupdate): $ sudo make -s install USER=privoxy GROUP=privoxy.
Despite 12 out of 32 requests being blocked, the page looked, and seemed to behave perfectly 'normal' (minus some ads, of course).
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