Dave, every time I re-open AdSubtract it checkmarks the 'use proxy server' box in IE6. This made me read the AdSubtract readme and it says...
>>AdSubtract PRO is a content-filtering HTTP proxy server that modifies
the web pages that you visit. More precisely:
* HTTP proxy server. Typically, your web browser contacts web
servers directly to retrieve specific web pages that you request.
Sometimes, however, web browsers are configured to use an
intermediary called a proxy server. A proxy server is a program
that accepts requests from a web browser to retrieve a specific
web page and then contacts the web server containing that web page
to perform the retrieval. The proxy then passes all the data from
the web server to the web browser.
There are many reasons you might use a proxy server. Proxies can
enable browsers to access the web through a firewall, or provide
improved overall network efficiency if many users access the same
pages over and over, or enforce restrictions on what web sites a
browser is allowed to visit.
* Content-filtering.
* Most proxy servers base all of their operational decisions on the
name of the web page (called a URL) that a browser wishes to
visit; once the proxy decides to allow the request, it passes all
data from the web server back to the web browser. AdSubtract,
however, goes further; it actually monitors and modifies the data
flowing between the web client and server. In theory, it can
perform any imaginable transformation of the web data stream; in
practice, AdSubtract is designed to remove specific kinds of data
that are widespread on the Internet but that users find annoying:
advertisements and cookies.
* Configurable. You can control what AdSubtract filters and on which
sites. Filtering can be controlled on a per-site basis; for
example, you can configure AdSubtract to allow cookies and
JavaScript from your stock trading site but to disallow JavaScript
from any other web site.<<
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