Carol..the Proxomitron MUST have settings in your browser telling Proxo to filter stuff. You would go to the proxy settings and enter 'localhost' and '8080' in the proper boxes. After that it is almost transparent. (With some of the settings you can choose, Proxomitron will eliminate most 'banner ads', but will replace it with a little [ad]
that shows it is working...or you can choose nothing at all).....it has MANY possible filters you can set even in the 'out-of-the-box' version, and many more in the page I noted..