kat--and others who may be interested...Proxomitron has a nice, basic set of features out of the box, and many people run it just as they get it... but it ***MUST*** be set up properly, and you must make an effort to read its menus and see what it does. It functions as a 'local proxy', which means your browser *must* be told, in the settings, that Proxo is to examine whatever comes in...this is done by entering 'localhost' as your proxy and '8080' as the port. (**see below about proxies)

Once this is done, you can turn easily turn OFF (bypass) Proxo with a simple right click if you want to. Whether you ever want to depends on where you go and how detailed and complete your filters are set.

Then, as I say, you can add to the default filter set by downloading some more complex and detailed sets written by experts..(I don't even try to write them--they are like math formulas...I just install them, and check and uncheck the ones *I* want to use).

I guess I messed with the settings off and on for a few days...and then another few days when I found the additional sets....until I had things behaving and working like I wanted. IT WAS WORTH IT! I don't think I have changed anything in many months now.




**(a proxy is what Anonymizer is, but Anonymizer is another IP, somewhere on the WWW, that you run all your surfing thru...Proxomitron is a type of proxy that lives on your own machine) There is another type of proxy, J.A.P, that is run out of Germany, which is not as secure, so far, as Anonymizer, but which will work if you want that sort of thing.)