Proxomitron: highly flexible, small but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy

Proxomitron: highly flexible, small but very powerful, local HTTP web-filtering proxy

Proxomitron is one of the essential tool, everyone should use. It is better than Privoxy and Ad Muncher

I request you to post filters, questions, etc., in this thread.

Sidki's set updated!!

http://www.geocities.com/sidki3003/prox-down.html

Changelog
download

Edit :
I was always irritated by the forum girl on the forum homepage. This removes it
( http://my.opera.com/community/forums/)

[Patterns]
Name = "opera-forumgirl removal"
Active = TRUE
URL = "my.opera.com/community/forums/"
Limit = 1000
Match = "<div id="content"><div class="clear"> </div>"

Originally posted by chesss:

I was always irritated by the forum girl on the forum homepage. This removes it
( http://my.opera.com/community/forums/)

[Patterns]
Name = "opera-forumgirl removal"
Active = TRUE
URL = "my.opera.com/community/forums/"
Limit = 2000
Match = "

"

LOL, I always hated that too. Thanks!

Oops there was a lil error in the above filter. Corrected now

Edit: more problems , will check rigoriously before posting next time
Edit again:
Some other filters were interferring :sigh: and then opning in opera caused extra enter characters

Opera anti anti-lounge filter

This adds Lounge forums - software, etc to http://my.opera.com/community/forums/
Screenshot

Download this(which includes both the forumgirl and anti-anti lounge Filter) and then open in notepad, copy and import.
edit:cry: : Corrected now! phew!

Originally posted by chesss:

Oops there was a lil error in the above filter. Corrected now

Edit: more problems , will check rigoriously before posting next time
Edit again:
Some other filters were interferring :sigh:
Opera anti anti-lounge filter

This adds Lounge forums - software, etc to http://my.opera.com/community/forums/
Screenshot

Download this(which includes both the forumgirl and anti-anti lounge Filter)and then just use the merge feature.

It's not working for me....do I need to clear my cache?

Ninde , edited above. It should work now

so merging the filters doesn't work?

now that i tried, it seems to. But the imp thing is that i have changed the filter(i posted the wrong one earlier:sorry:)

New Opera Mod release of Grypen's set - linked in my sig.

Changes are:
Cleaned up FARK again, took out both sidebars.
Cleaned up Amazon search results - who needs sponsored links when you're searching to buy something?
Updated Kye-U to latest version, stripped out filters targetted at IE and Mozilla.
Integrated jjoebugs OpenOn filters, all you have to do is read the readme, and add the bookmarklet.

Originally posted by jp10558:

New Opera Mod release of Grypen's set - linked in my sig.

Changes are:
Cleaned up FARK again, took out both sidebars.
Cleaned up Amazon search results - who needs sponsored links when you're searching to buy something?
Updated Kye-U to latest version, stripped out filters targetted at IE and Mozilla.
Integrated jjoebugs OpenOn filters, all you have to do is read the readme, and add the bookmarklet.

thanks dude

New Opera Mod filterset release prompted by Grypen's new release. 10/16/05. Beyond the Grypen updates and changes, I have again pared it down a little to focus on Opera issues and remove all IE specific and Mozilla specific vulnerability filters.

Added a filter that hopefully will stop the blank pages showing up in Opera from download links

Removed some old config data that isn't used.

Sorry about this, but there is another update. This is so soon as it's some fixes I'd been persuing for a while(as well as some NICE filters from various forums) and Grypen came out with the new set, and now it finished up so here's the latest:

New google Ad-remover that also removes the toolbar ad at the bottom.

Fixed Fark again, grypen's new release broke the filter order I think.

Added Paranoid2000's fix for relative link's breaking filters. Hopefully will make the existing filters more effective again. - added a new keyword urlfix to allow disabling it selectively on problem sites. This keyword may change.

Extra Onion Slicer from jjoebug - get rid of an ad page before content at the onion.

Also fixed up the google blue theme so indentation and URLs work right again, also thanks to jjoebug.

As always, get it from my sig.

i have a questiom regarding the latest opera mod of grypen's set (10/19/05)you have in your signature jd10558. my javascript doesn't work in opera because of that filter...i can't use buttons on opera wiki or open screenshots on gamespot for example....which web page filter(s) should i disable for these things to start working again? (i have everything set as it was by default when downloaded)

thanks

Originally posted by zvonimir:

i have a questiom regarding the latest opera mod of grypen's set (10/19/05)you have in your signature jd10558. my javascript doesn't work in opera because of that filter...i can't use buttons on opera wiki or open screenshots on gamespot for example....which web page filter(s) should i disable for these things to start working again? (i have everything set as it was by default when downloaded)

thanks

There was a glitch. I'm doing a bugfix release as the filter causing the problems seems to have been fixed.

Bugfix Release:
Updated Paranoid2000's filter that was breaking so many URLs (especially javascript) with a new version that seems much more stable. I've been testing for a day with no immediate issues, tests on newegg and other previously problem sites show it's working for me anyway.

Sorry, no other cool changes.

As always, get it from my sig.

Remember, any sites it doesn't fix you can add to user-include-exclude like this:

www.example.com $SET(keyword=.urlfix.)

Originally posted by jp10558:

Originally posted by zvonimir:

i have a questiom regarding the latest opera mod of grypen's set (10/19/05)you have in your signature jd10558. my javascript doesn't work in opera because of that filter...i can't use buttons on opera wiki or open screenshots on gamespot for example....which web page filter(s) should i disable for these things to start working again? (i have everything set as it was by default when downloaded)

thanks

There was a glitch. I'm doing a bugfix release as the filter causing the problems seems to have been fixed.

Bugfix Release:
Updated Paranoid2000's filter that was breaking so many URLs (especially javascript) with a new version that seems much more stable. I've been testing for a day with no immediate issues, tests on newegg and other previously problem sites show it's working for me anyway.

Sorry, no other cool changes.

As always, get it from my sig.

Remember, any sites it doesn't fix you can add to user-include-exclude like this:

www.example.com $SET(keyword=.urlfix.)

thanks dude. everything is ok again

New release - not much changed.

New google Ad-remover that also removes location specific ads.

Performance Update to Paranoid2000s relative link fixer. Remember - if urls seem to act weird you can use the key urlfix to bypass this filter only on that site in user-include-exclude.

Added bypass of add filter per Grypen and jjoebug to let the track button show up on UPS.com

in my sig.

Update 11/18/05.
Merged Grypen's latest set.
Update to Paranoid's filter to remove relative links - bypass for NeoWin. Should be totally fixed for next release I hope.

New release today of the Opera mod. Available in my SIG.

Removed some text ads at ZDNet.
Fixed google blue theme to put thumbnails back + extra power links again.

Other misc fixes. I haven't merged Grypen's latest set as really all he did was add Kye-U's latest set, which only had an update for IE - so nothing of use to us Opera folks. Whenever he has some changes that are worth merging back, I'll update.

As always - thanks to jjoebug from prox-list, he's amazing!

12/2/2005 release - Merged with Grypen's latest set. See good updates in his changelog.

New release today 12/17/05... Many updates/changes. I don't know about Grypen, but I've got enough to warrent a new release I think. Thanks mostly to others as I have just a passing understanding of the filters myself.

Here's the changelog:
Remove Mapquest sponsored links.

Updated make links absolute to exclude Opera buttons and such.

Added a new version of Mark: CSS as recommended by Paranoid2000.

Updated some filters as suggested by Paranoid2000 to more fully catch ads.

Added ssl.google-analytics.com to Ad-User-Domains to block Google Analytics tracking.

Updated Anywho ad-removal filters, thanks to jjoebug.

Did some more fixing on the Make all links absolute with help from Paranoid2000.

Implemented changes to make sure tracking is disabled on BBC sites (NetRankings).

Added blocklist entry to fix issue with nvidia license site.

Added Dissident's faster floating ads blocking filter for testing - you can revert to the old one if you want.

Yahoo Mail filter to fix js so dropdown menus work in Opera.


Hope this helps someone anyway. In the usual place - see my sig.

New release due to: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=117908 and some other things.

Changelog:
Yahoo Mail fixes for Opera.

Removed some text ads at New York Times

Kye-U update to kill wmf downloads due to the recent vulnerability.(Updated to the HEX matching one)

Added Softonic ad remover from Grypen.

Merged in Grypen's latest set

For those watching, I've had some up and down set updates. This is due to some glitches with filters and some rewrites of things like the Kye-U one. So as of the last edit of this post, there actually is a difference between this set and the earlier ones dated today. This one works fine.

Hi JP,

One little addenum to your set.

[HTTP headers]
In = FALSE
Out = TRUE
Key = "URL: All File Extensions Force Filter (Out)"
URL = "*.*"
Replace = "$FILTER(true)"

This is essential for my WMF Filter to work (Allows all file extensions to be matched)

UPDATE: New KYE-U filter changes. Hopefully this is the last one for the WMF issue. I think he's got it worked out now. No other changes but finalizing the KYE-U filter(s) (there were like 6 versions yesterday lol).

More today

This should be it xD (I bet there are some people out there who want to kill me for posting so much )

EDIT: Opera Forums mangle the code. Go here to get the proper filters:

http://kyeu.info/proxo/forums/viewtopic.php?t=699

Ok, final changes in the wmf issue are made and uploaded as of now. Anyway - I hope I can spend some time actually collecting more ad-blocking or feature changes now lol.

Expect a new release very soon =P

After some good reading on the WMF format and its headers, I've learned it can be very diverse.

http://kyeu.info/proxo/forums/viewtopic.php?t=699

Updated

Updated 12/31/05 for the last WMF filter from Kye-U. Happy new year from those with no life lol!

Jp, thanks for your helpfulness and enthusiasm !
I am about to start using Proxomitron mainly due to your good info.

Your references to Allegrosurf as a help to caching interest me -
would you please elaborate as to how it is set up and what sorts
of advantages it might have for me as a dialup internet user ?

I have visited their site and it appears that there is one download
for 4 different usages - is this different from the version you are
using ?
Is there a download someplace of a simpler, older version like yours ?

Pages in general are very slow to load for me over my connection which
averages 30k or less, so I constantly have images not loading to help
speed things up a bit.
I am hoping that Proxo will help this, and also dump the nasty things
which flash and distract which always load anyway, and to take control
of the weather page I always keep open...

Thanks, and Happy New Year to Everyone !

mark

Originally posted by pegasus.vt:

I am hoping that Proxo will help this, and also dump the nasty things
which flash and distract which always load anyway, and to take control
of the weather page I always keep open...

It will

Sorry for the "noobness" but how do I enable/allow JavaScript? I inserted some URLs on the "Allow JavaScript.txt" file but to no avail. Surely I must've done that wrong, could someone tell me how to do so properly? Thanks.

Hi Again.
I started using Proxomitron today (JP's 4.5j Grypen(Opera MOD) 12/31/05) and it
is making my life a bit too interesting already !!!
Tried to post here and got an error page in response - tried several times and
either got the same page or one telling me I wasn't authorized for something...
shut off the proxy setting and found I had posted the same message on this board
several times but hadn't been able to see what happened !!!
Could someone educate me about this please ?

JD5000's site mentions a filter set but his site appears not to have been updated
since 2003 - is that correct ?
What appealed to me there was his 'trusted.txt' thing, in which I presume I could
simply add my.opera.com and be done with error messages perhaps ??

Thanks,

mark

WMF-Exploit Filters Updated again:

http://kyeu.info/proxo/forums/viewtopic.php?t=699

Originally posted by rpsgc:

Sorry for the "noobness" but how do I enable/allow JavaScript?

You may want to try sidki's set, which is generally considered a bit more advanced, but it has easy methods to allow javascript and other stuff.

http://www.geocities.com/sidki3003/prox/prox-config-sidki-2005-06-09.zip

Method to access proxo's menu (sidki's set): http://my.opera.com/chesss/blog/show.dml/34546 . Now select 'all javascript' and click 'List' and Ok in thedialog box that pops up.

Originally posted by pegasus.vt:

ried to post here and got an error page in response - tried several times andeither got the same page or one telling me I wasn't authorized for something...shut off the proxy setting and found I had posted the same message on this boardseveral times but hadn't been able to see what happened !!!Could someone educate me about this please ?

That sounds more like a site problem.

Updated to merge Grypen Updates.

Also merged in KYE-U's latest WMF filter. I recommend anyone still worried about other infection vectors to see : http://castlecops.com/a6436-Newest_WMF_Exploit_Patch_Saves_the_Day.html

Signatures seem to be missing so for those who don't know: www.streamload.com/jp10558/public

Originally posted by pegasus.vt:

Jp, thanks for your helpfulness and enthusiasm !
I am about to start using Proxomitron mainly due to your good info.

Your references to Allegrosurf as a help to caching interest me -
would you please elaborate as to how it is set up and what sorts
of advantages it might have for me as a dialup internet user ?

I have visited their site and it appears that there is one download
for 4 different usages - is this different from the version you are
using ?
Is there a download someplace of a simpler, older version like yours ?

Pages in general are very slow to load for me over my connection which
averages 30k or less, so I constantly have images not loading to help
speed things up a bit.
I am hoping that Proxo will help this, and also dump the nasty things
which flash and distract which always load anyway, and to take control
of the weather page I always keep open...

Thanks, and Happy New Year to Everyone !

mark

Well, I stopped using Allegrosurf when Opera came out with version 8. This is because Opera's own caching mechanisims improved to the point that I was only seeing ~4% cache hits in Allegrosurf, and then only when Opening a bunch of tabs from a "cold start" of Opera. So, I don't think it will help anymore, even on dial up (unless several people share the connection and might hit the same sites within a few hours).

As to newer versions of Allegrosurf, I can't really say, it's been months for me. If you do want to try it, you should chain Allegrosurf to Proxomitron, i.e. have Proxomitron be the last local proxy hit.

Originally posted by pegasus.vt:

Hi Again.
I started using Proxomitron today (JP's 4.5j Grypen(Opera MOD) 12/31/05) and it
is making my life a bit too interesting already !!!
Tried to post here and got an error page in response - tried several times and
either got the same page or one telling me I wasn't authorized for something...
shut off the proxy setting and found I had posted the same message on this board
several times but hadn't been able to see what happened !!!
Could someone educate me about this please ?

This isn't a proxomitron issue, or as far as I know, not specific to proxomitron. It's an ongoing issue with the custom forum that Opera built. I hope that we eventually get rid of all the site weirdness, but it's not yet quite there.

JD5000's site mentions a filter set but his site appears not to have been updated
since 2003 - is that correct ?
What appealed to me there was his 'trusted.txt' thing, in which I presume I could
simply add my.opera.com and be done with error messages perhaps ??

Thanks,

mark

Actually, My set is derived from Grypens which is derived from JDs last alpha set. He has stopped maintaing a set *sob*, because he thinks it can all be done in userjs *snort*. At least that's what he had said. I have my doubts, especially as he hasn't released a userjs version of his set. I personally think he just got tired of maintaing a set, which is understandible.

Grypen removed the trusted list as it seemed to be duplicating the bypass list - that is, it just bypassed everything in individual bypasses rather than the global one. It also was more processor intensive, as it had to hit (be checked) on every filter etc...

If you want to trust a site, use the bypass list. Then no filtering will take place on the site.

Originally posted by rpsgc:

Sorry for the "noobness" but how do I enable/allow JavaScript? I inserted some URLs on the "Allow JavaScript.txt" file but to no avail. Surely I must've done that wrong, could someone tell me how to do so properly? Thanks.

As far as I know, in my set anyway, javascript is in general enabled. Certain "nosy" scripts are modified, but all in all, javascript just works. Make sure you haven't disabled it in Opera under the F12 menu.

You can mostly stop javascript editing with the js keyword in User-Inculde-Exclude like :

([^/]++.|)dell.com.au/ $SET(keyword=.js.)

Originally posted by jp10558:

As far as I know, in my set anyway, javascript is in general enabled. Certain "nosy" scripts are modified, but all in all, javascript just works. Make sure you haven't disabled it in Opera under the F12 menu.

Oh, my bad then! It didn't work on a couple of websites so I just assumed it was off

P.S.: Another thing, see screenshot below. Opera doesn't show the downloading file's size anymore.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5261/huh7ym.jpg

Indeed, some files do not show their size, but not all. I never thought proxomitron might be causing this, but now it seems that might be the case. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.

Can you give me the full URL you're using to attempt the download? Preferrably also with the download page URL.

Originally posted by jp10558:

Indeed, some files do not show their size, but not all. I never thought proxomitron might be causing this, but now it seems that might be the case. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.

Can you give me the full URL you're using to attempt the download? Preferrably also with the download page URL.

At the matter of fact it happened with any file I tried to download, strange thing!

Download page:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/
or more directly:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/contribute.html?continue=http%3A//neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.1/OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe

Download URL:
http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.1/OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe

Updated again:

http://kyeu.info/proxo/forums/viewtopic.php?t=699

Originally posted by rpsgc:

Originally posted by jp10558:

Indeed, some files do not show their size, but not all. I never thought proxomitron might be causing this, but now it seems that might be the case. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.

Can you give me the full URL you're using to attempt the download? Preferrably also with the download page URL.

At the matter of fact it happened with any file I tried to download, strange thing!

Download page:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/
or more directly:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/contribute.html?continue=http%3A//neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.1/OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe

Download URL:
http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.1/OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe

Ok, it seems to be caused by the WMF vunlerability fix with the header filter Content-Type: !!!Filter All File Types {P} [Kye-U] {JJoe} (In) to catch misnamed WMF files. This filter will be removed once MS distributes a patch and it's verified it works. Until then, (unless Kye-U come up with some magic) we'll have to deal with do download time estimates - or use an external download manager like GetRight.

You could disable the WMF protection filters if you want.

Originally posted by jp10558:

Originally posted by rpsgc:

Originally posted by jp10558:

Indeed, some files do not show their size, but not all. I never thought proxomitron might be causing this, but now it seems that might be the case. I'll see if I can figure out what's going on.

Can you give me the full URL you're using to attempt the download? Preferrably also with the download page URL.

At the matter of fact it happened with any file I tried to download, strange thing!

Download page:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/
or more directly:
http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/contribute.html?continue=http%3A//neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.1/OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe

Download URL:
http://neacm.fe.up.pt/pub/openoffice/stable/2.0.1/OOo_2.0.1_Win32Intel_install_wJRE.exe

Ok, it seems to be caused by the WMF vunlerability fix with the header filter Content-Type: !!!Filter All File Types {P} [Kye-U] {JJoe} (In) to catch misnamed WMF files. This filter will be removed once MS distributes a patch and it's verified it works. Until then, (unless Kye-U come up with some magic) we'll have to deal with do download time estimates - or use an external download manager like GetRight.

You could disable the WMF protection filters if you want.

Thanks!

Well, MS released a patch for the WMF issue today. So I'm testing around without the filters, and seeing if there are any issues (I doubt it). I'll wait a day or two to see if anyone has any issues with the patch, and if not, release an update without the filters in there.

Originally posted by jp10558:

Well, MS released a patch for the WMF issue today. So I'm testing around without the filters, and seeing if there are any issues (I doubt it). I'll wait a day or two to see if anyone has any issues with the patch, and if not, release an update without the filters in there.

Cool, keep us posted

Update:

Removed WMF filters as MS has a working patch out. Also this fixes the no download estimate problem.

Removed sponsored links from Tom's hardware articles.

Small update, but I wanted to get rid of the now unnecessary overhead from the WMF filtering.

Before installing, make sure you have installed this patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0C1B4C96-57AE-499E-B89B-215B7BB4D8E9&displaylang=en

and rebooted. Then you can safely update to the current filterset.

Downloaded and installed.
Keep up the good work!

Why this software do update so much or when will it be update with less frequency?
It's very tedious have to download all the package one or twice times in a week, right now I have ten versions of the program. . . . .

The recent spate of updates was specific to the evolving WMF vulnerability, and the proxomitron protection. Usually I do not update that often, ranging to every 2-4 weeks instead. Always look at the changelog - if nothing important to you has changed, there is no need to update. I certainly do not mean to cause undue headaches, or very frequent updates - but sometimes the situation forces me to.

Just wondering.. I was looking around and couldn't find how to change the google theme. Could you point me in the right direction?

Thanks