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.

New release:

Ate horrible iframe ad at gamespot.com image viewer.
Synchronized with Grypen's two recent updates. (Youtube downloader filter!)

Till next time.

jp10558:
I found this on http://nontroppo.org/wiki/OperaPerformance :

"Problem: Slow browsing when using a Proxy (e.g. TheProxomitron) - sometimes 'hanging' the UI when lots of tabs are loading together.

Cause: Opera disables HTTP 1.1 by default for proxies (as not all proxies are compatible), thus slowing network performance down.

Solution: Go to Preferences » Network » Proxy Servers and turn "Enable HTTP 1.1 for proxies" on. If you use TheProxomitron, also turn off "Local connections persist..." as this (bug) actually turns off outbound HTTP/1.1 from the Proxomitron to the outside web!"

And I noticed that it was turned on in your proxo settings (config/http).. Not sure if it applies or does anything but I thought I better let you know.

Best regards,

Thanks, I didn't know about that bug. I had originally set that to try and fix the issue with hanging on wunderground long ago. I have since given up. It will be changed in my next release.

New update today! Changelog:

Clean information week pages, thanks to jjoebug.

Changed a setting to fix a bug with http 1.1.

Misc sponsored links eating.

Cleaned up reallifecomics.com.

Expanded possible matches for ad-strings.

Removed sponsored results on clusty.com

Wow, I checked out Proxomitron and this is perfect for my ad-detesting husband.
I'll install this on his Linux-box first thing tomorrow.

First time i use such programs, i use the jp10558 mod for Opera and it works great !
It works fine on forums where i wasn't able to remove specific ads frame.
It changes google result form too. Now I have thumbnails near each results and it's annoying.

Is there a way to import the settings into proximodo ? I wanna changes some behaviour ( like thumbnails ) and proximodo seems to be easier to set than proxo and it can launch the browser just after it loads and i didn't find if proxomitron does that.

Thanks.

I realized that proxomitron uses 99% CPU on loading big websites but it must be the results of block scripts loadings.

Originally posted by Tyanah:

It changes google result form too. Now I have thumbnails near each results and it's annoying.

See previous post: http://my.opera.com/community/forums/findpost.pl?id=1360578

hey, i just developed a proxy problem in relation to google image search. i use an amalgamation of a few sets, the last set jd produced a few years ago and the last set that sidiki produced i believe. my problem is that no images load when i search for something. i used to think that it was a javascript problem because the images loaded with javascript disabled, but with javascript enabled and proxyservers disabled images load as well. i will upload my configset upon request.

i think this may be a googleside problem because this has just developed within the last few weeks which was the time period between image searches i used. and if this is a problem that can't really be fixed, can anyone suggest another image search service?

A belated update. My computer was down, and I just got everything back up and running. Changelog:
Removed Overatrure ads from Guardian.co.uk

Re-Added Wunderground to the bypass list as some filters were breaking the satallite map zooming.

Removed Online Classifieds ads at technoride.

Removed sponsored links from isohunt.

Removed some sponsored links from mapquest.

enjoy.

So, a real update this time, after some testing and such. I'd been away for a while, working a lot and then having my computer break down - so as you see in my sig, entirely new rig (really nice btw).

So, here's what I've been up to:

Removed ad banner at hlcomics.com.

Added Dissident's filters to download videos from Dailymotion, Youtube & others.

Updated Google toolbar ad remover per sbk.

Added Dissident's remove AOL search sponsored links filter.

Fixes for Google video and YouTube.

Disabled Siamease cat's Stop browser snooping as it may break Google Video.

Merged in grypen's 7/20/06 new filters.

Edited block off site javascript to not count Akaimi caching as off site per z12 and protective1.

Disabled Convert All Links to Absolute as they would help ~ 1% of the time and hurt more than that.

Removed featured links at winsupersite.

Removed banner ad at animenewsnetwork.com

As always, enjoy.

Umm, the fixes were actually blocklist entries to fix the prox filterset from interfering, not to fix it with Opera if that's what you're looking for. I don't use google video, so I don't know if the set does anything for it.

I went to streamload's link and there isn´t the proxomitron file
Where can I download it?

The links are there, sadly, streamload recently "upgraded" to mediamax, and they only show up in IE or Firefox. If anyone has any idea why they don't work in Opera I'd love to hear it so I can do more than just bitch at the company.

If mediamax doesn´t want to work in Opera, then you could use the own space for files of Opera Community offered for its members.

First minor update in a long time, I haven't given up, just been busy, and haven't collected a lot of filters.

Changelog:

Changed to RAR files and hosting in my blog till mediamax gets fixed.

Removed some sponsored links on babelfish.

Removed some sponsored links at CNet.

Significantly clean up infoworld.

Clean up blogs.zdnet.com.

See my SIG.

much appreciated, as always, thanks!

Originally posted by ne1:

much appreciated, as always, thanks!

Thanks. I've posted a new blog post, would appreciate comments there:
http://my.opera.com/jp10558/blog/2006/11/15/autoupdater-for-proxomitron

For people who ONLY watch this thread, I suggest starting to check out my blog/journal linked in my sig. I have posted a rudimentary Installer/Autoupdater program(s) and AutoIT Source code. I suppose consider it GPL v2 for the little I did.

First "updater" release. 2006.11.19 - an emergency fix to google filtering only. Seems like an easy update to test the updater with.

If you hate the updater, the self extracting RAR is available directly:

http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/Update/Proxy.exe

Just place in in your proxomitron directory, and run it. It will overwrite the old files with the new ones.

Of course, feedback on the updater is also appreciated.

Back to doing it the easier old fashoned way. Maybe someday I can work on the scripting some more.

Anyway, here we go:

http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-2-15-2007.rar
http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-2-15-2007.rar.sig

And changelog (not too much as not much has been added):

Fixed Google preview thumbnails.

Re-enabled adtable filter - don't remember why I disabled it... adtable is the exclusion if it eats something it shouldn't.

Cleaned up Computer World.

I really appreciate your effort, it's the best blocking solution for Opera.

Originally posted by Petter99:

I really appreciate your effort, it's the best blocking solution for Opera.

I don't know if this is addressed to me, but if it is, you're welcome.

Originally posted by Petter99:

I really appreciate your effort, it's the best blocking solution for Opera.

I'd honestly prefer for Opera things like the AdBlock (Plus) and FlashBlock extensions for FF.

Originally posted by DarkOneForce:

I'd honestly prefer for Opera things like the AdBlock (Plus) and FlashBlock extensions for FF.

Each to his own

Another small update:
http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-4-15-2007.rar
http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-4-15-2007.rar.sig

Changelog:
Eat CEO.com sponsored links

Eat Amazon/A9 Sponsored links

Ate some new/more google sponsored links.(Thanks to jjoebug)

Feel free to PM or post here with any ads you see that you want blocked in this set. I can't guarantee I'll be able to fix it, but I'll try and bring them together into the next release. So far, I can only clean up what I see, which is probably a very small subset of the net.

I have a question. When using proxomitron, what is the recommended max connections to a server/max total connections? According to http://operawiki.info/OperaPerformance, is it true they need to be the same number (64/64)?

Yes, since Opera treats a local server like a normal one.
There have been several demands to fix this but it didn't happened till now.
However the max total connections should be set according to your connection speed and the CPU of your computer.(mine is set to 20)

I use the defaults without any problem.

Originally posted by jp10558:

I use the defaults without any problem.

You can use the defaults as well. However in this case the max total connections = max connections to a server = 8. The only negative side effect in this case is that some pages might load slower.

so I've got my max connections to a server set to 8 and max total connections set to 64 while using proxomitron. since

Originally posted by Krake:

There have been several demands to fix this but it didn't happened till now.

, does that mean it's fixed now and I shouldn't have to worry about it?

No it is not fixed and I wonder if it ever will be.

oh, alright then. so you think 8/64 is ok? or should I change it to 64/64? (I don't notice much of a difference)

I believe in XP SP2 you'll get effectively throttled to 10 anyway, and web standards are something like 2/4 so 8 is probably enough. You might get a faster response if you use 64 when loading many sites at once, but of course the problem here is that you also could try and open 64 connections to a single site, and possibly have really odd things happen.

yea, that's true. maybe I'll just stick with defaults.

A new, slightly larger update:
http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-5-23-2007.rar.sig
http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-5-23-2007.rar

Changelog:
Cleaned sponsored links from PCWorld.

Killed dhtml overlay subscription ad at PCWorld - thanks jjoebug.

Clean Up Appdeploy.com - thanks again jjoebug.

Cleaned up p2pnet.net.

More google fixes - jjoebug deserves to be paid!

Cleaned up windows secrets a little.

Enjoy!

BTW: Known bug with digg.com - the show post doesn't work right. Not sure why, may just have to bypass on digg.

Well, yet another update! Small yet important:
Changelog:
pcmag cleanup

Edited proxfunctions.js to fix digg "show comments" links. jjoebug should get paid + a medal.

Fix for Opera Widgets being blocked/messed up via fix mime types - jjoebug to the rescue again.

Links:
http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-6-8-2007.rar
http://www.mediamax.com/jp10558/Hosted/public/proxomitron-Gryphen%28Opera%20MOD%29-6-8-2007.rar.sig

enjoy, and the digg issue is fixed.

Seems interesting, but also quite difficult to use... Is that Gryphen version ok with default settings? Is it better to use that, than original version?

It doesn't block any flash ads.?

Well, the Opera Mod is updated far more than the original settings. It's not particualrly difficult to use, you extract the folder somewhere and start the exe. Point Opera at the proxy, and that's it.

Some may find it helpful to know you can right click on the system tray icon and select bypass to turn off the filtering for a while.

Also, under edit lists, you could add to the bypass list that would automatically bypass filtering on sites you enter there.

Originally posted by jp10558:

Point Opera at the proxy

how can i do that?

See my blog post: http://my.opera.com/jp10558/blog/show.dml/40697

I found it not to be very good. Blocks too much and leaves sometimes empty ad frames + surfing slower than when using Ad-Muncher. Why is this suppose to be better than i.e. Ad-Muncher?

It's free.

Originally posted by DigiFace:

Blocks too much

It depends on your configuration how much it blocks. You can even set it to let pass anything.

Originally posted by DigiFace:

surfing slower than when using Ad-Muncher.

Usually this is the sign of an incorrect ruleset configuration.
Since I use a German release of ruleset with a slightly modified script engine of Proxomitron, I can't give you helpfully advises for the release you have been tested.

Originally posted by DigiFace:

Why is this suppose to be better than i.e. Ad-Muncher?

Far more flexible and powerful. However at the same time more complicated to understand as Ad-Muncher and therefore less popular.

Would someone please tell me what connections to a server ,and maximum connection settings they find best with Opera and Proxo----dialup and Broadband
Somewhere I recall 16 and 16 being suggested ,but I am not sure

kinda off topic here but if i were to set my proxy setting to a certain site for the DSbrowser
or is it the cookies and javascript.Anyway would this help the site mapquest work fully for the page to work.
It's just the problem getting...maps.Thanks for responses to this I'll surely check this tomorow pls anwser
if you can.

Originally posted by wolfprince79:

Would someone please tell me what connections to a server ,and maximum connection settings they find best with Opera and Proxo----dialup and Broadband
Somewhere I recall 16 and 16 being suggested ,but I am not sure

Those numbers may differ depending on how fast your connection and your computer are.
You will have to find out by testing. 16/16 is what I'm using since it gives the best results for me. My computer isn't the fastest neither is my DSL connection.
Keep in mind that using a local proxy 'Max total connections' can't be higher than 'Max connections to a server' no matter how you set it up since Proxomitron is treated as a server.
Also make sure that 'Enable HTTP 1.1 for proxies' is enabled in Opera.