What is privoxy.exe?

privoxy.exe is part of Privoxy and developed by The Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org according to the privoxy.exe version information.

privoxy.exe's description is "Privoxy"

privoxy.exe is usually located in the 'c:\program files (x86)\smartcomp safe network\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about privoxy.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on privoxy.exe:

PropertyValue
Product namePrivoxy
Company nameThe Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org
File descriptionPrivoxy
Internal namePrivoxy
Original filenameprivoxy.exe
Legal copyrightDistributed under the GNU GPL
Product version3.0.23
File version3.0.23

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product namePrivoxy
Company nameThe Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org
File descriptionPrivoxy
Internal namePrivoxy
Original filenameprivoxy.exe
Legal copyrightDistributed under the GNU GPL
Product version3.0.23
File version3.0.23

Digital signatures [?]

privoxy.exe is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the privoxy.exe file.

None of the 57 anti-virus programs detected the privoxy.exe file.

Folder name variants

privoxy.exe may also be located in other folders than c:\program files (x86)\smartcomp safe network\. The most common variants are listed below:

Other files also named privoxy.exe

privoxy.exe (104 votes)

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD535b25f79f6c6f1c6d45bc34f07726e92
SHA256bf19b36db622c052e9526bd90a24e101f7806135eb8f9157123391f21e5f06aa

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to privoxy.exe:

privoxy.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

privoxy.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Privoxy has stopped working.

End Program - privoxy.exe. This program is not responding.

privoxy.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

privoxy.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

What will you do with privoxy.exe?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with privoxy.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 13 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
13

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with privoxy.exe. Only 13 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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