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\Vidalia Bundle\Privoxy\' folder.
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Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on privoxy.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Privoxy |
| Company name | The Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org |
| File description | Privoxy |
| Internal name | Privoxy |
| Original filename | privoxy.exe |
| Legal copyright | Distributed under the GNU GPL |
| Product version | 3.0.6 |
| File version | 3.0.6 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Privoxy |
| Company name | The Privoxy team - www.privoxy.org |
| File description | Privoxy |
| Internal name | Privoxy |
| Original filename | privoxy.exe |
| Legal copyright | Distributed under the GNU GPL |
| Product version | 3.0.6 |
| File version | 3.0.6 |
Folder name variants
privoxy.exe may also be located in other folders than C:\Program Files\Vidalia Bundle\Privoxy\. The most common variants are listed below:
- C:\Programme\Privoxy\
- C:\Programmi\Vidalia Bundle\Privoxy\
Other files also named privoxy.exe
privoxy.exe (104 votes)
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | df5cf18a5d452a1634ced071c82834de |
| SHA256 | 6b9125dd57a1c414ed5fed57560d1709d11402d459609a0239a6599f436b50c0 |
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?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with privoxy.exe:
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 1 user.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 1 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with privoxy.exe. Only 1 user has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Malware or legitimate?
If you feel that you need more information to determine if your should keep this file or remove it, please read this guide.
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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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