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Step One: Download and install the proxomitron.

Step Two: Setting up the Proxomitron with your browser. Open Proxomitron and click the Config button.

Click the HTTP tab and make sure the settings look like this:

Now, the next step depends on which browser you use. For FireFox, click the Tools menu and select Options. Click General, and then select the Connection Settings button.

Make sure your settings look like this:

And hit OK.

Now, if you’re using Internet Explorer, which you really shouldn’t be, click on Tools and select Internet Options. Now, depending on whether you use a dial-up connection or local network connection, click on the appropriate settings button:

Now, make sure your Proxy server settings look like this:

And hit OK. Your browser should now be using the Proxomitron as a proxy server.

Step Three: Download my profanity filter configuration file. (Right click the link and Save Target As)

Step Four: Install the new config file by opening the Proxomitron and clicking File -> Merge config filters

Locate the file you just downloaded and double click on it:

You can close the Proxomitron window now.

And congrats! You should have my profanity filter up and running. To test it, try finding a website with some profanity in it. I chose the Wikipedia entry on profanity. It should replace the profanity with a series of dashes, like so:

Now, if you want to add words to the filter, you just open the Proxomitron, click Web Page…

Select Profanity Filter (JDH) and click Edit.

Add your new words in the Matching Expression box:

A word or two about syntax: Separate the words with the | character (shift-backslash). If you want a space in the expression, add a s.

There are couple of limitations to the filter, however: First, and most obviously: This will not edit profanity out of pictures. It only removes it from the text. The second limitation is that it will remove profanity out of hyperlinks, so if you’re trying to access a website with profanity in the link, you’ll get a 404 File Not Found error.

If you really want to see that website, the easiest thing to do is to right-click the Proxomitron icon in your system tray and check Bypass, reload the page you were coming from, and click on the link again. That’ll disable the profanity filter until you uncheck Bypass.

I hope this has been helpful. Enjoy your profanity-free browsing!

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