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 TEST CENTER Junkbuster blocks unwanted Web content By Ana Orubeondo , InfoWorld Test Center September 8, 2000 E-BUSINESS COMPANIES will be the first to tell you that the information they collect about your browsing habits enables them to improve their bottom line. Some junk-raking companies benefit from the sale of your information held in "junk databases." In them, they record where you surf and what ads you download.
Internet Junkbusters 2.0.2 is free privacy-enhancement software that controls communications to Web browsers, such as banner ads and cookies. It works as a proxy that stands between a Web browser and the Internet, checking every HTTP request for each resource, including graphics, against a blockfile of URLs before sending it over the Internet. It also deletes unauthorized cookies and other unwanted identifying header data. It's a bit complicated to get up and running, so administrators will need to be proxy server-savvy and have some basic programming knowledge to modify the junkbstr.ini file. For those reasons the Internet Junkbuster software earned a score of Good. The default junkbstr.ini file is set to block cookies, and additional configuration means rewriting the file -- the biggest drawback of the program. Internet Junkbuster did everything we asked it to. Administrators will have the challenge of maintaining ongoing records of what cookies, ads, and sites will be acceptable for their companies and users along with updating their junkbstr.ini file. Despite that, Internet Junkbuster is a good tool for controlling unwanted cookies and banner ads and keeping private information a little more private. Return to the Privacy in the Enterprise package. Ana Orubeondo (ana_orubeondo@infoworld.com) is a senior analyst at InfoWorld.
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