CNET Editors' review
Filter your Web surfing with this simple to set freeware utility. Webwasher's basic interface is made up of basic checkboxes with a few option windows. Novices may have to look up a few terms, but most will have their preferences set in a couple of minutes.
Webwasher's premise is simple; click what you want to filter from viewing, saving, or sending. You can install the program as a proxy filter, or use a simple automatic configuration. Our testers found that both methods worked well. The Standard Filter operates on those items most users identify as problems. Pop-ups, misdirected URLs, large images, scripts, and animations are all easily set to not display. Intermediate users will find it easy to tweak each option for a more personal performance. The Privacy Filters are primarily on or off options. Prefixes, Referrer URLS, and Web bugs are removed with simple clicks. The Cookie Filter, though, requires some thought to properly set its options.
You can use Access Control wildcards to automatically redirect all or select URLs to a preset site, an option our testers felt would be useful to parents. All settings are protected from change by a simple password. Anyone wanting to fine-tune Web surfing to eliminate pesky pop-ups or filter inappropriate sites for other users will find Webwasher easy to operate and effective.
Publisher's Description
From Secure Computing:
This program helps you remove unwanted ads, which form 30 to 40 percent of the data you download. Blocking these ads creates a huge gain in bandwidth. This version features some minor changes in the online help, and fixed a Web Bugs Filter that caused an internal error on some Web pages.
What's new in this version: This version features some minor changes in the online help, and fixed a Web Bugs Filter that caused an internal error on some Web pages.
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"Crashes browsers"
Version: Webwasher 3.4
Pros
None observable
Cons
Doesn't allow browsing at all
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"Crashed with browsers"
Version: Webwasher 3.4
Pros
Nothing...
Cons
It crashed with Firefox and Opera! It made the browsers always restart.
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"GREATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT"
Version: Webwasher 3.4
Pros
Easy as pie
does what it says
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"useless"
Version: Webwasher 3.4
Pros
none
Cons
doesn't do a damn thing.
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