WebWasher - Version 3.0 WebWasher is an intelligent Internet filter and assistant used by 4 million users throughout the world with growing excitement.WebWasher consists of three functional modules:- Content Filtering- Privacy Protection- Access Control"CONTENT FILTERING"WebWasher's standard filters prevent unwanted data objects on Web pages from being loaded. The following configurable functions are available: Dimension filter - filters unwanted advertising banners. New sizes can be added at any time.URL filter - activates WebWasher's integrated URL filter. You can add new objects for other URLs at any time by mouse click.Pop-up windows - eliminates any pop-up windows contained on Web pages.Scripts - suppresses the execution of scripts that are executed when Web pages are loaded or closed.Animations - animated graphics can be entirely eliminated. Alternatively, you can specify the number of repetitions of an animation or that only the first picture should be displayed.Options - removed graphics can be replaced with your own image."PRIVACY PROTECTION"WebWasher's filters for protecting privacy prevent information about users from being forwarded to third parties without the users' knowledge:Web bug filter - filters small, invisible graphics that are hidden in documents and trigger the sending of messages to third parties. Web bugs are used by professional data collectors to create a user profile from watching your surfing habits.Referer filter - prevents third parties from following data tracks left by users on the Internet. These indicate, for example, the page from which you access another page or the domain from which you have come. Also prevents the disclosure of your search queries to third parties.Cookie filter - prevents the unwanted transmission or receipt of cookies over the Internet by your browser. A cookie allows you to be explicitly identified over the Internet. The cookie filter allows you to classify cookies as good, bad or neutral. Thus, you can use the good cookies for home shopping, for example, whereas cookies that spy on the user are neutralized or filtered out."ACCESS CONTROL"WebWasher provides the user with controlled access to the Internet. Wanted information gets through. Unwanted Web pages or data is blocked:Negative lists - enables blocking access to unwanted Web pages. For example, explicit and/or unlawful Web sites can be kept away from the user. In addition, the download of certain types of data like programs or music files can be blocked.Positive lists - blocks the complete access to the Web. Only clearly specified Web addresses are unlocked. This allows, for example, employers to limit the Internet usage of employees to content relevant to their work, e.g. a supplier's catalogue.Options - access to blocked pages can be redirected to a freely definable Web address. This option enables the display of an individual info page or the automatic transfer to alternative content.