Spybot has its own web proxy that protects you against malicious websites and cookies systemwide. If enabled it acts as the default system proxy and every program using the system proxy uses Spybot proxy as well. Spybot proxy acts as an intermediary between your browser and the server that hosts the website you requested.
If you request a website that seems to be suspicious the proxy will block it. In this case you will see an internal website where you can choose between the following options:
- Show the website anyway
- Add URL to whitelist
- Add domain to whitelist
Using any of these options will redirect you to the website you requested. The last two options will add either URL or domain to the internal whitelist so the website you requested won't be blocked again. If you accidentally added a domin or ULR to the whitelist you can edit the lists in the Spybot settings on Ignore Lists tab.
If you want to use a different proxy in addition to Spybot proxy you have to add it in Spybot settings on Internet Protection. Here you can enable and disable Spybot proxy as well.
The proxy won't work if you change the proxy server in Windows LAN settings after Spybot installation or if you configured your browser to use a different proxy than the default system proxy.
The proxy is available in the following editions:
- Free
- Home
- Professional
- Corporate
- Technician
Due to Microsoft security restrictions for Modern UI applications the proxy is not available in Windows 8.
© 2000-2013 Safer-Networking Ltd. All rights reserved.