Installing and configuring Ghostery. Ghostery Storage Server - what is this program?


The Ghostery addon in Firefox protects user privacy on the Internet. It detects and blocks all kinds of tracking tools on web pages opened by the user: trackers, spy scripts, network bugs, beacons and pixels. All these “cunning devices” literally sniff out all kinds of information about the visitor of a web resource: what opens, where it goes, how long it stays on the page. And what’s more, they look into the browser’s cookies and web log to find out what the user previously requested in search engines and what sites he visited.

Why use Ghostery?

You might be surprised: who needs all this data and why? Unfortunately for us, they are very much needed. Believe me. All these “invisible people” are digital servants who collect information about behavioral factors user, in other words, about his interests and goals. And then they transfer it to the “owners” - various companies and firms.

Having a clear understanding of user activity on the Internet (thanks to invisible bugs!), it is much easier for them (companies) to build their marketing, production strategy, and more. But in this area there are also so-called reseller entrepreneurs. They don't produce anything, don't advertise. Their product is collected information about Internet users. Which, by the way, they successfully sell to everyone who needs it and, moreover, for good money.

And again you may be surprised. Well, let’s say the following thought slips into your mind: “Does it really matter? Well, let them watch, let them watch, record, record. These are not viruses! What’s in it for me?”

And here there is something to contrast. At least there are several reasons:

  1. Leakage of personal data: someone else can find out about you something that they don’t need to know at all and, most importantly, something that you are hiding from prying eyes. For example, address, place of work or study, telephone number, family status, names and surnames of relatives, etc. In some cases it can even be dangerous.
  2. Slow loading of web pages and the operation of the site in general. All these “bugs”, like other layout elements, consume network traffic, computer hardware resources. And therefore they are an additional burden. Moreover, it is useless and unnecessary from the point of view of the site visitor.

Agree, this is quite a strong motivation for those who want to work and relax online safely, confidentially, and anonymously. Remember how in the proverb: “The curious Varvara’s nose was torn off.” So, bugs and all sorts of other spy things on web pages, figuratively speaking, these are also “curious barbarians.” And they need to tear off their “nose” immediately, at the stage of the network request, using the Ghostery add-on, in order to stay out of harm’s way.

Installation

There are two ways to download Ghostery. Choose which one is more convenient for you. In any case, you will receive latest version official distribution.

Method No. 1

1. Click the “Menu” button in your browser (the “three stripes” icon at the top right).

2. Click the Add-ons icon.

3. On the section tab, in search bar(located at the top right), set the addon name to ghostery. Then press “Enter” or click on the “Magnifying Glass” icon in the request field.

4. In the search results, click the “Install” button (in the extension block).

Method No. 2

1. Open the official website for downloading addons for Firefox - addons.mozilla.org.

2. In the search bar, type - ghostery.

3. Click on the addon name in the list of tips.

4. On the loaded page, click on the “Add...” button.

Launch

After installation is complete, restart Firefox, click on the extension button and follow these steps:

1. In the “Welcome...” panel, respond to the confidential transfer of data about sites and trackers to developers in order to improve the functioning of the addon. Click the mouse to select the answer: “Yes, I will share” or “No, thank you.”

Attention! Failure to provide information in no way imposes any restrictions on the functionality of Ghostery.

2. In the same way, answer the request for access to analytical information.

Note. These and subsequent questions are asked to everyone who has downloaded the addon, regardless of their geographic location.

How to use

Attention! Even if you do not further configure blocking, the addon will still automatically filter elements according to preset parameters. The number of blocked blocks is displayed directly on the extension icon. In turn, additional tuning allows you to more flexibly configure the extension’s operation: block found scripts that are not covered by the filter; and vice versa - remove the initially specified blocking of elements.

To set up filtering on a web page opened in the current tab and view the statistics of blocked elements, do the following:

1. Click the "Ghostery" button in the FF panel.

2. All detected trackers, metrics and other unwanted elements are displayed in the form of a list on the right side of the window. For each object, three actions are available - three buttons in recording blocks:

“Shield on a green background” - do not block on this site (add to exceptions).

“Lock” - block the script only on the site in the current tab.

“Tick on a red background” - blocking the script on all sites requested by the user in the browser.

Select necessary action- click on the corresponding button in the tracker line.

In addition to creating custom filtering add-ons, the extension provides global action commands - buttons located in the left block of the panel:

“Trust...” - does not filter out all found objects.

“Restrict” - block all objects displayed in the list.

Temporarily disabling Ghoster is done with the “Suspend” button.

After clicking, the addon turns off and the button takes on the “Resume” value.

Accordingly, if you click it, the add-on will be turned on again.

To use all its resources, you need to create an account - fill out the fields of the registration form on the page that opens.

Settings

In addition to the control panel, the addon has a menu. To open it, click on the Ghoster icon in the FF panel, and then click on the “three dots” icon in the window that pops up.

The following sections are available in the new window:

“Settings” is a large submenu with its own sections:

“Trackers and blocking” - interface configuration (display of icons, links), blocking add-ons (allowing site owner trackers, individual filtering rules).

“Purple field” - options for the information panel that appears by default at the bottom right of the browser window after loading the page (display time, location, background inclusion).

“Notifications” - enable/disable various extension notifications.

“Support…” - management of user support programs (setting up sending analytics, site data).

“Report broken page” - send a message about problems that have arisen on any page.

"Manual" - reference information.

Ghostery - a faithful guardian of online privacy

Ghostery protects the user from the “invisible” evil forces of the Internet. Prevents any manifestations of spying on the user. Its database includes over 500 companies involved in introducing web bugs onto websites. The extension does not transfer user data to third parties. They are available only to developers and only with consent to their provision.

Ghostery can be used anonymously - without providing personal data, without registration and authorization (an account can be created on the service if desired).

Some PC users who monitor what is running on their computer through the task manager may notice in the list of running processes a process called Ghstore.exe. Since it does not apply to system services And common applications, certain people may be interested in what it does and what it is needed for. Ghstore.exe is the Ghostery application process Storage Server. Below we will figure out exactly what this Ghostery Storage Server program is, what it is needed for and how to remove it (and whether it is necessary to do so).

Some may think that Ghostery Storage Server is some kind of malware, however, this is not the case. Ghostery is a popular app for preventing online tracking.

The vast majority of sites contain not only advertising, but also special scripts, collecting information about visitors and sending them to the servers of certain companies. Ghostery blocks such bugs, thereby protecting the user from surveillance by corporations.

Ghostery is not separate program, but an extension for browsers. There are now versions for web browsers on Chromium-based (Yandex Browser, Google Chrome, Opera, etc.) and Firefox.

The corresponding extension not only runs inside the browser, but also starts processes on the computer. One of these is Ghstore.exe. Its presence ensures the storage of data about sites and blocked bugs. Probably, the developers, having highlighted the functionality of the extension's information storage server, decided to optimize the application in a similar way so that it consumes fewer resources of the user's computer. I think you understand what Ghostery Storage Server is.

Do I need to remove Ghostery Storage Server and how to do it?

Removing the Ghostery extension is quite easy. However, before doing this, you should think: is it worth it? This Ghostery Storage Server add-on has useful functionality: it protects the user from leaks of his personal data. However, if for some reason you decide to take this step (for example, to save computer resources), then do the following:

  1. Open a browser that has the Ghostery extension installed;
  2. Go to “Settings” – “Additional tools” – “Extensions”;
  3. Uncheck the box next to Ghostery.

Now you need to remove traces of the application from Windows. To do this you will need to do the following:

  1. Go to task manager;
  2. Find the Ghstore.exe process and end it;
  3. Open “Control Panel” – “Uninstall programs”;
  4. Find Ghostery Storage Server there and delete it.

It should be noted that some malware can hide their processes by calling them names popular applications. Therefore, just in case, scan your computer using one of the anti-spyware programs, for example, AdwCleaner. Relevant software can be downloaded from the official website of the software. There you can also find instructions that describe in detail how to use it. After checking, do not remove AdwCleaner from your computer - it will be useful to you in the future if this malicious Ghostery Storage Server software is installed on your PC.

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Good day to everyone and all that other stuff, dear friends, acquaintances, readers, admirers and other individuals.

I have already repeatedly spoken, written and talked about how important such browser plugins as (analog) and, in particular, are for security and simply comfortable surfing the Internet NoScript. Not just important, but necessary (like soap near the sink).

Today I would like to share with you another extension that simply must be in your arsenal and accompany your journey on the Internet anywhere and everywhere. Frankly speaking, I thought that it had long been a standard for many, but after conducting (about February) some analysis and survey, I found out that not everyone is familiar with this wonderful miracle of programmer thought.

Let's get started.

general information

Let's start with an introduction and description of their extensions by the developers themselves:

In general, this is the case and, for example, all sorts of buttons for reposts, likes and all that other stuff (on any sites) are mainly intended not so much for your convenience as for collecting and analyzing the resources you visit, statistics, interests and any other data, and, subsequently and in the best case, displaying relevant advertising to you.

First of all, all popular social networks are guilty of this, secondly, any statistical systems (i.e., as a result, almost all sites, because webmasters set their counters), like Google Analytics , Yandex.Metrica and so on. Advertising scripts, all kinds of widgets, and even seemingly harmless website design elements implemented through JavaScript.

In addition, the fact is that even when you log out somewhere (and, as a rule, no one does this now) the cache stores cookies and a lot of other interesting things with which you can collect various kinds of statistics, providing various kinds of functionality (think about the primary goal for yourself). So it goes.

So, it deals with the protection of your personal data, privacy and, as a result, security, by preventing the loading and execution of elements that are recognized as bugs. personal data. I think that this information is enough for you, and you can read the rest on the extension page, and we will move on to installation.

Depending on the browser, there is different pages, from where you can install this plugin. For Firefox, For Opera, well, for Google Chrome it lives here. I will talk about installation and use using the latter as an example.

Installation, configuration and use (using the example of Google Chome)

The operating principle is largely similar to No-Script, but at the same time much more humane for the end user and causes less shudder in terms of control and perception.

After installation you will find short excursion, which will allow you to familiarize yourself with the description of the plugin, its nuances, settings, and more.

In particular, you will be invited to participate in improving the world and all that other stuff. The choice, of course, is yours, but I think this is a formality:

Well, actually, on last tab You will be prompted to select the types of data and bugs that you want to block. In general, you can select all of them and then disable unnecessary ones, if you need one at all (say, somewhere an acquaintance will disappear Widget for you on the site):

Actually, at this point the installation will be completed and you can start using it, which is not particularly difficult.

Among all the extension icons in the right top corner You should see a cast icon, click on it. A small tutorial will appear. Read it, fortunately it’s not complicated:

For those who have not installed it yet, but want to read this tutorial, I will duplicate its text here:

  • Report window
    In the report window, you can view the list of bugs found and configure the parameters for blocking them;
  • Blocking options
    To turn on or off the blocking of a particular bug, use the buttons to the right of its name;
  • Lock
    If the toggle knob is located on the right and is colored in red, then the bug blocking is enabled;
  • Unblocking
    If the toggle knob is located on the left and is colored blue, which means the bug blocking is turned off. This setting applies to all bugs by default;
  • Exceptions
    If you enable a button with a checkmark (it will turn green), Ghostery will always allow this bug to be loaded on the current site;
  • Pause blocking
    To pause blocking of all bugs, click on the " Pause blocking". To resume blocking, press the same button again;
  • White list
    To allow downloading of all bugs on the current site, click on the "B" button White list". To remove a site from the white list, click on the same button again;
  • Setting up Ghostery
    To visit the settings page, click on the icon and then on the button Settings.

So that you don't get scared large quantity letters, in fact, I’ll show you what it looks like in real life:

As you can see, everything is visually clear and simple: colored toggle switches and beautiful buttons, clicks are accompanied by prompts and so on. " Pause blocking"You can even pause the plugin and see how it will be without it.

By the way, it can block Gravatar, so if you want to see avatars on website(and not only), then perhaps you should disable this blocking;) In general, the same thing applies Google AJAX Search API(responsible for searching on this and some other sites where search is implemented using scripts Google).

Actually, that's all. Let's move on to the afterword.

Afterword

Somehow it’s like this, use it to your advantage, with pleasure, and advise others, after all, confidentiality + security is everything. Not No-Script of course, but on the farm (and/or in conjunction with it) it will be very useful, especially for those who do not use it first.

As always, if you have any questions, thoughts, additions, etc., please feel free to comment on this post.

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Today, the security of personal data of millions of users seems to be one of the main problems modern browsers. In this regard, the Yandex browser seems optimal solution, since, despite the lack of any clear protection, it provides users with the opportunity to expand existing functionality by, including those related to computer security.

Ghostery for Yandex Browser

Surely many have encountered a situation where advertising from Google or Yandex somehow recommends suitable goods and services, although the user did not indicate any clarifying information about himself. Such a case is a fairly clear consequence of the work of the so-called bugs, which are located on the vast majority of portals.

Ghostery for Yandex browser - special application, designed to protect users of both PC and mobile platforms from unauthorized use of their personal data. The principle of operation of the extension is extremely simple: it blocks bugs, which leads to a complete cessation of information leakage towards the site owner.

IMPORTANT! As foreign practice shows, personal user data and trading in it seems to be a fairly successful and rapidly growing business, which is gaining momentum in our country.

This application is indispensable for those who take a responsible approach to the issue of Internet security, therefore, it is advisable to analyze its main features and functions.

Application Features

This application is significantly different from its similar analogues, like . After all, the latter work mainly based on updated filters, while Gosteri blocks all possible threats in advance, giving the user the opportunity to decide which widgets and bugs to allow and which to leave blocked.

Among the interesting features of the program, it is worth mentioning:

  • Convenient sorting of bugs by purpose and function;
  • The ability to add a site to the white list, which will restore its full functionality;
  • The ability to disable and enable individual bugs, which allows for a flexible privacy policy.

ADVICE! You should not think that extensions, even the most functional ones, are capable of completely protecting users’ personal data. To ensure perfect protection, you will need to use a whole range of measures, including VPN and a special browser.

Installation and use of the extension

In order to expand the functionality of the browser and block bugs on sites, you will need to go to the Google application store, which contains Official page programs. Despite the fact that the version presented in the service is intended for Chrome browsers, the Yandex analogue supports its installation, since it was created on its basis.

In order for the download to begin, you will need to press the appropriate key, after which the program will ask the user to confirm the action. After this, the download will begin, which can take a long time if the Internet is slow.

After the download is complete, the browser will again ask for permission to install, after which you will have to wait until the installation of the application is completed. Then you need to go to your browser settings, select Add-ons and find the installed Hoster. You will need to turn it on by pressing the appropriate key.

Now, after loading each page, the number of stopped elements will be displayed in the upper corner, next to the extension icon.

Video to help

Many users have noticed on their PC unknown program Ghostery Storage Server, which launches the ghstore.exe process in the Task Manager. Some users associate this application with a virus, but we will tell you what kind of program it is and how to remove Ghostery from your computer if you wish.

What it is?

Ghostery Storage Server- this is a server with a storage of extensions and data about sites collected by the plugin Ghostery. This plugin is an extension for Chrome browsers, Yandex, Opera, Firefox and is responsible for blocking tracking and collecting metrics (bugs) that are available on various websites.

Ghostery plugin in Yandex browser

The fact is that various bugs (analytics counters, webvisors, widgets, etc.) that are installed on sites can monitor your actions, thereby violating certain levels of privacy. And although, by and large, they are needed to collect statistics, not everyone wants their surfing to be monitored.

  • Ghostery plugin has a wide functionality that opens after authorization of your account. After installation, you will see the extension icon in the upper right corner, and after visiting the site, the icon will indicate the number of bugs that are present on the web resource.
  • In addition to everything described, the extension is very useful because, by blocking the loading of the above elements, it significantly increases the loading speed of sites.
  • Extension Ghostery is in the list of recommended applications for Opera and Yandex Browser. Also on system disk a Ghostery Storage Server folder is created on the computer.

How to remove Ghostery Storage Server from your computer?

In order to remove this program Ghostery from your computer, you need:


I’ll note right away that Ghostery Storage Server is not a virus, however, many Trojans can hide behind this name. Therefore, I would recommend checking your PC for unwanted software.


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