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Bizarre
Guest
Well I know some of you guys use one, but which is the best in your opinion, everytime I download one, my anti virus software says its a virus so help me out.
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MenaceInc
Staff Member
You're refering to a proxy. You can set an option to use one in the settings in Windows by going to the Control Panel, clicking on Internet Options, selecting the Connections tab and then clicking on LAN settings. In there you can setup a proxy. This assumes of course that you are connected to the internet via a router/modem and you don't have a dialup connection.
Depending on the router as well, you could setup the proxy from it as well but I'd recommend keeping it only on your own computer since anyone else using your internet connection would be affected too.
As for a list of proxies to use, I wouldn't know about them since I've never had need to use any in the past. I'm sure that a google search would help or perhaps someone else could advise on this.
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Look for the 100% transparent's in odd countries. They tend to work the best.
Look for the 100% transparent's in odd countries. They tend to work the best.
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Bizarre
Guest
Thanks guys and another question does this hide me when I download torrents? I got an e-mail a while back about me downloading programs so I just want to be safe.
eldiablov
Contributor
Hiding your IP will only prevent others from determining what you are downloading. Meaning if you are downloading a torrent, others won't be able to see what you are downloading, and thus those pesky government agencies looking to catch people, won't be able to see you for the most part. However, your ISP can be sniffing your outgoing packets and will be able to identify what you are downloading (correct me if I'm wrong).
Generally using torrents and proxies are frowned upon and not something recommended. If you do not configure a proxy through your router you will have to do it with all your applications (bittorrent/utorrent may have a proxy option in the preferences/settings).
Generally using torrents and proxies are frowned upon and not something recommended. If you do not configure a proxy through your router you will have to do it with all your applications (bittorrent/utorrent may have a proxy option in the preferences/settings).
Unless you route all your torrents through the proxy which will not work unless you set up the proxy yourself. Most people just use a proxy to report to the tracker with, but then all other peers in the swarm (thats where those pesky government agencies hide) will still be able to see your real IP address.
As far as I know, those pesky government agencies aren't actually looking for us users anymore, its more your ISP, so to hide from your ISP you'll need to force encryption on all your torrents which means you can't connect to anyone who doesn't have encryption on, hence losing a lot of peers.
As eldiablov said, you should get a seedbox from someone like feral or whatbox, these plans are really handy.
As far as I know, those pesky government agencies aren't actually looking for us users anymore, its more your ISP, so to hide from your ISP you'll need to force encryption on all your torrents which means you can't connect to anyone who doesn't have encryption on, hence losing a lot of peers.
As eldiablov said, you should get a seedbox from someone like feral or whatbox, these plans are really handy.
LocutusEstBorg
Active Member
Aren't seedboxes probably part of some sting operation. You're practically admitting your up to no good and there's no telling who's running them.
Thank god I'm safe over here. They'd laugh it out of court if someone tried to sue me for piracy lol. You can walk free for years before you're convicted of anything.
Thank god I'm safe over here. They'd laugh it out of court if someone tried to sue me for piracy lol. You can walk free for years before you're convicted of anything.
Those two I linked above are run by pirates, they simply rent servers from OVH and server.lu and split them into small slots for sale.
keveenjones
New Member
As per my experience I suggest to you that Hide my Ip 5.0 is the very best for hiding Ip address.