First go to myiptest.com and check your real IP address. You will see how web sites see your IP address and how do they determine your location.
Then you have to find a proxy (an new IP address to be shown when you visit web sites). In order to do this go for example to SamAir List (also check our list of proxy sites) and choose a proxy from any country you want:
After you have chosen the proxy you can start configuring your Internet Explorer 7.x.
Here are the steps:
- Open Internet Explorer 7.x
- Go to Tools -> Internet Options:
- Choose Connections tab and press LAN Settings button:
- In the Local Area Network (LAN) Settings window, check Use a proxy server for your LAN:
- In the same window fill in the Address and the Port taken from the above proxy list (e.g. 212.4.14.145: 80 where the IP address of the proxy is 212.4.14.145 and the port is 80):
- Press Ok and then Ok again and you are done.
After the configuration is completed go to IPLocate.info and check your new IP address. You can now browse anonymously.
Important! After you are done with your activites under hidden ip, do not forget to uncheck Use a proxy server for your LAN. These proxies have a limitted life time and usually slow down your internet connection. So use them only when you need!
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Absolutely no way am I going ot use some proxy server somewhere else OR some DNS server other than my ISP (which is bad enough that they ‘see’ what I do)…. Face it, there is no privacy online. If you dont want people finding you, then dont go online.
@Mike – Unfortunately you are right: there is no total anonymity online. But still, there are ways to be “a little bit” anonymous. Proxies there are not a good choice but VPN services are.
@Mike – There is not always something ‘fishy’ involved if you want to hide your IP address. I’m German, living in the US. There are 2 websites where you can watch live German TV for free, but with my US IP address I read that the service is not available in my country. So I don’t see anything illegal in changing my US IP to a German one so I can watch my favorite German TV shows online
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No,there are fool proof ways of hiding your IP and being anonymous….I have been using a TOR (An application,that routes your IP ) after reading this article here,
http://www.asknaren.com/go_anonymous.html
I am not so gud at networking but when I asked my pals who are good at that,they say its really interesting.
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