How to configure Firefox to work with Ultrasurf

One of few downsides of Ultrasurf is that it does not automatically configure Firefox. (This is the case for most of the non-VPN based hide IP tools. But there are always exceptions, like IP Privacy.)

If you want to browse using Firefox and being anonymized by Ultrasurf you have 2 options:

  • Install the Ultrasurf Firefox add-on (see how)
  • Manually configure Firefox to use Ultrasurf servers

The manual configuration is very simple and requires no special tech skills. Here are the steps you have to perform:

  1. Start Firefox
  2. Go to Tools -> Options…

    Firefox 3.0 
  3. Choose Network tab and press Settings buttonFirefox 3.0 Internet Config 
  4. In the Connection Settings window, check Manual proxy configuration:
  5. In the same window, fill in the HTTP Proxy and the Port taken with the following values: 127.0.0.1 as HTTP Proxy and 9666 as Port (take a look to the picture above).
  6. Press Ok and then Ok again.
  7. Start Ultrasurf (if Ultrasurf is running you see a locker in the bottom-right side of the screen. 
  8. Go to WhatIsMyIPAddress.com and check your IP address. It should show one of the IP addresses used by Ultrasurf. You can now browse anonymously.

Important! Do not forget to change your Connection Settings from Manual proxy configuration to Direct connection to the internet, after you exit Ultrasurf. If you don’t you won’t be a able to browse using Firefox.

[Review Ultrasurf on Hide-IP-Tools.com]

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24 Comments

  1. M A
    Posted June 9, 2009 at 10:40 am | Permalink

    Thanks Man.. Info VAlid

  2. rose
    Posted August 22, 2009 at 8:43 am | Permalink

    Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!

  3. jjjjjj
    Posted August 28, 2009 at 1:25 pm | Permalink

    thanx alotttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!

  4. HideIP Admin
    Posted August 28, 2009 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

    @jjjjjj – I’m glat the post helped you! See you around!

  5. Pantee Farhangi
    Posted October 12, 2009 at 6:12 am | Permalink

    Wow it worked! Thanks a billion :)

  6. John
    Posted October 17, 2009 at 7:39 pm | Permalink

    I just downloaded the latest version of ultrasurf 9.5 and i don’t know what to do next.do i need to connect my mobile phone with a pc suite before i can be able to use ultrasurf,if yes how do i configure ultrasurf cos am new to what ultrasurf is all about.please send the configuration settings of ultrasurf to my email address (mjk4study@yahoo.com).your urgent reply please,thanks.

  7. HideIP Admin
    Posted October 18, 2009 at 5:19 am | Permalink

    @John – I not sure what you want to do. Are you tryng to use Ultrasurf on your phone?

  8. John
    Posted October 21, 2009 at 11:33 am | Permalink

    Am not trying to use ultrasurf with my phone.i want to connect it to my computer but each time the green light show it does not connect because it always shows that ultrasurf connection fail.what should i do cos i have done exactly the configuration setting still connection fail.i have firefox 3.5 but cant connect to internet with ultrasurf.please i need your urgent reply on how to get ultrasurf to work with my pc to internet.

  9. John
    Posted October 21, 2009 at 11:36 am | Permalink

    No am not using ultrasurf with my phone.i want to connect it to my computer but each time the green light show it does not connect because it always shows that ultrasurf connection fail.what should i do cos i have done exactly the configuration setting still connection fail.i have firefox 3.5 but cant connect to internet with ultrasurf.please i need your urgent reply on how to get ultrasurf to work with my pc to internet.

  10. John
    Posted October 21, 2009 at 11:38 am | Permalink

    i want to connect it to my computer but each time the green light show it does not connect because it always shows that ultrasurf connection fail.what should i do cos i have done exactly the configuration setting still connection fail.i have firefox 3.5 but cant connect to internet with ultrasurf.please i need your urgent reply on how to get ultrasurf to work with my pc to internet.

  11. Dinesh kumar
    Posted March 23, 2010 at 12:07 pm | Permalink

    It is Working Nice…..
    Thank you very much…….

  12. Sam
    Posted March 31, 2010 at 12:37 pm | Permalink

    As an IT specialist and a telecommunications professor I have to add my comment in hope that this may help. First of all there is NO way to bypass Megavideo, the time limit is there for a reason which I know sucks but it is there. You may have done some research online about how to bypass it and every way listed does not work.

    We recently conducted a test using all known methods and they failed. The first was to start the video and hit the pause button then once the video finished feeding through we selected work offline – it did not work! The time limit still came up. Then we turned the modem off – still did not work the time limit came on. Then we did both at the same time – did not work! The time limit still came up.

    So then we scrambled our IP Address and that still didn’t work. Sometimes if you refresh the page it works for a bit but that’s it – then the time limit comes up again! So why is this damn time limit still popping up after every 72 minutes? Well turns out that when you are watching a video through Megavideo whether you are still online or are now offline and internet disconnected, Megavideo stores files onto your computer that tell it when you have reached the 72 minute deadline.

    We found the files and we watched them gathering together as the time passed while we watched a video. Very clever I must admit! If you try and fiddle with those folders you can’t view the video. They gather in the system registry and we have discovered that most online sites like Megavideo are going the same route. Sorry guys but there is no way to bypass Megavideo. But when we find a way – we will let you know!

  13. HideIP Admin
    Posted March 31, 2010 at 12:47 pm | Permalink

    @Sam – Thank you for letting us know about your tests. I’m sure they will help a lot of users.

  14. hex
    Posted May 6, 2010 at 12:55 am | Permalink

    A lot easier way: http://www.ultrareach.com/download_en.htm
    just install ultrasurf firefox add-on

  15. Devon
    Posted June 2, 2010 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

    the firefox add on link isnt working. Says 404 error

  16. Devon
    Posted June 2, 2010 at 11:35 pm | Permalink

    this has worked for me, but slows down me computer. Ultrasurf has gotten me around the 54min wait, and gave me another 72mins, then when you turn it off you have an additional 72 mins. There is no way so far to avoid the 72mins that Ive found, but this acts as an refresh or an extension for it. I have had some problems, like the video plays like 5mins then stops buffering forcing you to refresh the page too many times for my liking, but it seems that when I turn off ultrasurf and revert Firefox to normal I have a totally new IP. I left up the Megavideo page that says that your IP address, and they showed my original unproxied IP has been block, then when I went back to “What’s My IP Address” I had a new IP different from the ultrasurf one, and different from my original one that megavideo still was blocking. So yea, either I got hella lucky or it works like that, hell if I know, gotta test it out more….

  17. GUCCI
    Posted June 7, 2010 at 8:35 am | Permalink

    @Devon

    IT ASKS FOR AN AUTHENTICATION USERNAME AND PASSWORD. WHAT SHIT IS THIS?

  18. alvin
    Posted June 8, 2010 at 4:43 pm | Permalink

    thx, but just keep the configuration as it is okay but to change it maybe wrong.

  19. Pilgrim
    Posted June 11, 2010 at 11:39 am | Permalink

    I do not use Ultrasurf or Megavideo but reading through this thread something crossed my mind that might or might not be relevant.
    If it is possible to download a complete video and run it offline what would happen if while the video was running but before the time limit was up you temporarily reset the system clock back to a time just after the video started?
    It might well not work but if nobody has already done so it might be worth a try.

  20. Anti Megavideo
    Posted June 20, 2010 at 3:05 am | Permalink

    Well above some time ago sam stated that there was no way to bypass the megavideo time limit…. this is only true if you live with a static IP.

    Me and my friends all have dynamic ip’s and once we reach the 72 minute mark simply restart our modem, CLOSE all firefox + IE processes and then open then Megavideo site and continue watching.

    So Sam’s comment of theres no way of bypassing is total not true :)

    Also Hotspot shield even worked to get around the 72 minute limit for awhile.

  21. Awaji Anthony
    Posted October 3, 2010 at 11:05 am | Permalink

    I’m just grateful it really work. Thanks

  22. Neil from Beachwood
    Posted March 8, 2011 at 11:11 pm | Permalink

    With newest releases of Firefox (3.6.x and beta 4.0) this kludge is no longer needed.

    FF now offers an additional option on the proxy setup screen: “Use system settings.” If that is checked, then FF will emulate the behavior of MSIE and Chrome. When Ultrasurf or similar proxy is running, FF will detect it and use it just as the other browsers do. When Ultrasurf is closed, FF will return to normal operation.

  23. jy
    Posted July 21, 2011 at 12:15 am | Permalink

    MAY GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL.
    MAY YOU BE VERY RICH

  24. vonKyle
    Posted August 1, 2011 at 8:45 am | Permalink

    hi! pls help. i don’t see the golden locker, but ultrasurf is working in my laptop. i also can’t see the window of ultrasurf, where i can configure the setting

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