Firexfox 3.0 is no longer in beta release! On 17 of June, a.k.a Download Day, more than 8 milion users have downloaded the new version of Firefox. It is a World Record hard to beat in the near future. Well done, guys!

Now, let’s see how to configure Firefox 3.0 to hide your IP address. The good news is that the configuration is similar to the one of Firefox 2.x. So, if you have read one of my previous posts, How To Hide Your IP While Browsing Using Firefox 2.x, you already know how to do it. For those who don’t, here are the steps…

First, go to WhatIsMyIPAddress.com and check your real IP address and location.

Then, you have to find a proxy server (IP:port).  For example, you can choose one from SamAir.ru or Proxy4Free.com. You are probably interested in changing your country, but you also must ne careful to choose a high anonymous proxy.

After you have chosen the proxy you can start configuring your Firefox 3.0 browser.
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IPSpotting.com shows a lot of funny “information” about your IP address. You can see if your IP contains prime or odd numbers, how your IP looks as a bitmap (see below) and if it resemble with anything, it shows your IP as poker hand, as a color, as a UNIX date, a point on a map, etc. Finally, you get a score.

The most interesting IP checked there is 151.199.53.145. It contains 3 prime numbers, it looks like a man skiing, all numbers are odd, it is a good poker hand :), produces a valid barcode, etc. Nice… 

I got only 19, so my IP is not very interesting. How much did you get? Is your IP interesting?

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Here is a question I have received today:

Q: BBC Radio usually switches their Liveatreams off during live coverage of sports events: “UK only”… (I’m from germany). I have been looking in several forums and on several websites how to get an IP address from the UK, but I didn’t find an answer  Now I downloaded I program called “Ninja Surfing”, but it doesn’t work as it does not find an IP address when I select UK. Can you help? Would be great!

A: As you know already, you need a UK IP address. To be more specific you need a proxy/server located in the UK. You can find such proxies on sites like Proxy4Free, SamAir.ru or Xroxy. These are open proxies that you can you free of charge. If you don’t know how to set up your browser how to use such proxy make sure you read: How To Hide Your IP While Browsing Using Firefox 2.x or How To Manually Change Your IP Using Internet Explorer 7.x.

The bad news is that most of these proxies won’t help because they are used by a lot of people and they are quite slow.

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If you are using Opera you should know there are several ways to hide your IP address:

1. Web proxies

This is the simplest way to hide your IP for any browser you use (including Opera). A web proxy is basically a site that works as an intermediate between you and the site you want to see/access. The key point is that the site you access does not see your IP as the calling source, but the web proxy.

You can find a lot of web proxies on sites like proxy.org. What you have to do is to access such a proxy, type in your desired URL and press Go/Submit. To be sure that it does change your IP, you can first type www.whatismyipaddress.com and see the IP and location of the proxy.

Usually, web proxies are used to unblock sites like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, but they are also useful for posting on forums or other such activities.

The main disadvantage of web proxies is that they have a short life and get banned, so you have to permanently look for fresh proxies. 

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A friend asked me if I knew some dutch web proxies that he could use. I have made a quick research and here are 10 web proxies located in The Netherlands:

http://easypr0x.info (IP: 85.17.92.135, Country: Netherlands)
http://ipslayer.com (IP: 85.17.174.196, Country: Netherlands)
http://netunlocker.info (IP: 89.248.168.30, Country: Netherlands)
http://nysproxy.com (IP: 89.248.168.30, Country: Netherlands)
http://www.xx7.nl (IP: 85.17.220.121, Country: Netherlands)
http://unblockmyspaceb.info (IP: 85.17.145.7, Country: Netherlands)
http://vhide.info (IP: 85.17.145.7, Country: Netherlands)
http://yourfreesurf.com (IP: 85.92.131.242, Country: Netherlands)
http://surfopkantoor.nl (IP: 213.207.85.139, Country: Netherlands)
http://weedeop.net (IP: 85.17.174.196, Country: Netherlands)

If you know other dutch proxies, feel free to let us know.

Happy Surfing!
 

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IP Privacy is a nice and easy to use tool for hiding your IP address. It is especially useful if you need to change your IP to an United States IP address as it provides high quality US proxies.

First, you need to download the product from Privacy-Pro.com site or directly from here.

After the installtion you will see the following window:

Then you have to choose a proxy from the list and press Enable Online Anonymity button. That will change your IP to a US one. It’s that simple! In order to be sure, check our What Is My IP Address page.

If you are using Firefox you need to go first to Settings, press Browser Configuration, check Firefox and press Apply. Then go back to the main window (Status) and press Enable Online Anonymity button.

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This is a common question. If you are using a DSL service, every time you turn on your computer youy IP address is changed. But this does not mean that you are not still banned on eBay, on a forum or on site you got banned before.

Why is that? The answer is very simple: you are still in the same subnet. Meaning that your new IP address is not very different from the one that you got banned with. For example, you got banned with 123.123.123.1 and your new IP address is 123.123.123.2. Forums or sites like eBay don’t ban only the exact IP, but the entire subnet.

What should you do?

Firstly, you could change your ISP (Internet Service Provider), create a new account and make sure you set up all new account information and do not link any old account information.

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Proxy Shell Hide IP will let you surf faster and more reliable by using multiple proxies to hide your IP address during surfing. No one will ever know where you are while using this software. Your IP address is a tracker to you, what you look at, what you listen to. Everything you do online can be traced back to you through your IP address. Therefore, you can even send emails and post to forums anonymously.

Many different sites collect cookies and they store them so they can gather information on you. Some sites won’t let you in at all if you do not allow them to store their cookie on your computer. Some sites know where you’re located at and even what kind of computer you are using just by having your IP address. Spammers get a hold of it and you have an inbox filled with junk mail!

Your IP address will never be seen by anyone. It will work on Vista, XP, and the following browsers:
• IE 6
• IE7
• Firefox
• Opera

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From the beginning I must say that this is not an easy task. Most of the hide ip tools allow you choose the country of your fake IP, but not the state. Tools like Tor would not help you this time. If you need to make your IP appear to be in a different state, you will have to try several hide ip solutions and find your suitable location. It’s try and error! 

Let’s consider first web proxies. Some time ago, I have compiled a list containing 100+ web proxies, most of them located in US, and as I have checked them manually I have also considered the state where the proxies were located. Check this post and maybe you can find a suitable proxy! Unfortunatly, not all of the proxies listed are still working.

Also, you can check proxies listed in the following posts:

• Another 35+ Proxies to Unblock Restricted Sites
• 25 New Proxies To Unblock MySpace, Facebook, YouTube

In order to find out the state where the proxy is located you should check http://whatismyipaddress.com/. Under the Google Map you can see the exact location.

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“I live in Mexico and love to watch some of the full episodes from NBC.com , FOX.com , etc… Is it possible to change IP address from Mexico to USA?”

The short answer is “YES“. It is possible to change your IP to a US IP as I previously suggested here.

The longer answer is that changing your IP address to a US IP is not the only issue. A significant problem is the speed. Most of the IP solutions are using free proxies, that are highly used by a lot of people and that offer low to very low browsing speed. These solutions are fine for posting on a forum or to access restricted sites, but are not suitable for watching online vidoes.

Private proxies is the answer to this problem. These are paid proxies (not very expensive) that are password protected and offer high speed browsing. I can suggest 2 such services but there are many more you can find by searching on Google:

• Sense-IT.us
• Xproxy.ru

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