How to Hide Your IP Address

Hiding your I.P. address offers an additional layer of security when surfing on the internet. There may be times when visiting a site that it may try to access your personal information without you knowing. With security flaws in web browser, a hacker site can install malware onto your computer and access it through your IP address. The internet can be a hostile environment for non-experience web surfers. So why not hide your computer and ISP I.P. address from the web. This can easily be done with a proxy server.

Step1:

You will need to download proxy server software from the internet. See my resource links below for safe downloads.

Step2:

Once you have the proxy server software installed, you will most likely need to update its database with proxy server IP addresses. Refer to the Help file of the software you downloaded for detailed instructions.

Step3:

Some proxy software will ask you for the browser you are going to use so that can it configure the browser for the correct proxy IP address. Some software will automatically detect what browsers are installed on your computer and configure them automatically.

Step4:

For anonymous web surfing you will need to enable your proxy server software before opening your browser. If you are using Internet Explorer, you can go to Tools, Internet Options, Connections, and then select LAN settings. If you see that the proxy server box is checked and you see an IP address and port numbers, then you are all set. This is only a one time check and doesn't need to be repeated for the next time.

Step5:

To surf the web with out a proxy server, all you need is to deactivate the proxy server. This will restore your browser configuration to the original settings.