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More and more employers, universities and schools are becoming aware that employees and students are using internet for their personal reasons. They are trying to prevent such behavior by blocking access to the certain web sites like: facebook.com, bebo.com, myspace.com, hi5.com, dig.com, youtube.com and other web sites.

I guess you are the one of those people who cannot get access to some web site but you desperately need it. Do not worry! Today we will show you the basic steps which you have to follow to get access to ANY WEB SITE you wish! Even if they are blocked by evil guys from IT department :D Also we will hide all your web activity so none of them will know which sites you are visiting and what messages you are sending to your friends. Yes, they can do even such dirty things but not after you will get aware of some tricks mentioned below! :)


Step 1
First of all we need good proxy server. Let's select transparent one (select transparent for proxy type field) since they are faster than anonymous or elite ones. You can get some proxy servers here (http://forumaboutproxy.com/freeproxylist-org-web-site/how-can-i-get-proxy-servers-and-generate-my-own-download-link/) (step by step instructions with images).

Step 2
We have proxy, so now we need to setup our Internet Browser to use it. Here are step by step instructions with images for most popular browsers:

• VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to setup proxy in Google Chrome (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/how-to-setup-proxy-server-in-google-chrome-browser-(video-tutorial)/)
• VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to setup proxy in Internet Explorer (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/how-to-setup-proxy-server-in-internet-explorer-browser-(video-tutorial-873/)
• VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to setup proxy in Firefox (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/how-to-setup-proxy-server-in-firefox-browser-(video-tutorial)-872/)
• VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to setup proxy in Opera (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/how-to-setup-proxy-server-in-opera-browser-(video-tutorial)-874/)
• VIDEO TUTORIAL: How to setup proxy in Safari (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/how-to-setup-proxy-server-in-safari-browser-(video-tutorial)-875/)

NOTE: if your browser is not in the list please write in that topic and we will add it shortly

That's it!!! It seems very simple but try to open a web site in your browser and you will see that now you have access to all blocked web sites.

For curious users who want to know how we managed to bypass restriction I have written couple of short and easy to understand lessons. I will explain how IT guys in your company, university or school block a web site, how they can MONITOR ALL YOUR ONLINE ACTIVITY and how you can prevent such behavior with help of free proxy servers.

• Lesson 1: What is LAN and how computer connects to the Internet (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/lesson1-what-is-lan-and-how-computer-connects-to-the-internet/)
• Lesson 2: How Internet Browser opens a web site (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/lesson2-how-internet-browser-opens-a-web-site/)
• Lesson 3: How local firewall blocks some web sites (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/lesson3-how-local-firewall-blocks-some-web-sites/)
• Lesson 4: How to buy from Amazon or how proxy server works (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/lesson4-how-to-buy-from-amazon-or-how-proxy-server-works/)
• Lesson 5: How to bypass firewall and see blocked web sites (for advanced users)  (http://forumaboutproxy.com/general-discussions/lesson-5-how-to-bypass-firewall-and-see-blocked-web-sites-(for-advanced-users)/)

WARNING: all material in this article is for educational purpose only, before you will try to test it in your network, please get the permission from your network or system administrator ;)

Keep visiting our forum to read interesting articles :) Needless to say, if you have question related to this article or you are interested in something else, you are more then welcome to post your questions here :)

This is interesting topic! Thank you for posting these steps on how to access web site or social networks like myspace, twitter, facebook etc. that were blocked. I’ll try to copy this information and will use in the future.

Hello,
I tried all the ways you mentioned here to use different proxies to access websites. But as soon as i configure my IE or Firefox to use these proxies and try to surf the net. The only thing I am getting is page cannot load. Is there any thing wrong I am doing. Can you please help me in resolving this issue.

Thanks

Oh I see... please answer to following questions:

1) Are you sure that you have setup proxy server in your browser correctly?
2) Which proxy servers you have tried to use?
3) Did you try to open some other web site, for example yahoo.com with that proxy server and what was the result?

Could you please tell us a bit more about your problem, I am sure we could find a solution.

Waiting for your reply

Hello,
Sorry for the delay,
I just tried with the below proxy info and still got the connection has timed out. It even says the ip is tested 7 mins ago.

This is free proxy
200.155.37.241:3128 0.5090 39.45 100% 79H transparent Brazil    7:55 minute(s) ago

It ok :) I think it is much better if you will manage to contact us via ICQ or Live Chat so we will have direct conversation. It is hard to say what you have done wrong based on just the information you provide us. Also we need to test that proxy from our side to make sure that there are nothing wrong with proxy by its own.

BTW you still did not answer all questions, did you manage to open some other web site with that proxy server and what kind of error you are getting when you are trying to open facebook or any other web site?

Waiting for your reply