Click the Advanced button, and in
the Exceptions box, type the addresses of web sites you
want to connect to directly (no proxy).
Settings made in the Internet Options window affect Internet Explorer only,
so you??™ll have to use a slightly different procedure for other browsers. If
you??™re using Firefox, go to Tools ??? Options, choose the General category,
choose the Connection Settings tab, and select Manual proxy configuration.
If you??™re using SeaMonkey, go to Edit ??? Preferences ??? Advanced ???
Proxies, and select Manual proxy configuration.
Now, go back to http://annoyances.org/ip and notice that your IP has
changed! (If you can??™t load the page, the proxy server is down; just choose
another proxy server from proxy4free.com, and try again.) From here on,
every site you visit will see your proxy server??™s IP address instead of yours
until you disable the proxy.
Next, install ad-blocking software such as the Adblock extension described
in ???Stop Annoying Animations,??? earlier in this chapter, and use a proxy server
to mask your IP address.
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Networking and
Internet
Every byte of data you send and receive with your web
browser will be sent through the proxy server. Unless you
know??”and trust??”whoever is hosting that server, you
should always disable the proxy before sending sensitive
information (e.g., your home address, credit cards, etc.).
If you don??™t want to go to the trouble of setting up a proxy server whenever
you visit sketchy web sites, there are alternatives.
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