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PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing is a utility to let you hide your IP address (identity) when browsing the web. Your IP address is easily detectable to any website that you visit. However you can hide your IP behind a proxy server.
Why do I need an anonymous web surfing software?
Because your IP address which is your identity number on the web is visible to any website that you visit. This software is for you, if internet privacy is an issue for you.
What is an IP address?
IP address is your internet identification number. IP number reveals information about your country of residence and who your internet service provider is. More about IP address ...
How does a proxy connection hide my IP number?
The diagram below shows that when you visit PC Mesh web site directly your IP address is visible. However if you visit our web site via a proxy server, PC Mesh web site will only see the IP number of the proxy server.
What does anonymity level of a proxy server mean?
There are two important pieces of information which are queried when accessing the web:
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REMOTE_ADDR and REMOTE_HOST This is client's IP address.
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HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR This tells if the client is being used as proxy server.
Depending on how much information a proxy server reveals about you and itself, it can be classified as high, middle or low.
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High anonymity
High anonymity proxies do not reveal your IP in any way. Furthermore they will lie about their role being anonymous proxy server. If queried they will show:
REMOTE_ADDR and REMOTE_HOST: Proxy server's own IP.
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: [empty] (which is a lie.)
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Middle anonymity
These proxies hide your IP number, but also tell that they are hiding IP numbers. If queried they will show:
REMOTE_ADDR and REMOTE_HOST: Proxy server's own IP.
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: Proxy server's own IP.
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Low anonymity
These proxy servers are not really designed for anonymous surfing, rather they are for other purposes like internet connection sharing. These proxies hide your IP, but also can tell which IP is hidden. If queried they will show:
REMOTE_ADDR and REMOTE_HOST: Proxy server's own IP.
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR: Your IP.
How do I start my proxy surfing with PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing?
Launch PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing and click Start > Autopilot. That's all you need to do.
When Autopilot is finished my IP number remains unchanged.
Start your anonymous surfing by closing all browser windows. Launch PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing, turn on proxy and open any browser windows via PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing by clicking the appropriate browser icon.
Also make sure you refresh your browser when checking your IP number.
My list contains only few proxies. Where do I find more proxy addresses?
Click Im/Export > Grab proxies. PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing will extract proxy server addresses from the web and fill your list.
After grabbing and verifying proxies there are no or few high anonymity proxies.
First of all go to: Miscellany > Settings > Autopilot > Proxy filtering > Delete proxies with a ping greater than
and increase the value for instance to 800 and try grabbing or Autopilot again. If that doesn't help read on.
You need to add some web pages to the list of web pages from where PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing grabs proxy servers.
Go to Miscellany > Settings > Grab Proxy > Web pages
- Check the URLs and delete the non-functional ones: Copy each URL to the address bar of your browser and hit Enter.
- Add more URLs to the list: Go to http://www.google.com/ and search for webpages which contain proxy server lists.
How is PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing better than competing products from other companies?
- The "Autopilot" feature which is a one-click proxy connection setup.
- The incredible speed of PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing in verifying proxies. Where PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing verifies proxies in seconds, the competing software will need hours to verify the same number of proxies.
How can I check at any time if proxy connection is on?
PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing indicates your proxy status in a number of ways.
On the toolbar if the green button is pushed then the proxy is on. Pushed red button indicates that proxy is off.
Look at the status bar. If there is written Proxy: Off then it's off otherwise it's on.
Right-click, Start. If "Proxy On" is checked then proxy is on, otherwise it's off.
Minimize PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing to system tray (next to the clock). Hold your mouse-pointer above its icon in the system tray. If there is written Proxy: Off then it's off otherwise it's on.
Does PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing need to be open after the proxy connection is established?
Yes, PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing needs to be open. However you can minimize PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing to system tray.
How can I add more proxy servers to PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing?
To add one single proxy, click Im/Export > Add Proxy.
To add a list of proxies, click Im/Export > Import Proxies. you will then need to provide a text file (.txt) containing proxy and port numbers.
To grab proxies from a website go to Miscellany > Settings > Grab Proxy > Web Pages and enter the URL of the website. Finally click Im/Export > Grab Proxies. See a screenshot of proxy servers in list.
How can I save/print/export the list of proxies contained in PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing?
Go to Im/Export > Export Proxies menu and choose between .txt, .html or .xls formats.
How can I find information about the listed proxy servers?
The leftmost cell of each table-row contains a drop-down window which displays Whois query information about the corresponding proxy server.
How can I sort the proxy table by ping, date of verification, etc.?
Click the column-header.
What is proxy chain?
To make your browsing more difficult to trace you can change proxy server every X minutes.
To change the time interval between proxy changes go to Miscellany > Settings > Proxy chain > Change proxy every and set the desired interval.
How do I turn off proxy chain?
Go to Miscellany > Settings > Proxy chain > Change proxy every
Change the value to zero.
How do I make sure that PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing has really masked my IP address?
Browse to http://www.pcmesh.com/ip-check.cgi and check your IP number.
What are the minimum requirements?
PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing runs on Windows XP/Vista and requires either of the following browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, Opera.
Trouble Shooting
PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing doesn't grab proxy servers from the web.
Check if your internet connection is working.
Go to:
Miscellany > Settings > Autopilot > Proxy filtering > Delete proxies with a ping greater than
and change the value to 700.
Many times the website(s) where PC Mesh Anonymous Web Surfing extracts the proxies from is unavailable. Go to Miscellany > Settings > Grab Proxy > Web Pages
Click the Check button to verify functionality of the URLs. After verification delete the URLs that are not functional.
Autopilot reports Success, but [your problem here].
If you experience misbehavior just delete the current proxy server and double-click the next row to select a new proxy server.
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