Free Proxy Tool Addon/Plugin
Firefox 3 and Firefox 4-9+ (beta)
Windows 7, XP, Vista, Server 2008; Mac OS X; Linux +
Latest Proxy Tool Version:
1.17
Note: If you do not see the bottom toolbar after installing Proxy Tool Addon for Firefox, enter
Ctrl+
/ keys to enable the add-on bar. Click
here for more details.
Quick Details Links
Proxy Tool is an user-friendly proxy tool that completely replaces Firefox's limited proxy features.
It has many features that will make it your best friend when surfing the sites anonymity.
HTTP Referrer:
First, let’s see what’s up with this Referrer feature. Some
sites require you to come from a specific web address in order to access
a specified page. With this amazing tool you can easily set the
referrer, by choosing one of the listed websites, or by adding your own
using the Edit List option. You can add more items to the list by
copying and pasting them, or by entering them one-by-one by yourself.
The addresses must be in the domain.extension format. No leading http://
or other stuff. You can enter up to 10 referrers.
User Agent:
The next thing we want to look at is the User Agent feature.
User Agent is, as defined by Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Agent
"In computing, a user agent is a client application implementing
a network protocol used in communications within a client–server
distributed computing system. The term most notably refers to
applications that access the World Wide Web, but other systems, such as
the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), use the term user agent to refer
to both end points of a communications session."
Basically, User Agent is a “signature of a client that’s used to access websites on the Internet.
Examples:
Internet Explorer 6:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.1; Windows XP; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Firefox:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100925 Firefox/4.0b7pres
By looking at this intuitive menu, you can notice that Proxy
Tool offers you a good set of User Agents to switch to, including the
option to randomize those User Agents, which means a random User Agent
will be selected for you. A lot of versions are available for each
client/browser, so you have plenty to choose from.
Proxy Type:
Further, you can choose the Proxy Type you intend to use. You can select between HTTP, SOCKS4 and SOCKS5.
These 3 proxy type options also have shortcuts, in case you need fast switching.
• Shift + H for HTTP(s) Proxy
• Shift + K for SOCKS4 Proxy
• Shift + O for SOCKS5 Proxy
Though this protocol was developed long ago enough, it is rather
new (compared to the HTTP proxy). SOCKS allows to work with any (version
SOCKS 4 - with TCP, SOCKS 5 - with TCP and UDP) protocols. A socks
proxy simply transfers data from a client to a server, not penetrating
into this data contents (therefore it can work with HTTP, FTP, SMTP,
POP3, NNTP, etc.). As SOCKS (as it was already marked above) transfers
all data from a client to a server, nothing adding from itself, from the
point of view of a web-server, a socks proxy is a client. Therefore
anonymity of this type of proxy servers is really always absolute.
You can also find proxy list packages on our Proxylist.co Member Dashboard website:
HTTP Subscription
SOCKS Subscription
Edit Proxy List:
You can edit/import the proxy list by selecting the edit proxy
list from the menu, or press Shift+L for faster accessibility. This will
bring up a new window, where you can add/edit you own proxies in the
IP:Port format, or IP:PORT,COUNTRY_CODE[,CITY].
You can add up to 500 proxies which is plenty to choose from,
if you use our
service for proxy listing, that provides you access to the best
daily-updated fresh proxies out there. By purchasing a subscription on
ProxyList.co you have a daily source of verified proxies you can use
with this plugin. The subscription on our website enables you to
download .txt files of proxies, which you can use to copy and paste
into the proxy list editor. You can either download detailed list,
download IP:Port list or download a special .txt file for ProxyTool, in
the IP:PORT,COUNTRY_CODE,CITY format, so you can directly paste the
contents in the proxy list editor and complete this fairly simple
operation fast and efficiently.
Removing Site Cookies and Flash Cookies:
ProxyTool also has two options of
Removing site cookies (this enables you to delete the normal cookies any website sets on your computer) and
Removing flash cookies (this allows you to delete the flash cookies sites deposit on your computer).
Alternatively, you can press
Shift + C to remove all flash/site cookies at once
Resetting Proxy Tool Firefox Addon to Default:
Sometimes you made the mess witht he settings and want to start over with default settings.
In that case, you can reset all proxy tool settings to default mode by pressing Shift + D.
Proxy Tool System Settings:
In the
Settings window, you can customize the
plugin to Use default referrer after page is loaded, Clear all cookies
on new proxy OR new window/tab as well as Rotating proxy on every new
window/tab. That basically means that when you’ll open a new
window/tab, according to your preferences, cookies will be cleared
and/or, the current select proxy will be changed.
Key Shortcut List:
• Shift + I : import proxies
• Shift + L : edit proxy list
• Shift + D : reset to default
• Shift + F1 : help
• Shift + H : proxy type: HTTP
• Shift + K : proxy type: SOCKS4
• Shift + O : proxy type: SOCKS5
• Shift + E : turn on/off
• Shift + C : delete flash & site cookies
• Shift + R : rotate referrer
• Shift + S : rotate proxy
• Shift + A : delete ALL cookies (Site, Flash and EverCookie) [ NEW in 1.17
version ]
• Shift + Z : delete EverCookie [ NEW in 1.17 version ]
If you have any specific proxy related requirements, please feel free to
contact us directly.
