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Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.Learn more about Tor>>

Tor-Proxy is a free proxy-server service that Internet users can use to hide their IP address while surfing the Web. An IP, address is a number used to identify computers on the Internet, and for reasons of safety and security, it may sometimes be desirable to hide the address. Fortunately, Tor-proxy is easy to use and can be installed as an add-on to the Mozilla Firefox Web browser.

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Using Tor-Proxy in Browser

1. Open a Web browser and go to https://www.tor-proxy.net.
   
2. Enter the website's URL in the blank under "Surf Anonymous Now with tor-proxy.net-Express [BETA]" on the right-hand rail of the website. 3
   
3. Hit return, and the site will appear in a new window. There should be blue band across the top of the webpage, where other URLs can be entered.
   

Using the Tor-Proxy Toolbar

1 Open Firefox and go to "https://www.addons.mozilla.org. Search for the Tor-Proxy toolbar and download it.

2 Restart Firefox.

3 Enter the URL of the website to be visited in the new toolbar, which should appear under the main address bar and will have an image of an eye next to it. When entering URLs, do not include the prefix "http://." The Tor-Proxy toolbar automatically puts the prefix in front of whatever is entered into it. Just use "websitename.com" or "www.websitename.com."

Tips & Warnings

• Using a proxy server does not automatically guarantee anonymity on the Web. Running Javascript and Flash will expose your real IP address even if a proxy is being used