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Winners will receive an e-mail containing the license key right away. I hope you will enjoy using our IP Hider. For any technical enqueries, please contact our support department: support@allanonymity.com.

How can you participate to our giveaway?

1. Tweet about this post.
2. Share this post on Facebook.
3. Leave a comment below, where you provide a link to your tweet or facebook share. (* make sure to use a valid e-mail address)

The contest will end up in August 10 and the winners will be chosen randomly. Winners will be announced on August 11 and license keys will be sent directly to their e-mail addresses. I hope you will enjoy and remember: if you need online anonymity then IP Hider is for you.

Many social networks or microblogging platforms as Twitter and Facebook have rolled out its location-based features. These location-based tools are gaining more and more popularity but on the other side, people’s concerns regarding their privacy are also increased. Due to these privacy issues, many Facebook users have decided to close their account.

I am curious how many of our readers are concerned about this matter:

The IE 6 failure together with Windows Vista made Microsoft aware that new better version must be released. And they launched Windows 7 together with Internet Explorer 8 transforming both in a real success.
Internet Explorer has become one of the safest browsers on the market. Here are the best 5 security and privacy features provided by Internet Explorer 8:

• Anti-phishing filter. Besides blocking bad sites, the filter can interrupt a dangerous download performed from a rogue site providing a warning according to Microsoft.
• Private browsing. inPrivate Browsing is a great feature of Internet Explorer 8 which cleans traces of your web browsing. “During an InPrivate Browsing session, files that you save to your hard disk and websites you add to your Favorites are preserved.”
• Security zones. Security zones is a special feature that allows users to set different security levels for different sites. For example if you trust a site you can enable cookies and accept pop-up blocker for that website. If there are sites that you don’t trust, you can choose to have cookies disabled and pop-ups to be blocked.
• Integration with Windows Firewall. Another unique feature is the possibility to integrate the browser with the Windows Firewall and with other antivirus applications.
• Automatic updates will always keep the web browser up-to-date to latest changes and improvements.

If you are an Internet Explorer user, I hope these tips will help you to improve your online privacy and security.

I would like to mention that the updated proxy list is valid for the latest versions of IP Hider: 4.9, 4.7 and 4.5. Users must not be concerned because the application is updating its proxy list automatically, every time is restarted. If you think the application failed in updating its proxy list, you can manually do this by hitting the “Update Now” button on the application’s interface.

If you would like to suggest more proxies from different countries, or if you have other comments related to the proxy list, please leave your opinion in the comment section below and we will consider it for a future update.

Internet connection speed is to the data transfer rate from the Internet to your computer. The Internet connection speed can be measured in:

• Kbps (kilobits per second, or thousands of bits per second)
• KBps (kilobytes per second)
• Mbps (megabits per second, or millions of bits per second)
• MBps (megabytes per second)

To test your Internet connection speed you can use one of the many services available online. Usually these services are calculating your Internet connection speed based on how fast your computer is received a specific file.
One of the best speed testing services is Speedtest.net. All you have to do is to enter their website and hit the “Begin Test” button. You should also know that the result can be influenced if you are performing uploads or downloads in the same time when you are testing the speed.

Now, if you have tested your connection Internet speed, can you tell me if you are satisfied with it? Is your Internet provider giving you what you have paid for?

So before improving your wireless network, make sure it is secured and then you can follow the steps below:

1. Position of Wireless Router. When you are installing a home wireless network it is indicate to place your router in a center location within your house. In this way you minimize leakage.
2. Reduce wireless interference. You must avoid using wireless electronics that use the 2.4GHz frequency because your router might be “affected”. Also you should opt for cordless phones that use the 5.8GHz or 900MHz frequencies.
3. Change router’s channel. Wireless routers can broadcast on several different channels and sometimes one wireless channel is clearer than others. From the configuration page you can change this channel and see if your signal strength improves.
4. Get equipment from the same vendor. If you get the router and the network adaptor from the same vendor, the performance can be boost of up to twice.
5. Update firmware or drivers. Updates are always welcomed, both when it comes about the router firmware or computer’s network adapter. Updates can fix bugs, smoothen out performance and reliability, and maybe even add new features.
6. Get a wireless repeater. Wireless repeater will extend the wireless network’s range without installing additional wiring. All you have to do is to place them approximately halfway between your previous wireless access point and your computer, and power them on.
7. Change router’s antenna. Usually routers have an antenna that broadcasts the signal equally within a certain circular radius. If you get a high-gain antenna then the signal can be focused into one direction instead of all directions.

If you have other tips how a Wireless Router Signal can be boost than you might want to share your experience with us. Or if you have tried out one of the tips listened above then let us know if the result was the one expected.

A good example is TMWSD (thismessagewillselfdestruct.com), which is a secure, auto-deleted messaging service. The purpose of this service is to:

• encrypt your message before storing it
• delete the encrypted content after the first time the message is retrieved

This service will protect your information in case your e-mail is hacked, in case of keylogger or other phishing method. More then that, the service has the ability to restrict access by password and the password is never actually stored on their database. No one can decrypt the message without the password.

Here are the easy steps you have to follow in order to use their service:

1. Go to https://thismessagewillselfdestruct.com/
2. Write your message and set a password.
3. Check “I accept the Terms and Services” box and hit the “Save this message” box
4. Copy the link generated
5. Open your e-mail and paste the link into the body section of a new e-mail. Sent the message to the desired person.
6. When the receiver opens the e-mail and access the link, the password is required to be entered. After the receiver close the page, the message auto destructs and no one can read it again, not even you or the receiver.

So if you are a security freak or if you just have to send someone a very important message, then you should definitely give this service a try.

There were 70 users who have taken the survey.

• 67% of the responders said IP Hider it’s easy to use, 12% admitted that it’s easy to use only in Smart Mode and the rest, 21% did not test it yet or find it difficult to use.
• IP Hider is used on a daily or weekly basis and users prefer Smart Mode because it’s easier to use than Manual Mode.
• Regarding the proxies, the Internet speed is not slowed down or a little bit slowed down which is great news.
• 65% users think there are enough proxies embedded into the application while the rest would like to have more proxies.

Other valuable information:

• the most used browser is Firefox
• the most used OS: Windows XP and Windows 7
• most desired countries from where to add proxies: Asia , Australia and Canada

Thank you all for your feedback and I wish you a happy anonymous browsing.

For Firefox there are two extensions that you should try:
Show MyIP
Indifferent if you have a static or a dynamic IP address, this will be displayed on the status bar of your browser.

What’s my IP Address
Personally I like this extension more than the one listed above because it provides more information: IP, proxy, ISP, city, country etc.

For Google Chrome it seems that there are more extensions but from the users’ reviews many are not working properly. So here are some extensions that worth to be mentioned:

ShowIP
ShowIP it’s a simple extensions that you can check the IP Address provided to you by your ISP. “Users who like to use proxy, along with noscript, xmarks and flashgot should love this cool feature.”

My IP
This extension provides beside the IP address the geo-location on a Google map. Some users might encounter problems as geo-location does not work proper in their country.

If you are using other extensions for showing IP address than you might share them with us, in the comment section below.