It seems some filtering software now also blocks web proxy list sites. So, this may give you some troubles in getting the latest web proxy. For example, a few users reported recently they cannot access the most active web proxy list, UnRestrictedSurf, which is hosted by us. This is not the end of the world. Even your school or company blocks web proxy list sites, you can still get the list of latest web proxy  through Twitter, Email, RSS feed and Yahoo group. Here is how. From Twitter. Once a web proxy is approved (it is free, but we need make sure it is really a free web proxy) on our list, it will be immediately twitted. Normally, this happens daily except Saturday and Sunday. So, you can just follow us on Twitter to get the latest web proxy immediately. Simple, right?  3 of the latest tweets are also shown on the sidebar of this blog. From Email. Many of you probably don't know, we maintain a proxy newsletter, which sends the latest web proxy listed on unrestrictedsurf.com. The newsletter usually is sent weekly, or bi-weekly if there are so many new listings. So, you can subscribe here. Please choose web proxy in…

Anonymous proxy servers, e.g., sgmum.net are most frequently used because these web servers do not share your IP address or any information about you or your computer. These anonymous proxy servers will protect you from different forms of malware such as viruses or spam.

In WWW world, proxy usually refers to the intermediary that retrieves information from other sources (e.g., websites) for the client. This is sensible when: the client cannot directly connect to the resources, e.g., some ISPs' firewall blocks these resources erratically or deliberately; the client does not want to disclose his/her info (e.g., IP address) to the resources There are different types of proxy: web-based proxy, open proxy and tunneling.