How to Set up TOR With Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)

August 5, 2008 · Filed Under Software, Windows 

Some of you might have heard of proxies or even use them a lot. They let you browse the web without revealing any of the details that you normally reveale while surfing a website (ISP, Location, IP Address etc.)

TOR isn’t a proxy, it is a worldwide network of routers that act as a proxy but it is 10X better than a proxy.

This is a guide on how to configure TOR to work with Internet Explorer 7.

TOR has a firefox plugin so firefox users have it the easy way but it can be confusing on how to set it up in IE7.

To start off with download  TOR for Windows from here: http://tor.eff.org/download.html.en

After that run the installer and make sure that you tick the box for TOR, Vidalia and Privoxy but not TorButton Firefox Extension.

Once it is installed run Vidalia and Privoxy if they are not running already. In Vidalia Control Panel click settings.

In the server section turn “Relay traffic for Tor network” off if it isn’t already.  In the “Advanced” section make sure the address is “127.0.0.1″, the port is “9051″. Leave the password as what it is, do not change it.

Now click the save button and then the exit button making sure you save the settings.

That is TOR configured properly, you are almost there, now all you have to do is set it up in IE7 (Internet Explorer 7).

Open IE7, Click Tools and then Internet Options. Go into the “Connections” tab.

At the bottom click the “LAN Settings” button. At the bottom of the new window it says “Proxy Server”. Tick the “Use a proxy server for LAN…” box.

Below that set the address to “127.0.0.1″ and the port to “8118″ (I know its different from before but its right). Untick the “Bypass proxy server for local connections” box then click Ok and then Ok again.

You are done. Your details will all be hidden and you will be safe and untracable while browsing the web.

To disable TOR do not go into the just go back into the IE7 settings and untick the “Use  a proxy server box” and tick it whenever you want to use TOR again.

If TOR in IE7 isn’t working then make sure that Vidalia Control Panel and Privoxy are running. If you are still having problems then just leave a comment here and I will help you.

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Comments

12 Responses to “How to Set up TOR With Internet Explorer 7 (IE7)”

  1. Benjo on August 15th, 2008 6:18 am

    very useful! thanks

  2. deb on August 18th, 2008 5:15 pm

    This is great tip. This worked without any issues. Thanks a lot for this simple yet very very useful solution.

  3. KK on September 16th, 2008 11:55 am

    Hey dude

    That was really nice info. However, I already knew it. I want to know whether any other proxy software can be used with TOR instead of privoxy. As Privoxy is not allowing me to play pool game at yahoo.com. I suspect its blocking the .jar file which is needed to play pool.

  4. Teresa on October 5th, 2008 7:55 pm

    made my life easier..thanks

  5. craterbaiter on October 16th, 2008 11:53 pm

    very helpful many thanks.

    Is there a simple fix to run firefox and IE7 concurrently with separate instances of Tor in Win XP?

    I run multiple screens from a twin cpu AMD setup 3/4gbram in Win xp and Ubuntu op systems

    The time dilation with Tor on is a bit stressful but so is downloading torrents in clear when the video police are on standby for coffee and donuts at 3am - while they trawl through Youtube downloads for copyright infringement. No chance.Lol

  6. Marios on October 17th, 2008 7:36 pm

    Do you know of a way to have your IP changed at some interval automatically? I know there’s a request new identity button, but I’m looking for an automated solution.

    The tutorial was great. The 8118 port is tricky!

  7. RattleHEad on October 21st, 2008 5:29 pm

    Thanks man it worked but for java chat rooms the java doesnot work it says i dont have java runtime but when i disable tor i can login java chat room can you plz tell me why this is happening?

  8. Blake Raue on December 1st, 2008 7:14 am

    It does work for me, however it goes AWFULLY slow in Internet Explorer. I don’t have this problem in Firefox. Any idea what is causing this?

  9. Blake Raue on December 6th, 2008 6:56 am

    The images at yahoo.com do not load properly while viewing them in IE with the proxy settings activated, I’m not sure what is causing this. I haven’t seen this problem in Firefox.

  10. san lynn naing on December 24th, 2008 4:00 pm

    I wanted Free proxy

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  12. vadim s. sabinich on December 26th, 2008 3:12 pm

    I translate your article on russian http://sabini.ch/content/view/202/1/

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