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