How To Use Socks 4/5 in Firefox | IE | Chrome | MIRC | Skype | FTP |

Introduce To Socks Proxy

 In this tutorial i will tell you about How To Use Socks 4/5 in Firefox | IE | Chrome | MIRC | Skype | FTP | Socks proxy includes socks5 proxy and socks4 proxy.All the socks5/4 proxy supports https and high anonymity naturally, so you can use socks5/4 proxy to access all (http/https) websites such as Craigslist, Youtube, Facebook.You can use socks5/4 proxy to anonymously send email by SMTP, transfer file by FTP, chat by IM/IRC software and play online game.

Use Socks Proxy in Softwares

Many softwares use socks proxy e.g  Firefox, IE, Filezilla, MSN, mIRC, Outlook and Skype and some others. Here i will give you guide about proxy settings for all of  them. You need to use Sockscap for the other programs that don't support socks proxy.

Firefox Socks Proxy Settings

http proxy and socks proxy both are used by Firefox. Please click the Firefox menu Tools --> Options --> Advanced --> Network --> Connection --> Settings to set  socks proxy for Firefox.Tick the option Manual Proxy Input the socks 4/5 IP and Port for the "SOCKS Host" then keep other options empty or 0.

FTP Proxy Settings

Very lesss http proxy supports FTP,FTP client usually needs socks proxy.We can use the free FTP client FileZilla as e.g Open the FileZilla menu Edit --> Settings --> Connection --> Generic proxy Now you can easily configure see the snapshot below.

IRC Proxy Settings

Same as above very less http proxy supports IRC client  so they usually needs socks proxy. We can use the IRC client mIRC as e.g  click on  mIRC menu Tools --> Options --> Connect --> Firewall Now set the socks5 proxy for mIRC easily.

IE Socks Proxy Settings

IE can use both http proxy as socks proxy.The proxy setting in IE is little complex.Open the IE menu Tools --> Internet Options --> Connections --> Lan Settings to open this dialog.

Now check the option " proxy server for your LAN" and then click the Advanced button to enable the socks proxy for Internet Explorer.Then input the IP and Port for the "Socks" to work and keep other options empty.

Note: We find that IE doesn't support some socks proxies with the 27977 port. We recommend Firefox if you want to use those socks proxies in browser.

Skype Socks5 Proxy Settings

Skype usually needs socks proxy because very less http proxy supports Skype settings.Open the Skype menu Tools --> Options --> Advanced --> Connection --> Settings to set the socks proxy for Skype.

Socks Proxy Settings for Other Software

Programs such as Outlook Express (email client) and Google Chrome (browser) use the IE Proxy setting. Thus when your IE is using a socks proxy, they will use the same socks proxy. Programs such as Firefox and Skype can "Auto-detect proxy settings of the network". If you enable that option, they will use the IE Proxy setting too.If the program does not support socks, you have to use Sockscap to make it support socks proxy.