#Proxycap portable software#
#Proxycap portable windows 8.1#
#Proxycap portable password#

Click on New Rule, go to the Chain tab and click on the drop down menu to select “ Unused” for the proxy chain to be used. Once you’re done with adding the proxies to WideCap, your next step is to create a rule. After adding a proxy, you can check if it is working by right click and select “Check selected”. You can add as many proxies as you want to the list. First, click on New proxy from the left hand sidebar and add a proxy.

Only 3 steps are required to proxify an application using WideCap which is adding a proxy list, creating a rule and finally add an application with the rule assigned to it. WideCap is more powerful if compared to FreeCap because you can easily proxify all programs by selecting an option and you can drag and drop a specific program that you want to proxify without manually browsing for the executable file. You will notice that many parts of WideCap resemble FreeCap but WideCap’s official website stated that it is an extended version of FreeCap but not a branch nor a new FreeCap version.

WideCap used to be a shareware but turned into a freeware since 2009. FreeCap automatically hooks the program and routes all Internet connection through the proxy. To run the program under FreeCap, either double click or click the Run icon. Click the browse button, select the executable file and all of the required information in the dialog box will be automatically filled. You can select “New Application” either from File, icon or right clicking on the main GUI. If you get a passed status for the proxy, your final step is to add the program that you would like to operate through the proxy. This is to ensure that the proxy that you’ve entered is working. Right click on the proxy and select “Check selected proxy”. Now go to the Proxy Chain tab and the proxy that you’ve just set as default will be shown on the list.

#Proxycap portable password#

If the HTTP proxy requires authentication, simply tick the checkbox, enter the login and password and click the Apply button to keep the Settings window open. Then select the protocol of the proxy which can be either SOCKS4, SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy. Go to Settings again from the File menu bar, select Default proxy from the left hand tree menu, and enter the default proxy address and port. The next step is to add a working proxy to FreeCap so that all connections are routed through that proxy. Having this option enabled causes any hooked programs to crash.

Click on the Program tab and uncheck “ Use advanced hooking technique (for ASProtect’ed programs)“. Click File from the menu bar and select Settings.

#Proxycap portable windows 8.1#

The first thing that you need to do for FreeCap to work under Windows 8.1 is to disable the advanced hooking technique from the settings.

#Proxycap portable software#

To overcome this issue, here are 4 proxifier software that are able hook onto any program so that it can operate through a proxy even if the program doesn’t support it.įreeCap is a very old free proxifier that was last released on 2006 but seems to work on Windows 8.1 through a brief test. If your proxy server requires a username and password to login, this tool would not work. Below is an example of a crawler tool called Screaming Frog SEO Spider that supports proxy, but not the authentication. However there are some software that don’t support proxies, or the proxy authentication. Another reason to connect through an anonymous proxy is to hide your real IP address.įortunately most of the popular Internet based software such as web browsers, instant messengers and email clients support a proxy where you can enter the IP and port of the proxy server and all the Internet traffic will be routed to the proxy server. Proxy servers can also speed up loading of webpages through internal caching by serving cached web pages to users. The proxy server allows the administrator to see the websites that are being visited by the users and also blocking offensive or not-safe-for-work (NSFW) websites. However for corporate companies that require more control of their Internet usage will have to use a proxy server to manage and share the Internet connection. Normally, proxy settings are not required for home users because they are directly connected to the Internet through a modem or router.