How to set up a proxy in Proxifier

Why Proxifier needs a proxy

Many apps simply connect to the internet with no way to tell them otherwise. Proxifier catches their connections and sends them through your proxy, adding the username and password itself.

Which proxy to use

Residential proxies with a sticky session are the usual choice for browsing, because the IP address looks like a home connection and stays the same while you work. For heavy use such as video, a time-based Unlimited Datacenter plan avoids paying by the gigabyte.

• Residentialfrom $2.64 per GB
• Mobilefrom $2.64 per GB
• Unlimited Datacenterfrom $0.24 per hour

What to enter

A PiratProxies plan gives you four things: a host, a port, a username and a password. These are the values for Residential; the username and password are on your plan page.

The country and the session are chosen in the username, not in a separate setting. The generator on your plan page writes the username for you, and Targeting and sessions explains each part.

Steps

1. Open Profile, then Proxy Servers, and click Add.
2. Enter the address resi.piratproxies.com and the port 1080, and choose SOCKS5. For the HTTP port, 8080, choose HTTPS instead.
3. Enable authentication and enter your username and password.
4. Click Check to test it, then OK.
5. Open Profile, then Proxification Rules, and choose which programs go through the proxy.

Menu names can differ a little between versions of Proxifier. The four values to enter are always the same.

Rotating or sticky

A device or browser that sends everything through the proxy is acting as one visitor, so a sticky session is usually what you want: the IP address stays the same while you work. Remember that gigabyte plans count all traffic, so video and large downloads use a plan up quickly.

A sticky username looks like this:

USERNAME-country-us-time-600-session-a1b2c3d4

If it does not work

• By default every program is sent through the proxy. Make a rule for the one program you care about and set the default rule to direct, or all your traffic uses your plan.
• Turn on name resolution through the proxy, so sites are looked up from the proxy's side.
• A 407 error means the username or password was not accepted. Copy both again from your plan page, and check that nothing added a space or cut the username short.
• If the IP address is in the wrong country, look at the username: the country code is part of it. More fixes.

Questions

Proxifier is a product of its own makers. PiratProxies is not affiliated with it; the name is used here only to say what this guide is about. Use it within the rules of the sites you work with and our acceptable use policy.