Is it safe to use a proxy like ultra safe?please answer my quesions?

Question

i have downloaded a proxy called ultra safe.is this really safe from viruses?my husband told me that it will make my system slow n there will b a virus attack if i continue using proxies...one more thing i want to clarify is that..i am usng this proxy for accessing blocked sites like orkut.com, so is there any chance i can get caught as it is illegal?what should i do as precaution?what exactly this downloaded proxy do which makes it illegal?

Answer 1

1)   Using Proxy's will slow you down as all of your information has to travel to a known source rather than directly to your locations.  If the Proxy is busy, its just one more place to cause congestion!

2)  Make sure your only using the Proxy when your going to sites that would normally blocked (not all the time).  Hackers target proxies so that they can see traffic going across it in mass.  While on the proxy, your personnel information will not be encrypted.  THIS IS BAD!  Especially banking and such.

3)  If you access the proxy via http vice https, your really not hiding what your going to.  If your country is monitoring you to go to bad sites, they will immediately see them.  Is this at home or at work?  Or something regulated by your country?  If it at work or country regulated and you could be in trouble... BE CAREFUL!

Proxies are away to by pass security and tunnel things past a firewall.  This is what makes them bad.  Where I normally would have devices that would protect against viruses and information my users are not suppose to be viewing, a Proxy will get them around.  However, as a Network Administrator, it is VERY easy for me to see them.  I normally will eventually block them and reprimand the users that do it!

Answer 2

Hi,

Yeah i have this program called Ultra Surf, im not sure if it is the same thing, but i downloaded it and its fine..except all my freinds downloaded the same thing and they all got viruses on their computer, all the space filled up and it just would work..so they had to get their computer wiped. Luckily we are students so the I.T people do it for us..so im not sure if you should use a program proxy..maybe try proxys that are like sites.

Hope this helped.

Answer 3

hey there , ultra safe is good but i should admit ur hus is right . it makes ur com slow ( slowmotion ! )

here , the answer is this proxy software called : freegate 6.72 pro

with this u can have the jet in ur hands ! hope it helps