Bypass Great Firewall of China; Watch Hulu
Are you worried about people snooping on you while you're surfing the web?
Maybe you're at an office and the IT department has locked down your favorite time sucking website. Or maybe you're at the airport, or a coffee shop. Or more so, maybe you're living in China and a site you frequent has landed on the government's list of no-no sites. In that case, what would you do?
Enter Hotspot Shield by AnchorFree. It's a little application that frees you from firewalls and content censorship. It even allows you to watch Hulu outside of the U.S.
For those who already know of HotSpot shield, you may know that it displays a little ad on your browser--but it's easily disabled. However, a small ad is a tiny price to pay to able to reach the content you want, when you want, where you want.
Check out the little app here.

i may not agree with tuan's mac articles from time to time but you sir are being a douchebag.
Then enter your HTTP Proxy and Port and you are good to go. Google up some proxy lists and you can surf without the need for ads. Or maybe this is just another Tom's advertisement for some service right. Hope they pay well.
its going to be on torent sites, blocking the site wouldnt help
Hi mrubermonkey -
As a matter of fact, I have used proxies many times, and I even wrote the word "proxy" in the story's URL.
I'm happy you know how to setup a proxy. Some others may not have known and may prefer something like this for a quick fix.
You made two big assumptions about me that are way out of line. I've done Linux and Windows network administration for years, and no, AnchorFree didn't pay me a cent for this article. I stumbled onto it today actually.
Not sure why it's so offensive that I share something I found interesting with the community.
/ Tuan
i may not agree with tuan's mac articles from time to time but you sir are being a douchebag.
Try checking your internet explorer (or equivalent) if you have a proxy active. Tools - Internet Options - Connections - Lan settings. If your employer uses an isa server, and isn't too skilled in the use of such, you can bypass it simply by turning off stuff in that tab. Also you might try to use the ip instead of the name ( start - run - cmd - nslookup whatever.site.you.need.com )
- you won't be able to download it
- usb keys are blocked
- you can't install anything since youre not admin
..and so on... But it's still a nice thing for people outside US that can't access some of their sites or get showed to wait in lines and so on. Maybe you won't be able to watch Hulu, but you'll be able to access other content more easily.
I won't use it cos I don't like small ad-based apps all over my PCs .. and besides - I'm admin, so I know how to use proxies, and I have no problems with corporate firewalls
However since everything is blocked from Internet Explorer, I can just use Firefox on USB.
If you're on 64bit OS it doesn't work. You have to use work around which you can find using google.
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