Proxy Switcher Standard can help you change your proxy settings easily. Moreover, it can also let you surf the web anonymously. Although the application’s interface is rather intuitive and there is also a wizard to help you configure your connection, you will probably need at least basic knowledge about connecting via proxy servers.
Using proxies is a way to preserve your privacy by hiding your real IP. Proxy Switcher Standard not only lets you set a list of proxies from which you can select the desired one, it can also change your proxy server automatically to make your connection more difficult to track. This is also useful when the current proxy stops responding appropriately. Furthermore, you can either create your own proxy list manually or let the program scan the net to find open proxies. If you connect through a local proxy server or a socks server, as those in schools and companies, you can effectively provide your authentication data to create a virtual private network.
In general, Proxy Switcher Standard can effectively let you change between proxies without needing to enter all the configuration data. Unfortunately, it only supports Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.
v5.2 [Aug 1, 2011]
Much reduced GDI resource use resulting in lower CPU loads while scanning.
Altered how proxy server multi selection works - selection will not be cleared when you press right mouse button without holding Ctrl down.
Improved proxy list parser control - faster aborting, throttled launching of parsing jobs to keep system load lower. As a result weaker machines should not struggle so much. Also it should not timeout as much anymore.
Ip2City dumps it's data to swap file (if possible) to reduce memory load.
Proxy passwords are displayed as dots instead of cleartext.
If Proxy Switcher detects that system has half-open connection limitation enabled, then a warning is displayed in message log.
DEP is enabled by default.
Updated Ip2Country.
Rare crash related to drag&drop should be fixed.
Registered user name now accepts and properly shows unicode.
Minor bugfixes.
A program that lets you easily manage your laptop connections to WiMAX networks
