Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing™
About Control Panel
To help you fully understand the protection that you are getting from Anonymizer® Anonymous Surfing™, we have compiled a quick overview of what each indicator light means. Each item below represents a different way that your online activities are being protected each and every time you go online to conduct personal business and send emails.
To find out more about the potential threats that any computer user can experience when online, visit our Consumer Threat Center.
In the diagram below, hover over Anonymous Surfing is, Identity Protection, and the Protection Indicators sections to learn more.
IP Anonymity
When this indicator light is green, your real IP address is hidden from Web administrators and online snoops as you surf the Internet. By shielding your IP address, people are unable to track your Internet activities and build profiles on you.
Anti-Phishing
When this indicator light is green, your Anonymizer anti-phishing protection is active. If you click on a link in an email that takes you to a known phishing site, Anonymizer will alert you to the danger by displaying a warning page. If you wish, you may proceed to the site by clicking the Continue button on the page. However, this is not recommended as many phishing sites may also infect your computer with spyware.
Anti-Pharming
When this indicator light is green, your Anonymizer anti-pharming protection is active. Anonymous Surfing protects you against Hosts file pharmingand DNS cache poisoning to ensure that every URL typed into your browser takes you to legitimate Web sites.
Wi-Fi Security
When this indicator light is green, your Anonymizer Wi-Fi protection is active. Anonymous Surfing uses 128-bit Surfing Security SSL encryption to secure the data that you send over a wireless connection and protect you against the latest evil twins scam. Please visit our Threat Center to learn more about evil twins.
Malicious Web Site Filtering
When this indicator light is green, your Anonymizer malicious Web site filtering protection is active. When you try to access a site that has been identified as dangerous by Anonymous Surfing, your browser will display a warning page. You may proceed from this page to the site, with an option to filter out any potentially malicious content. If you select to continue and block the malicious content banner ads or other Web content containing tracking cookies or other malicious content will be blocked with a message from Anonymizer.