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How To Get Around To Those Blocked Websites

Does your workplace or college block some of your favorite websites? We have seen various hacks in the past from setting up a tunnel session to your home computer to going to proxies.

Now, you can just go to one of these following web sites to access those sites.

  • Kwiq.net, Zelj.com, Qloy.com

They all essentially do the same - unblock blocked websites. You can also use these sites if for some reasons, I don’t want to know about, you would like your IP address be not traced.


PHProxy - Anonymizing Web HTTP Proxy

After looking under the hood of these sites, I found that they are all just using a Open Source Web HTTP Proxy called PHProxy. You can run this from any server, for instance your blog host. Your hosting server would act as a medium between you and the websites you are getting to. The ip address of your host will be recorded at the sites you visit. Of course the server running PHProxy should have access to the blocked sites.

Download PHProxy

Use your Home Computer to Unblock Sites

If you’d like you can in fact run a web server in your home computer and install PHProxy on there. You can use a solution like DynDNS which gives you a easy to remember name from one of their free domains which can be mapped to your home computer IP address.

You are probably thinking how would this work if I don’t have a static IP as would most of the Cable or DSL customers. You can use a utility to keep your home computer IP synced with DynDNS service.

Now, you can use your home computer to unblock these sites.

Should you unblock websites?

A website is probably blocked by a workplace or university for a good reason and it might cost you to get around it. For example, porn sites or gambling sites. Stay away from them while at work. What you do elsewhere is nobody’s business.

But, we hear about some Corporate or University rules that block legitimate sites for unfathomable reasons only known to the webmaster or the policy maker. For such instances, here is an easy way to regain your power!

I might just install this script in ShanKri-la and provide this service to our readers. Watch out for that..

If you have stories about legitimate websites being blocked, let’s hear it.

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51 Responses to “ How To Get Around To Those Blocked Websites ”

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    #1 Tish UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    Hi, K! There’s an award waiting for you on my blog! :)

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    #2 K-IntheHouse UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    Wow.. I am honored Tish! Thanks for the award. :-)

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    #3 Vaibhav INDIA Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    nice stuff, But none of the above stated 3 sites were able to get through my college security, i was not able to open orkut.com, so any other solution??

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    #4 K-IntheHouse Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    Vaibhav, maybe you could try one of the methods listed in this post. Let me know if one of those worked.

    http://www.clazh.com/unblock-blocked-websites-like-myspace-bebo-and-orkut/

    Thanks for taking the time to comment.

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    #5 eches MALAYSIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    I always use ninjaproxy[dot]com and there are many more outside there :)

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    #6 K-IntheHouse UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    You are right, eches! Until I learnt about PHProxy I didn’t think they were all the same under the hood. Now, I understand how it all works. :-)

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    #7 Stephen Cronin CHINA Windows 2000 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    K, Living in China I know all about this, as many sites are blocked here. Until recently wikipedia, wordpress.com, blogger and many others were blocked (these are now allowed, but there are still many that are blocked).

    I used to use http://www.anonymouse.org to get around this (not sure if they use PHPProxy), but recently I’ve been using the TOR anonymity network. Firefox extensions such as Torbutton and FoxyProxy let you switch between your normal connection and the TOR proxy connection as you need it.

    TOR’s a bit slow and you have install it, so it may not be a good option for work or college, but it can do things the anonymous proxy websites can’t (like let me log into wordpress.com).

    Having said all that, I am going to have to look into PHPProxy - sticking it on my blog’s server should be faster than any of the other services. Thanks for the great tip!

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    #8 K-IntheHouse Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    You are right about TORs.. they give you extra functions but slower than a proxy.

    Let me know when you have it installed.. I could add your proxy page to my reference tab and send some traffic your way. That is if you want to.. :-)

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    #9 monster UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    i need to open orkut to meet wid my friends i dont use orkut for anything bad please help me ktnx

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    #10 gen UNITED STATES Mac OS X Safari 312.6 Says:

    how do u get on bebo when the site is blocked from the computer

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    #11 K-IntheHouse Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    Hi gen, I am not sure if I understand your question right. Is bebo blocked from your computer? Do you maybe mean your parents blocked bebo? Sorry if I inferred your question wrong.

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    #12 mateah UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    i need to get on it but evey proxy is blocked i have tied most things how do i get around them?????

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    #13 K-IntheHouse UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 Says:

    Sorry, Mateah! My solutions in this topic are limited to these proxy sites. Good luck unblocking! Between who is blocking MySpace anyways? Is it at work?

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    #14 bull Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    hey im trying to get to myspace threw a school computer and every proxy is blocked, and those 3 sites are blocked wat else should i try?

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    #15 kayla UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    :twisted: HEY I AM TRYING TO GET ON TO MYSPACE AT SCHOOL BUT THEY BLOCKED ALL THE SITES THAT I KNOW ABOUT!!! DO YOU KNOW ANY SITES THERE ARE TO GET ON TO A BLOCKED SITE THAT DOES NOT USE THE WORD PROXY IN IT THANXZ!!!!!!!!

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    #16 K UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 Says:

    Kayla, sorry I can’t help you there! Looks like your school is a step ahead of us in blocking even the proxies. As I mentioned in the post, the proxy could be run from any web server and it would impossible to block all! Good luck finding one that works.

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    #17 Myspace Ninja Vtunnel Proxy PHILIPPINES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 Says:

    for working so much now i got this proxy sites i hope they will work on your school.

    New: Get Myspace Vtunnel Proxy #1
    Get Myspace Vtunnel School Proxy #2

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    #18 Jaydon AUSTRALIA Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    Hey im at school on our second last day of grade 11 and we are bored. we want to play games but can’t find any wbsites with descent games that aret blocked can you help?

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    #19 Luke UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    i ewant to get on this website at school but can’t how do i get around it :twisted: help me plz i need to get on it

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    #20 Luke UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    how do i get on piczo then :evil:

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    #21 K SuSE Linux Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 Says:

    Jaydon, Luke.. didn’t any of the above work for you? If you searched for phproxy, there are many sites hosting it and the chances are not all of them could be blocked! Did you give the VTunnel proxy mentioned in Comment #17?

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    #22 Stephen Cronin CHINA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 Says:

    K, You must be regretting this post! You gave everyone the information they need, but you still get the basic “please help me” comments.

    Come on guys! Read the post (and the other comments). There are several proxy servers listed that should help - if they don’t, google “anonymous proxy server” or try K’s suggestion of setting up your own. I don’t mean to flame anyone, but I’m sure you can work it out based on the above information.

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    #23 K-IntheHouse Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 Says:

    Stephen.. thanks for the support! :smile: I don’t mind them as most of these comments are from Google search engine traffic. Not my regular readers. Sometimes I have the patience to respond sometimes I just ignore them. In fact, I approve some of these and not delete them because they think my comment section is broken and try multiple times.. :-)

    And as we can see they are looking for a quick answer and don’t spend the time reading through a post or comments. I must rank highly in Google for some of these keywords.. :-)

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    #24 Belen v UNITED STATES Windows 2000 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 Says:

    :sad:

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    #25 davonta UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    can u tell me how to get on bebo at school

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    #26 davonta UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    :neutral: :neutral: :?: tell me please how to get on it that will be ur christimas present 2 me

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    #27 Matt Ellsworth UNITED STATES Windows 2000 Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 Says:

    you can always run one of those sites yourself as well.

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    #28 K SuSE Linux Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 Says:

    davonta.. I’m not sure how else you can do that if the above doesn’t work! Sorry.. :shock:

    Matt.. yep. I considered doing that but this post and the response it has gotten convinced me otherwise! :wink:

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    #29 Candis UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    :evil: Heath end has blocked EVERYTHIN!!! its so enoyin !!

    all i wanna do is ceck mi mail from bebo now and then …but i cant :evil:

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    #30 Gertrude UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    I like 3.14

    and non of those proxys work for me.
    >.< Get some more.

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    #31 xpsave CYPRUS Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 Says:

    There will always be new proxies to use. You can even create some personal ones for your own use. Costs near to nothing to get some cheap hosting

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    #32 kat livington Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 Says:

    my school has blocked everything!! :evil: i need something extroydanary
    i need my space!!

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    #33 Brooklyn UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    yeah. our school just got a new server. they blocked all of the proxy sites so we cant get to the proxy sites to get around the server to go on sites we want to. does anyone know how to unblock a proxy site??

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    #34 Sophie UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    :twisted: i really need bebo my school has blocked very thing no jokes every thing , please help me and my friends xxxxx love yhoo xxxx :roll:

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    #35 Heather UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    :cry: UGHH i need to get on myspace. can anyone please give me some proxy websites or something please its urgent!!! :neutral:

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    #36 zakkhalo18 UNITED STATES Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    :evil: I know away around the block’s but the school blocked it.

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    #37 angie UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    how do u get to myspace
    with blocked wesite

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    #38 Al ISRAEL Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    I am trying to watch episodes online from the bbc website but because I am not in the UK it says it is not available in my area. How can I get around this? Thanks.

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    #39 Luke UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    none of this stuff works on this school computer

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    #40 AJ UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    hey i need to get on my myspace and i tried every website..in dis page and none of dis work!!!! can u really please get a website dat can block dat crap form skool…..

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    #41 ~ashley~ UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    Hey guys i need to find another way to get into myspace at my school because all the tunnels i know dont work !!! :( So please help me and tell me a way !!! thankx

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    #42 tom from cc review ITALY Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 Says:

    Ufortunately in my case phpproxy hasn’t helped me, what are other ways to unblock websites ?

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    #43 Jay.J UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    just like stop trying to get on myspace!
    get on at home, or a sidekickkkk! jesus

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    #44 FACEBOOK ADDICT UNITED KINGDOM Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    GO ON CRADLE JUMP IT IS VERY VERY GOOD BUT ITS JUST SLOOW JUST WENT ON FACEBOOK AT SCHOOL!

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    #45 Baylie UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    Does anyone know how to get around the blocks at the schools?
    because my school leven blocked neopets, gay right?

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    #46 misti UNITED STATES Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    okay so at my school they have blocked proxies and anonymizers. and almost anything i try is an anonymizer. so when i search up how to get into myspace at school on google.. half the sites i cant get into.. because of blocked anonymizers, proxies, person pages, EVERYTHiNG!. somebody help me out..!!/?

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    #47 joseph UNITED STATES Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Says:

    A lot of people ask me everyday for proxy site unblockers. Here is a link I give them that lists daily proxy unblockers. http://www.GenXYZ.net/u

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    #48 sm MYANMAR Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 2.0 Says:

    Is it really difficult to unblock ISP blocked site? Who can solve this? Is anyone there to solve this problem? Reply me as soon as possible. Thanks everyone.

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    #49 ashley Windows 2000 Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    How do i put those things in my blog?? im at work and their system is sooo secure! they use iprimus or somthing. and non of the above worked..

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