What are proxy sites

Proxy sites enable the person to have access to websites and servers through another server to keep the location and identity of the unknown individual. This helps to limit the amount of spam, cookies and other information is obtained and entered on the computer. This in turn helps to keep your computer running faster and efficiently.

Cookies and other identification software of the computer that is plugged into your computer by websites can dramatically slow down your computer. These cookies and other identification software helps to identify a computer on the return to the website so that objects that the site thinks you want will be available. The computer can "catch" a virus from this software because the software's ability to be corrupted or otherwise altered. This is one of the main reasons that people use proxy sites.

In addition to protection from cookies, proxy sites to stop the gleaning of information from the computer through the website. This is often just gleaning information about what other websites you are viewing, but can be much more invasive. The possibility of hackers and others who might use that information to steal your identity, bank account is greatly reduced by using a proxy site.

These proxy sites can be either real websites that help to display additional Web sites, keeping the computer safe, or they may be servers that protect the computer. Proxy sites that are real web sites tend to provide secure lines of communication between the website and the computer. This helps to cover the loss of information or collected from your computer and restrict cookies that may be placed on your computer.

Servers that are used as proxy sites are often in addition to the server that allows your computer to access a website. This server acts surrogate and a computer takes all cookies, spy ware, and other computer components harmful to be trashed and destroyed before damage can be done. This server may be part of the computer itself, or it could be part of the ISP's server unit. In both cases, proxy sites can be extremely useful and helpful for all those who use them.