Proxy servers are, such as browsers, a way of connection between an internet user and internet resources that he is accessing. These proxy servers gather and in the same time they save files that are often requested by a great part of the internet users in a special database called cache. That is why, using a proxy server might lead to the increase of your internet connection speed because it is possible that the information you are searching over the internet to be already a part of the cache of the proxy server. In some case proxy servers might deliver information immediately. The performance increase might be very high and more than that through proxy servers some restrictions for certain users might be imposed.

Along with the public proxy servers there are some so called anonymous proxy servers that hide users IP address saving the users from vulnerabilities.

The anonymous proxy servers hide users IP address and prevent unauthorized access to their computer through the internet. These anonymous proxy servers will not provide anyone with your IP address and do hide the information about you and your net browsing. More than that, anonymous proxy servers do not allow anyone to know what you are browsing and because of the mentioned advantage these proxy servers might be used for different kinds of Web services such as web mail or web chat rooms.

Anonymous proxy servers are recommended because it can stop any web source you access to gather personal information about you and you personal computer, which surely include the IP address and even the internet ID's. It is also a good solution because it denies the actions of monitoring sites that, once they've got your ID and other personal information might send regularly their spam and junk e-mails.

It is good to know that web sites might automatically pass through your computer's security system with the help of not so complicated or complex hacking programs. Most of these hacking programs usually lead to a repeated blocking of your machine, making you reboot it but only in the easy cases. More complicated problems occur when the hacking problems get access to your RAM or hard disk drive. These is a real threat because some sites do not need more than your IP and some information about your operating system to do the mentioned things.

The main solution is to use anonymous proxy server so that nobody can have a chance to find your IP and to control your PC.