Help Instagram Com Open Proxy
Open Proxy??? – Firewall Software and Hardware – Bleeping …
#1
jtphenom
Members
253 posts
OFFLINE
Local time:05:30 PM
Posted 21 April 2021 – 10:09 AM
Hi Friends!
Apologies in advance if there is a better forum for this.
I just tried to sign up for an Instagram account from my computer, and when I went to verify the code they sent me, I got this:
The IP address you are using has been flagged as an open proxy. If you believe this to be incorrect, please visit
So my two questions are:
1. Does anyone know how to resolve this?
and
2. How can I determine if my computer is being used as an open proxy?
Back to top
BC AdBot (Login to Remove)
Register to remove ads
#2
0lds0d
865 posts
Gender:Male
Location:Canada
Posted 21 April 2021 – 02:34 PM
Open Internet Options (in Command or the Run type in “” without the quotes).
Open “Connections” tab. Open the “LAN settings” button. Under the “Proxy server” should be an unfilled field, IF not then you are using a proxy connection.
If there is a proxy connection, open the “Advanced” button and uncheck the unwanted connection. Then uncheck the previous field.
IF there is a proxy connection established, it maybe possible you have some sort of malware that altered your Windows’s setting. I strongly suggest you try to remove the malware or get help with this issue. Go here for the preparation work to get malware removed and follow the instructions from here: Then after following the guide, then post in here:
Hope this helps.
Edited by 0lds0d, 21 April 2021 – 02:36 PM.
#3
Posted 21 April 2021 – 02:38 PM
Oh forgot something browsers have builtin proxy connections such as Opera browser for example.
This could also show you are using a proxy server.
#4
Topic Starter
Posted 21 April 2021 – 02:40 PM
Thank you, 0lds0d. That field is empty.
Nope just using Firefox.
#5
Posted 21 April 2021 – 03:10 PM
OK check your public IP on this site (it should match the IP given to you from your ISP): If not then there is a proxy involved.
#6
Posted 21 April 2021 – 03:12 PM
Oh check the Firefox browser to see if it has a proxy connection within itself, it can be there and it is not associated with the system connections.
#7
Stephanie_Sy
12 posts
Local time:05:30 AM
Posted 21 June 2021 – 06:41 PM
Check your computer for malware, particularly Electricfish. It involves a 32-bit executable file implements a custom protocol that allows traffic to be funneled between a source and a destination IP address. Because the malware continuously attempts to reach to the source and the designation system, it is able to establish a funneling session. Electricfish malware is very stealthy because it can be configured with a proxy server or proxy username and password, a feature that allows it to connect to a system sitting inside of a proxy server. This gives cybercriminals the ability to bypass authentication to reach outside the network. In other words, using Electricfish, the Lazarus group is able to take over computers without their users knowing that they are compromised. What’s more, Electricfish constantly reinstalls itself even when it is removed. [/size][/size]
Edited by Chris Cosgrove, 30 June 2021 – 03:46 AM.
Font modified to be more readable and duuplicate post deleted.
Back to top
Does Instagram IP Ban? – Alphr
In recent years, Instagram (which is owned by Facebook) has begun enhanced efforts at improving the culture of the app’s community. Instagram has taken steps to block bots, to reduce negativity, to purge fake accounts and to generally reduce the site’s sometimes high level of general toxicity. The main tool for doing this has been the ban. Where once the site’s administration would have thrown up its hands at some kinds of bad behavior, Instagram will now pursue certain kinds of bad actors with vigor. In fact, the feel in the Instagram community has been, sadly, to increase the level of paranoia among some users. In the wake of all these changes come a general question from our loyal readers: does Instagram IP ban? How do you know if you’re banned from Instagram? We know for certain that Instagram bans users, because people have seen direct messages from Instagram on their account explaining that they’ve been self-explanatoryA less obvious form of ban is known as a “ghost ban” or “shadowban”, a cool-sounding term for a very irritating practice. In a shadowban, you receive no message from the site saying that you’ve been banned and when you interact with the app, everything seems to be working fine – but none of your posts or comments are actually being published live on the server. You’re seeing your local copies, while nobody else sees your pots at ’s hard to be upset with Instagram, even if they’ve gone a bit ban-happy, given the difficult environment that social media networks are experiencing. However, the power has definitely shifted into the hands of the platforms and app providers; private citizens have very little recourse when it comes to appealing or reversing stagram IP bansInstagram has not made any formal statements about whether they ban on the basis of IP address, but it seems obvious that they do. However, it also seems clear that an IP ban is just one way that Instagram blocks access to their service for problematic users. Unlike some service providers (like Tinder) where the app company doesn’t actually want to ban users but must act as though they do in order to maintain trust in the platform, if Instagram decides to ban you they want you gone, kaput. And an IP ban can be one component of a genuine strategy to block someone from the service, but it is entirely ineffective on its reason for that is simple: IP addresses are one of the most trivially easy pieces of identifying information to change. When a user logs into a platform like Instagram, there are a number of pieces of unique information that accompany that visit, including:unique username and passwordIP address showing the network location of the user’s PC or deviceMAC address showing the hardware identifier of the user’s PC or deviceother device-based information for smartphone (IMEI)So if Instagram decides to block someone from their system, they are going to include all of these elements. You won’t be able to log on to your Instagram account with your old username and password, or from your old IT address, or with the same MAC address, or the same telephone or device-based information on your phone. Any one of those pieces of information, associated with a new logon attempt, will be enough to condemn the new attempt to the same ban status as you started do you get unbanned from Instagram? There are two basic ways to do it. One is to wait a while and to hope that your ban was a temporary thing and that Instagram will restore you to full access. Usually, if this is going to happen, you will know about it; your notice of violation of the terms and conditions of the site will provide a timeframe after which your ban will other way is to use create a new account, and then use software programs to modify your IP address, change your MAC address, and even disguise your IMEI on your a VPNIf you have been IP banned, the easiest way to overcome it is to use a VPN. Use a good quality one as Instagram is likely to blacklist the free or cheaper ones. Use a provider that offers a free trial or money back guarantee, try to log into your Instagram account using the VPN and see how you get on. You might want to check our guide to creating a VPN in Windows 10. You can use a VPN on mobile as well as desktop so if you purely use the phone app, install the VPN software onto your phone and test for your IP address to changeUnless you’re paying for a static IP address from your broadband provider, you will be assigned a dynamic IP address. This is automatically assigned to you from a pool held by your ISP and will change regularly. Different ISPs have different ideas about the period which you hold an IP address but you can influence it. Make a note of your current external IP address. Turn off your ISP router overnight. Leave it off for as long as you can cope with, longer than 8 hours if possible. Check your new external IP address to see if it has changed when you turn your router on again. This is rather inexact but if you don’t want to pay for a VPN it is an option. The same holds true for your mobile phone. Each time you enable or disable 3G or 4G you will be assigned an IP address. Different carriers have different policies about how often they change but it is worth just turning your data connection on and off to see if your IP changes. Airplane mode can also force an IP your MAC addressThis is a bit outside the scope of this article, but of course we have some resources that can help. You can change the MAC address on your Android device, on the Mac OS, and of course on Windows anging your phone informationHere we begin to run into trouble. Creating a VPN is quite simple. Even modifying your devices’ MAC addresses is doable, albeit with a bit more gruntwork. But changing the IMEI or other identifying information in a smartphone, while achievable, is illegal in some jurisdictions and problematic in all of them (for example, when your phone stops working on the carrier. ) Realistically, the only choice here is to either use Instagram only on desktop (where changing username, IP address, and MAC address can all be achieved) or by just breaking down and buying another long is IP ban Instagram? Once you have recovered from your ban by taking on a new false account, you can, of course, recover from your Instagram ban and then go straight with your new account. However, in so doing, it would be wise to keep your progress back up through the ranks. Here are some suggestions for making your next account healthy and “all-American” and reduce the chance of the next complete your Instagram profile. The more points of trust you add the more likely it is that Instagram will unban ’t comment or Like for a little while. Add your own content for a week or so once you’re back into your adding images. It’s what the network is all about after ’t have follow sessions where you work your way through Instagram following people one after the ’t add duplicate or low-quality comments or reful with your emoji use. Use them sparingly and when ’t buy followers! See our guide to how Instagram can tell that you’re doing away from follow with the community guidelines as Instagram’s automated systems use these as seems Instagram does IP ban even if there is no official confirmation of it. If you find yourself on the wrong side of a ban, at least you now have a few ways to overcome it. Got any other ways to sidestep an Instagram IP ban or repair your reputation? Tell us about them below if you do! If you want the real in-depth dive into building Instagram influence, be sure to check out Instagram Power by Jason Miles.
Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies/Guide to checking open proxies
Open proxies are IP addresses that can be used by anyone anywhere with an Internet connection, usually with the intention of hiding the real origin. They are often used by vandals and sockpuppets to evade blocks, or sometimes it’s just useful to know if the IPs you are dealing with are open proxies. This will tell you how to confirm whether an IP address really is an open proxy, in most cases using only your browser.
How to confirm open proxies[edit]
Step one: You would normally first have reason to suspect that an IP is an open proxy. There may be a banned user or sockpuppets using IP addresses from different countries, or the vandal or other users might mention it directly. There might be an IP already blocked as an open proxy requesting unblock. [1] The edit might malform some wikitext. [2] Proper spambots and vandalbots will also usually use open proxies. [3] If there are no suspects around then you might want to find a recently blocked open proxy for testing.
Identify the access point. You are hopefully going to use it yourself. Google the IP address. Do rDNS and WHOIS lookups. Be creative if you have to, like looking at neighbouring IP addresses (Tool). While you’re there check if it looks dynamic. The first question to ask is whether it’s a web proxy or an HTTP proxy.
Does it look like a web server? Keywords to look for in search results are PHP-proxy, CGI-proxy, Glype, and NPH, as well as domain names. Do the rDNS and WHOIS suggest it’s a dedicated server or hosting range? Open the IP address in your browser. Is there a holding page, or even a web proxy there? Find which sites are hosted on it using rDNS and Google. Nmap will almost always say that port 80 is open on webservers, but this does not necessarily mean there is an open proxy there.
Or does it look like an HTTP/SOCKS proxy? Such proxy IPs are always associated with a port number. The most usual ones are 80, 1080, 3128, 8000, 8080, 8888, but it could be any number up to 65535. These ports are usually displayed in search results following the IP address and a colon, for example 111. 282. 3. 1:3128. They are, in so far as they obfuscate e. g. the user’s original IP address and other data, sometimes referred to as “Transparent” or “Elite”. Use the IP address with colon and port number in your browser’s address bar. If the port is open there will usually be some response, but probably nothing very interesting. If a normal Nmap-portscan is used the ports will be said to be open, but this does not necessarily mean there is an open proxy. Nmap can, however, check via its scripts -open-proxy and socks-open-proxy.
An example would be: nmap -P0 –script=socks-open-proxy -p
Or is it another type of anonymiser? They are beyond this article’s scope, but the same principles apply. For examples see Category:Anonymity networks.
Connect to the proxy. If it’s a web proxy go to its page in a browser. If it’s an HTTP proxy change the network settings in your browser options.
Find your new IP address. Using your new proxy connection, visit one of those sites that tell you about your IP address. It might tell you you’re now in China. Make sure you are not logged in and go to Special:Mytalk on Wikipedia. This will confirm you can use the same IP address to read Wikipedia. On any page (like your new talkpage) click edit, add a signature, and click preview. This will confirm without a doubt that you (and any other person) can use this IP to edit Wikipedia. Some people make confirmation edits to a sandbox, but since the IP user could be anyone this isn’t as helpful as mentioning how you are accessing it so others can check.
Use your new found powers to check some IPs in CAT:OP. Hopefully this will show you both the open proxy attrition rate, and that confirming that an IP address isn’t an open proxy isn’t always as straightforward.
Blocking[edit]
Block the IP if you think that’s appropriate. Make a note about how to confirm it in the block log or on its talk page. HTTP proxies are typically open for shorter periods of time. The usual causes are a misconfigured caching proxy, or a trojan/virus, and they get cleaned up eventually. HTTP proxies are also more likely to be dynamic IP addresses, typically home users. Web servers often stay static for years, and while the open proxies hosted on it may eventually disappear, the collateral is not going to be huge if a dedicated web server stays blocked from editing. However, people can and do edit legitimately from web servers which are not open proxies. Depending on the nature of the IP address, block lengths are typically a few months for HTTP proxies and a few years for web proxies.
Port scans[edit]
Port scanning, and nmap, may help to identify which ports are open on suspect IPs, however, even when it says that proxy ports are open the default scan does not check to see if it is an open proxy using that port. It could be a closed proxy expecting authentication, or even a normal website. Open proxies cannot be properly confirmed by scanning, but only by using the proxy to fetch a page for you, in a similar way to that described above. Port scanning may have legal implications in some jurisdictions, your network provider may have rules against it, and it’s generally considered a bad thing. Moreover it’s usually completely unnecessary. If you must use nmap, consider using the -F flag.
Exit servers[edit]
It is possible in some cases for HTTP proxies to edit from a different IP address than the one you connect to. This means that scans of the IP which makes the edits do not detect any open ports, while scans of the IP you connect to do not show what address it will use to edit (i. e. which IP to block). A common scenario is where an ISP routes all their web traffic through a central caching server, and one of the IPs using it is running an open proxy. They are generally not easy to confirm. Caution should be exercised with blocking in these cases, as these blocks may affect many innocent users, and the proxies don’t tend to last long. See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject on XFFs.
Duck test[edit]
It is not unheard of for admins to only use the duck test when considering whether an IP is an open proxy. For example sometimes just being used by a banned user and having a holding page on port 80 is sometimes considered good enough. Use the duck test wisely. Keep the blocks relatively short unless you know what you’re dealing with. Do not use DNSBLs (blacklists) for this purpose, as they are often stale and often misinterpreted. A common mistake is to block a legitimate closed caching proxy as an open proxy, simply because it has ports open. Test the suspected open proxy by connecting to it as explained above.
Legitimate users[edit]
Not everyone who uses an open proxy is a vandal or sockpuppet, and there are many legitimate reasons to use them. It is always worth considering whether an immediate block of an open proxy being used constructively is necessary. Shared IP addresses, such as universities, schools, and ISPs are often badly affected by open proxies on their networks; in some cases it may be worth considering a softblock and/or a checkuser instead of a hardblock. Wikipedia:IP block exemption is also available for legitimate registered users.
See also[edit]
Wikipedia:New admin school/Blocking
Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies
Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses
Wikipedia:Open proxies
Wikipedia:Open proxy detection
Wikipedia:Advice to users using Tor to bypass the Great Firewall
Wikipedia:WikiProject on closed proxies
Frequently Asked Questions about help instagram com open proxy
Why is Instagram saying I have an open proxy?
What Does Instagram Open Proxy Mean? It means that your IP address is blacklisted for being associated with too many inappropriate and abusive accounts.May 21, 2021
How do I disable open proxy on Instagram?
Open “Connections” tab. Open the “LAN settings” button. Under the “Proxy server” should be an unfilled field, IF not then you are using a proxy connection. If there is a proxy connection, open the “Advanced” button and uncheck the unwanted connection.Apr 21, 2021
How do I fix my IP ban on Instagram?
Use a VPN. If you have been IP banned, the easiest way to overcome it is to use a VPN. Use a good quality one as Instagram is likely to blacklist the free or cheaper ones. Use a provider that offers a free trial or money back guarantee, try to log into your Instagram account using the VPN and see how you get on.Oct 24, 2019
