Billal Ainaoui
Billal Ainaoui is the founder of HProxy.com. He started it to make honest proxy infrastructure anyone can afford, and he still reads every support message himself. The guides he signs come from the prices, tests and support questions the team works with every day. HProxy sells proxies, so weigh his view with that in mind.
Founder of HProxy.com · 1666 articles
Use case
Proxies for Yandex: the captcha, the terms and the route for automatic queries
Yandex asks users who see its captcha too often to disable their VPN, blocks bots that send many queries through open proxies, and licenses its search for personal, non-commercial use. What its help pages and terms say.
July 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Use case
Proxies for YouTube: the terms, Premium country rules, channels and the Data API
YouTube bars automated access and getting around limits on content. What that means for proxies, Premium country rules, channels and the API quota.
July 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Free proxies
Unblock Proxy: How to Reach Any Blocked Site for Free (2026)
An unblock proxy fetches a blocked site through another server so the page loads. How each method works, why blocks return, and the safer options.
July 11, 2026 · 11 min read
Free proxies
Website Unblocker: Free Ways to Open Blocked Websites
A website unblocker opens sites your network blocks. Compare the free options (web proxy, proxy list, VPN) and why school and work filters catch them.
July 11, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
Best Free Janitor AI Proxy That Actually Works (2026)
The best free proxy for Janitor AI is a free LLM backend, not a network proxy. Set up OpenRouter, DeepSeek, or Gemini free, and fix the errors everyone hits.
July 10, 2026 · 13 min read
Free proxies
The Biggest Free Proxy Lists on the Internet (2026, Ranked)
The biggest free proxy lists ranked honestly: ProxyScrape, Geonode, Spys.one, free-proxy-list.net, ProxyNova and FreeProxy.World, with real pros and cons.
July 10, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
Free DeepSeek Proxy for Janitor AI: Setup and Fixing 429 Errors
Set up DeepSeek as a Janitor AI proxy in minutes: the API key, the proxy URL and the current model name, why the free route ended, and how to fix 429 errors.
July 10, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
Free MTProto Proxy for Telegram (Updated 2026)
A free MTProto proxy for Telegram gets you back into the app when it is throttled or blocked. What MTProto is, how to add one, why free ones die fast.
July 10, 2026 · 10 min read
Guide
Free Proxies to Unblock Sites at School or Work (2026)
A free proxy for school unblocks YouTube, Discord and Instagram by changing the destination the filter sees. How it works, and why it keeps breaking.
July 10, 2026 · 9 min read
Free proxies
Free Proxy List by Country: What We Found in 112 Countries
We counted our free proxy pool by country on September 28, 2026: which countries really have free proxies, why most US entries sit on 39 addresses, and where they exit.
July 10, 2026 · 7 min read
Explainer
Free Proxy vs VPN vs Residential Proxy: A Plain-English Guide
Free proxy vs VPN vs residential proxy: what each one hides and from whom, what measurements found in free ones, and which fits which job.
July 10, 2026 · 7 min read
Free proxies
Free SOCKS5 Proxy List: Passwords, UDP, and What They Do to Your Traffic
We asked every free SOCKS5 proxy on our list for its login, a UDP relay and a TLS tunnel. Few asked for a password or carried UDP; many swapped the certificate.
July 10, 2026 · 7 min read
Guide
Free WhatsApp Proxy: How It Works and Where to Find Hosts
A free WhatsApp proxy keeps the app working during internet shutdowns. Learn how to set one up in WhatsApp, where to find hosts, and the safety caveats.
July 10, 2026 · 8 min read
Comparison
The NetNut Botnet Takedown: How the FBI Took Down 2 Million Hijacked Devices
The NetNut botnet takedown explained: how the FBI seized NetNut after Krebs tied it to Popa, a 2M-device proxy botnet, and why proxy sourcing decides all.
July 10, 2026 · 13 min read
Explainer
Datacenter vs Residential Proxies: Price, Detection and Which to Buy
Datacenter vs residential proxies, priced at the same seven sellers on October 22, 2026: how sites spot server IPs, and which one to buy for your target.
July 3, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED in Chrome: 6 Fixes
ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED means Chrome cannot reach your proxy at all. Six fixes, plus the neighboring errors we produced one at a time to tell them apart.
July 3, 2026 · 11 min read
Guide
FoxyProxy Setup Guide: HTTP, SOCKS5, and the Rule Engine
Install FoxyProxy, add an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy, and write URL patterns that match what you meant. With the browser limits and a measured check.
July 3, 2026 · 9 min read
Guide
How to Avoid IP Bans While Web Scraping: How a Rate Limit Becomes a Ban
How a rate limit turns into an IP ban, measured with nginx's and fail2ban's defaults: what got banned, what rotation changes, and the pace sites publish.
July 3, 2026 · 12 min read
Guide
How to Fix 403 Forbidden Errors When Using a Proxy
A 403 through a proxy comes from the site or from the proxy itself. One command tells you which, and RFC 9110, Squid and the sites' own rules say what to do next.
July 3, 2026 · 8 min read
Guide
How to Fix 407 Proxy Authentication Required
A 407 comes from the proxy, not the site. What curl, Python, PowerShell, npm, git and Java print for it, and the fix for each cause, measured in 129 cases on a lab proxy.
July 3, 2026 · 14 min read
Guide
429 Too Many Requests: What It Means, Who Counts, and How to Fix It
A 429 means a server counted your requests and refused one. Who counts (address, token or account), the 429s waiting never ends, Retry-After and backoff.
July 3, 2026 · 13 min read
Guide
How to Fix 502 Bad Gateway Errors When Using a Proxy
502 Bad Gateway through a proxy means a gateway got an invalid response from upstream. Which gateway, measured: the Via header and the clock tell you.
July 3, 2026 · 13 min read
Guide
How to Fix cURL Proxy Errors (7, 56, and 60)
Three cURL exit codes cover almost every proxy failure: 7, 56 and 60. What each one means, why proxies trigger it, the real fix, and the failure that exits 0.
July 3, 2026 · 14 min read
Guide
How to Get Around DataDome With Residential Proxies
DataDome scores your IP, your browser and your behavior. A residential proxy fixes the first: our own plain request from a home connection still got a 403 and a 0.99 risk score. What gets through, where DataDome runs, and what the traffic costs.
July 3, 2026 · 16 min read
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