If you’re at a place where your favorite IM protocol is blocked, this might help you use it anyway. The IM software I’ll be setting it up with is Pidgin, which is open source and supports many different protocols.
Here is how you do it:
* First you need to download and install Tor:
2. Run the installer, and choose to install only Tor and Vidalia when asked. (You can use the other programs for anonymous web-surfing and alike, but I won’t cover that in this guide)
3. At the end of the installation process choose to run the installed components.
4. Dont close the black cmd window when it appears.
5. Tor is now installed, but you will have to start Vidalia manually before trying to connect to your account through Tor in pidgin.
* Then download and install pidgin:
1. Download pidgin from here.
2. Install it. The installations should be pretty straight forward.
* Do this when you create your account to connect through Tor:
1. Go to the “Advanced” tab.
2. Under “Proxy Options” and “Proxy type”, choose “SOCKS 5″.
3. In the “Host” field fill in “127.0.0.1″.
4. In the “Port” field fill in “9050″.
Now whenever you connect to one of the accounts set up, they will connect through Tor. Remember, connecting through Tor will take longer than logging in normally, so be patient. Also remember to start Vidalia, and let Tor get some time to connect before logging in.
