Proxy Gate Removal Guide

Proxy Gate is the name of an odd yet useless application whose purpose appears to have something to do with online advertising. This program is not malicious by any means, but you might want to remove it because it does not improve your computing experience in any shape or form. We have classified it as a potentially unwanted program and in this article, we will provide you with relevant information about it. From the outset, we want to clarify that this article is an analysis of the bundled version of this program that is different from the version featured on its dedicated website.

The bundled version comes from the same developers that created the version of Proxy Gate that you can download from its dedicated website at http://proxygate.net. The bundled version that we have classified as potentially unwanted is being bundled with malicious installers that are put up for download on various shady freeware sharing websites. It is entirely possible to install this program accidentally because some installers hide the presence of additional information. So selecting custom/advanced installation may save you the trouble of removing various useless and malicious applications.

Officially, Proxy Gate is a free service based on a number of secured Socks5 proxies provided by volunteers. In short, this application is supposed to allow you to bypass a website’s security measures that allow users from approved countries to visit. This application appears as useful because it allows its users to view blocked content, but it seems that the bundled version of this application does not seem to provide this service.

While researching this application, we found that the bundled version does not have a GUI (Graphical User Interface) as opposed to the version found on the main distribution website. We think that Proxy Gate could be used as a means to deliver annoying and intrusive commercial advertisements. It can be used to redirect web traffic through its main server and inject advertisements that you will have to see while browsing the web irrespective of the web browser that you use.

Furthermore, we are concerned with the fact that the ads may not only be unasked for and intrusive but also dangerous. There is no telling what kind of content this program may engage in promoting, but to give you some perspective, applications similar to it have been caught promoting adware, spyware, other potentially unwanted programs and browser hijackers. Therefore, Proxy Gate can pose a security threat that is small but real nonetheless. Therefore, we recommend that you uninstall it via Control Panel as it leaves no junk files that need to be deleted manually.

In closing, given that the bundled version differs from its counterpart featured on http://proxygate.net and appears to redirect web traffic to its server, it is entirely possible that it can be used to render commercial advertisements of unverifiable legitimacy. Therefore, you should remove this program just in case because it does not seem to provide you with anything useful.

Uninstall Proxy Gate from Control Panel

Windows 10

1. Right-click on the Start menu.
2. Go to Programs and Features.
3. Identify the program and highlight it.
4. Click Uninstall.

Windows 8/8.1

1. Simultaneously press Widows+R keys.
2. Type Control Panel in the dialog box and click OK.
3. Select Uninstall a program.
4. Identify the application and highlight it.
5. Click the Uninstall button.

Windows 7/Vista

1. Open the Start menu and click Control Panel.
2. Select Uninstall a program.
3. Locate the software and double-click it.
4. Click Uninstall.

Windows XP

1. Open the Start menu and open Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Find the program and highlight it.
4. Click Remove.