The Short Answer
The real ProxyOrb is at proxyorb.com — established on January 15, 2025, and free to use.
If you arrived here because you searched for "ProxyOrb" and found more than one result, you are not alone. This guide explains exactly how to verify which ProxyOrb service you are using, and what red flags to watch for.
Why Copycat Proxy Sites Exist
Free proxy services attract significant search traffic. When a brand like ProxyOrb grows in popularity, bad actors sometimes register confusingly similar domain names — like swapping .com for .net — and copy the original site's design, name, and content to capture users searching for the real service.
These imitation sites typically:
- Copy the brand name, logo, and interface word-for-word
- Generate revenue through advertising while offering little or no real service
- Lack transparent ownership, real contact information, or a verifiable history
- Contain unfinished placeholder text in their legal pages, revealing their copy-paste origin
This is not a theoretical risk. It has happened to ProxyOrb.
How to Verify You Are Using the Real ProxyOrb
1. Check the Domain
The only official ProxyOrb domain is proxyorb.com. Always verify the URL bar in your browser before using any proxy service. A single letter difference (.net, .org, .io) means a completely different — and unaffiliated — operator.
Real: https://proxyorb.com
Not affiliated: Any other domain using the ProxyOrb name
2. Verify the Founding Date
ProxyOrb was founded on January 15, 2025. You can verify this independently:
- Wayback Machine: The Internet Archive has captures of proxyorb.com dating back to early 2025 — view archived captures
- WHOIS lookup: The proxyorb.com domain registration record confirms the January 2025 date
Any site claiming to be ProxyOrb but registered after January 2025 is an imitation.
3. Check the GitHub Profile
The real ProxyOrb has an official GitHub profile at github.com/proxyorb with activity dating back to early 2025. This provides an independently verifiable record of the project's history and continuous development since launch.
A copycat site registered in 2026 cannot fabricate a genuine GitHub activity history from 2025.
4. Look at the Legal Pages
Copycat sites are frequently built from generic templates. A reliable red flag is unfinished placeholder text in legal pages — phrases like [Replace with your actual legal contact email] or Effective Date: [Month Year] with brackets still intact.
The real ProxyOrb has complete, accurate legal documentation. If a site's DMCA, Privacy Policy, or Terms pages contain template placeholders that were never filled in, that site is not a legitimate operation.
5. Does the Proxy Actually Work?
The real ProxyOrb is a functioning web proxy service. Enter any URL and it routes your request through our gateway, using a Service Worker to intercept sub-requests and maintain the proxy session across the full page — including embedded scripts, images, and dynamic content.
Imitation sites sometimes display a proxy input form but have no working backend. The button does nothing, or it redirects to a page full of advertisements without providing any actual proxy functionality.
Red Flags Summary
| Signal | Real ProxyOrb | Copycat Signs |
|---|---|---|
| Domain | proxyorb.com | Other TLDs (.net, .org, etc.) |
| Founded | January 15, 2025 | Registered months or years later |
| GitHub | Active since 2025 | No verifiable history |
| Legal pages | Complete and accurate | Template placeholders unfilled |
| Proxy function | Fully working | Form only, no real proxying |
| Contact | support@proxyorb.com | Generic or missing contact info |
Why This Matters for Your Privacy
Using an unverified proxy service is a genuine privacy risk. A proxy sees all traffic between your browser and the target site. A bad actor operating a fake proxy service could, in principle, log the URLs you visit, inject content into pages, or harvest credentials entered on unencrypted pages.
The real ProxyOrb operates a strict zero-logs policy with a verifiable track record since January 2025. Imitation services make no such verifiable commitments.
The Official ProxyOrb Checklist
Before using any service that calls itself ProxyOrb:
- The URL is exactly
proxyorb.com - The Wayback Machine shows captures from early 2025
- The GitHub profile at
github.com/proxyorbshows activity from 2025 - Legal pages contain no placeholder text
- The proxy actually routes your request to the target URL
If any of these checks fail, you are not on the real ProxyOrb.
Stay Safe
Bookmark proxyorb.com directly so you always land on the verified original. If you encounter a site impersonating ProxyOrb, you can report it to its domain registrar and to Google's abuse reporting system.
The real ProxyOrb has been serving users since January 15, 2025. We will continue to be transparent and free — because that is what we were built to be.
ProxyOrb — The original free web proxy. Est. January 2025. Always at proxyorb.com.