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Setting up an FRProxy proxy in AdsPower

AdsPower creates isolated browser profiles — separate cookies, fingerprint and storage — and attaches a different proxy to each one.

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The principle to understand before you click

A proxy changes your address. An antidetect browser changes your identity: Canvas, WebGL, fonts, resolution, time zone, language, User-Agent. Platforms cross-check the two. A French mobile IP on an English Windows fingerprint with a US time zone is a signal, not a cover.

One profile = one context = one proxy. Two contexts sharing a profile or an address are not separated at all — see Compartmentalising what you do.

Step-by-step setup

1. Create the profile

Profiles → New profile. Pick a simulated operating system consistent with what you are presenting: a French 4G mobile proxy goes with an Android or iOS profile, not with a desktop Windows.

2. Fill in the proxy

In the Proxy / Proxy configuration section of the profile form:

Field What you enter
Proxy type SOCKS5 (or HTTP, depending on the port you use)
Host frproxy.com
Port your SOCKS5 or HTTP port
Username the username shown in your panel
Password your panel password

3. Test BEFORE launching

There is a check button (Check Proxy) right under the fields. Click it. It must return a French IP and country FR.

An IP that is not yours, or an unexpected country: stop there. Opening the profile with a questionable proxy ties your real IP to the account on the very first request — and that cannot be undone.

4. Align time zone and language

Time zone → based on IP (the automatic option). Language → fr-FR. A profile on America/New_York behind an Orange France IP is inconsistent, and that is exactly the kind of gap an antifraud engine is built to read.

Common configuration mistakes

  • Reusing the same proxy on two profiles. Compartmentalisation collapses: both contexts share an address, so everything you meant to separate becomes cross-referenceable again. That is precisely what the isolated profile was supposed to prevent. See Compartmentalising what you do.
  • Changing proxy mid-way. A session opened from an Orange line and resumed behind SFR is a technical inconsistency: some services log you out, and you lose the benefit of a stable address. Keep the same proxy for a given context.
  • Leaving the default time zone. A profile on New York time behind a French line produces wrong timestamps in your own tools, on top of being inconsistent.
  • Rotating the IP during an active session. Your open connections are cut dead. Do it between sessions — see Changing your IP.

Strengths and limits

✅ ❌
Real isolation of cookies and storage per profile Paid beyond a handful of profiles
Configurable, consistent fingerprint Memory-hungry: each profile is a browser
Built-in automation (RPA), local API A genuine learning curve
Built-in proxy test, before launch Interface labels change often between versions

See also: Dolphin{anty} · BitBrowser · Compartmentalising what you do

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