ShadowProxy: Tor Proxy with User-Agent Rotation

This repository provides a Bash script that automates the setup of a Tor proxy with User-Agent rotation, ensuring anonymity and privacy when accessing the web. This script is particularly useful for Reddit bots or web scrapers that need to cycle IPs and avoid detection.

🚀 Features

✅ Installs and configures Tor automatically
✅ Rotates IP every 10 minutes using Tor’s control port
✅ Randomizes User-Agent every 5 minutes to evade detection
✅ Verifies that the Tor proxy is working correctly
✅ Supports Linux and macOS

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📌 Table of Contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Usage
• Running in Google Colab
• How It Works
• Troubleshooting
• License

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⚙️ Requirements

Before running the script, make sure you have the following:

• Linux or macOS (Windows users can use WSL or a virtual machine)
• Git installed
• Tor and Torsocks (automatically installed by the script if missing)

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🛠️ Installation

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/GraveEaterMadison/ShadowProxy.git
cd ShadowProxy

2️⃣ Give Execute Permission

chmod +x shadowproxy_setup.sh

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▶️ Usage

Run the Script

./shadowproxy_setup.sh

This will:

• Install Tor if it's missing
• Configure Tor proxy (Socks5 on 127.0.0.1:9050)
• Rotate IP every 10 minutes
• Change User-Agent every 5 minutes
• Verify that the proxy is working

Check if Tor Proxy is Working

torsocks curl https://check.torproject.org/

If the setup was successful, you should see:

✅ Congratulations! This browser is configured to use Tor.

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📡 Running in Google Colab

You can run this script in Google Colab using the following steps:

1️⃣ Open Google Colab

Go to Google Colab.

2️⃣ Run the following commands in a Colab notebook

!apt update && apt install -y tor torsocks
!echo -e "SocksPort 9050\nControlPort 9051\nCookieAuthentication 1\nRunAsDaemon 1" > /etc/tor/torrc
!service tor start

3️⃣ Check if Tor is Running

!torsocks curl https://check.torproject.org/

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🔍 How It Works

1️⃣ Installing Dependencies

The script checks for Tor and Torsocks. If they are not installed, it installs them based on the operating system:

• Linux: sudo apt install -y tor torsocks
• macOS: brew install tor torsocks

2️⃣ Configuring Tor

It modifies the Tor configuration file (/etc/tor/torrc) to ensure the proxy runs correctly:

SocksPort 9050
ControlPort 9051
CookieAuthentication 1
RunAsDaemon 1

3️⃣ Rotating IPs

Every 10 minutes, the script sends a NEWNYM signal to Tor to change the IP address:

echo -e "AUTHENTICATE \"$COOKIE\"\r\nSIGNAL NEWNYM\r\nQUIT" | nc localhost 9051

4️⃣ Changing User-Agents

Every 5 minutes, the script selects a random User-Agent from a predefined list:

export USER_AGENT="$RANDOM_USER_AGENT"

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

❌ Tor service is not starting
➡ Try restarting it manually:

sudo systemctl restart tor

❌ Proxy test failed
➡ Check if Tor is running:

ps aux | grep tor

➡ Try running manually:

torsocks curl https://check.torproject.org/

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. Feel free to use and modify it.