Proxies aren't dangerous, nor are they going to track you or anything. Try and imagine a proxy connection as a transparent gateway. Your ISP issues you with an IP number when you connect. All websites have IP numbers so the internet works properly and web addresses can be understood by computers. The proxy sits between you and the website and provides the website with a different source IP number so it looks as though you are someplace else. Proxies are often used by people in Australia trying to access websites overseas that have geographical blocks in place. The BBC, for example, use IP number based blocks to stop people outside the UK from accessing some of the content on their website. They are commonly used in countries with very restrictive internet policies so people can access information. I think this is just an incidental error. It's a little more complicated than that but that's close enough. If you still have problems in a few days, there are some other things we can help with.