Bypass firewalls to chat with your friends and download files. Works with Kazaa, iMesh, Messenger, ICQ and any other application that supports the SOCKS protocol. No configuration hassles, no techie-talk or geek-speak. Not only does hopster configure itself, it even knows how to configure Kazaa, MSN Messenger and many others - so you don't need to. Once installed, hopster operates silently in the background, you won't even notice it's there. hopster was designed with the most popular applications in mind: MSN Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, Trillian... no matter where your friends are, hopster gets you there. And we're adding more apps every day. hopster also protects you from the nosy Bad Guys on the 'net. It hides your actual ip address, making it impossible for hackers to trace you. And our firewalls protect you from unwanted visitors.