Android users: install from Google Play: Shadowsocks-Android
iOS users: install from App Store: Shadowsocks-iOS - Help: Link
For Windows 7 or earlier, download shadowsocks-win-2.3.zip
For Windows 8 or later, download shadowsocks-win-dotnet4.0-2.3.zip
Alternatively, you may download the latest version from developer’s website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/shadowsocksgui/files/dist/
Once downloaded, extract the .zip file and launch Shadowsocks.exe
If you do not see the settings window as shown below, then locate and doubleclick Shadowsocks tray icon:
Enter settings exactly as shown below.
Note that you can simply copy-paste fields marked in yellow:
172.96.194.206
443
M2M5NjA1Nm
aes-256-cfb
1080
Then click OK.
At this point you may right-click the Shadowsocks tray icon and Enable System Proxy. Then right-click the icon again and enable Mode -> Global. This will update system-wide proxy settings – this will work for Google Chrome as well as Microsoft Internet Explorer. Alternatively, manual browser configuration is possible:
Proxy type: SOCKS v5 Proxy IP (Socks Host): 127.0.0.1 Port: 1080
How to configure Proxy in Mozilla Firefox: http://www.tomsguide.com/faq/id-1847788/configure-proxy-settings-mozilla-firefox.html
How to configure Proxy in Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96815
Done! You can now use a service to test your IP, for example: ping.pe.