Need a Reliable SOCKS Proxy Checker – Any Recommendations? or How Do You Test if Your SOCKS Proxy Che

Man, I feel you.

I use a combo of Angry IP Scanner (for port checks) and then validate with curl.

Not the fastest, but at least you know it’s not lying.

For bulk, maybe try ScraperAPI’s proxy tester—it’s meant for scraping but works for SOCKS too.