If paying a small fee does not bother you, I can HIGHLY recommend HideMyAss' Pro VPN. It's a small software you download and then you can chose from their top quality proxies located a lot of different places around the world.
These proxies are really fast (for a proxy), and they redirect everything - not just your browser
Here you go:
http://hidemyass.com/vpn/Here is what they say on their site about how they differentiate themselves:
Extensive geographic coverage with servers in 40 countries to ensure fast connection speeds.
One price gets you access to all 215 VPN servers, no complex plans or usage limits.
Hide behind 24'500+ usable IP addresses, the largest amount of any VPN service.
Each time you connect you get a new IP for increased anonymity.
Multiple VPN protocols to use including OpenVPN, L2TP, and PPTP.
Access to custom-built HMA! Pro VPN software.
No bandwidth limitations.
VPN servers added regularly.
Fast and responsive support team.
30 day money back guarantee.
Also, the HMA software can be used on two different PC's and IP's at the same time. So basically, you could share this with a friend and both use it at the same time (HMA allows this). That would make it only about $39 for a FULL year. Or just $25 for half a year, which I believe is really cheap.