cURL Permissions/Proxy Support

Hello, i have installed the PayPal express payment module, i have filled in all my details exactly when installing this and when someone orders a product off my site using this new feature they receive this error message.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: curl_init() in /home/merlin/public_html/im/includes/modules/payment/paypal/paypal_curl.php on line 333

i know about cURL and the options in the admin>config> area where i can configure it to use a proxy, and all that but im not sure of which proxy to use? is there a universal proxy for this? My web host is https://www.vb-tech-hosting.com , do i even need a proxy or is this something more complicated? I'm very new to Zen and have only been using it for about a hour. Any help would be great!