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обманюють, не бесплатний
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Atención! Ya son conocidas las prácticas poco éticas de AnchorFree y su Hotspot. No sólo filtra información que debería resguardar (excepto en casos judiciales), sino que sus servers son completamente inseguros. Lo he utilizado durante largo tiempo, ya hace varios años atrás, y la velocidad no era lenta: sino LENTÍSIMA. Lamento que, con tan bajas puntuaciones, WOT le otorgue, actualmente, 4 estrellas. Elegir otros VPN, dentro de la gama que existe hoy en día (Pure -el que utilizo-, Nord, Express, sólo para mencionar algunos), es algo sano. Saludos! emSerGem.
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Hotspot shield VPN isn't safe. Malwarebytes showed me 420 detections and they were all related to the Hotspot Shield VPN chrome browser extension.
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Бесплатный или платный ВПН. Платный пожизненно стоит 120 баксов,если не ошибся, на момент комментария. Бесплатный имеет микроскорость, работает отвратно, сайты не открываются. Также, как неоднократно описано в других комментариях, в условиях прописано, что при бесплатном использовании данная программулина будет встраивать в браузер рекламу, как это делают проги вида адварь. С рекламой не страшно, если в браузере стоит блокировщик, то он должен скрывать эту рекламу. Хуже всего, конечно, скорость при бесплатном использовании, вообще ставит под вопрос целесообразность использования этой программы, Тор здесь многократно быстрее и просто летает, по сравнению с этим впн. Да, Тор это конечно другое, но если речь о том, чтобы открыть неоткрываемый сайт, то Тор делает это намного комфортнее и почти неотличимо от прямого соединения, хотя здесь зависит от того, какие машины будут промежуточными. В общем, попробовать можно, но т.к. не похоже, что цель - улучшить анонимность, а не заработать, то без использования элитного акка за 120$, использовать бесплатно будет очень неудобно.
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Slowed my computer and when I started up my pc it lead me to this ad which I did not want and had to remove it.
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Хороший сайт!Вредоносного ПО так же нет.
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Great site. Hides ip addresses.
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This site might be part of bundling itself with other legitimate programs.
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Постоянно пытается куда-то перебросить на какие-то левые сайты. Приходится использовать ZENMATE VPN (дополнение к блаузерам мозила и хзром) чтоб этот ебучий хот спот не переадресовывал на свою рекламную куету! Но скорость у него хорошая, используя для скачки торрентов (так как YOTA блокирует торренты) Используйте с осторожностью!!!
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I have used the software that this website hosts and it caused ads across all of my browsers to be displayed. I had to restore from a System Restore Point.
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This site/software will lead you to malware, adware etc.
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They make it a point not to tell you how they use your data. Any respectable VPN site will explain to you how they use your data and if they store it or not.. this one nothing.. be careful. also some users have noticed that the adds that they deliver to you are based on the sites that you are viisiting.. which means they actually monitor your reading and websites that you visit.
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Haven't experienced any problems with Hotspot Shield. I am not getting any advertisements that others have claim to be getting after installing since I am using AdBlock; it's a free browser addon that disallows advertisements + pop-ups to appear. Plus, Hotspot Shield has helped me out very well in downloading torrents and visiting websites that blocked my country.
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although it works ifs full of ads hijacks your browser and tries to switch you to elite trial after a day i wouldn't trust this if i was you ask your self why is this free.
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Shows an annoying banner at the top of your browser showing the Hotspot Shield logo, and says "HOTSPOT SHIELD" when installed.
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The program "hotspot shield" blocked netflix.com, and re directed me to its purchase page. It said that to access the site I had to pay $5.99 a month. I would like to note that this was without the tray program even running. Do not use this program, it appears to be a form of ransomware without being recognised as such by antivirus software.
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A great way to stay anonamous while surfing the internet.
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The free vpn reroutes all connections through its proxy, making it impossible to use the internet without the HotSpot shield. Uninstalling the vpn doesn't restore the original parameters. You'll have to manually set the automatic proxy determination.
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The software itself has come in on one of my customer's laptops. I'm not sure how trustworthy the program actually is and if it does what it says it does, but it would appear there is permanently a block at the top of his Google Chrome browser that always has a flashy, PUP/Malware-ridden ad on it. As part of the clean-up process this program will be removed.
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This site is blocked by a number of AV companies web filters. It injects adverts into web pages and also downloads other ad-ware in the background
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