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Since I downloaded a free VPN, it blocked all rival VPN websites. All other websites work fine but when i try to go on to the Windscribe website it resets the connection.

I have just E-mailed speedify and the said they would never intentionally block any other website so I am assuming it was avast as they also offer a VPN.

Windscribe Hotspotsheild

Even with speedify killed from taskmgr it still resets the connection every time I try to go on the website. How do I undo this ?

F.Ahmed
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Speedify probably modified your network config in one of a few common places. Try these two.

Check your hosts file.

If you see a bunch of entries here to problem websites, you can delete them

On Windows: C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts

On Linux: /etc/hosts

Check your firewall settings

Try turning off windows firewall temporarily. If you can access the blocked websites, turn firewall back on and start sifting through all the rules, trying to find something suspicious. Run "wf.msc" to go directly to list of inbound and outbound rules. Turn off rules until you find the ones causing the problem. You can delete them.

Andy
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Please follow the below instructions to resolve the issue.

  • First, go to start menu, type cmd and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter, and press Yes if it prompts for UAC dialogue box.
  • Second, type ipconfig /flushdns and press enter. (Optional: ipconfig /release & ipconfig /renew)
  • Third, change your primary DNS to public DNS 8.8.8.8 & secondary DNS to 8.8.4.4

Additional steps(may or may not require)

  • Start -> Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center
  • On the side, there is a Change Adapter Settings click on it.
  • Right-Click on your Adapter -> Status -> Properties
  • Now if you are using Speedify, you should see Speedify Routing Driver 6 or something along those lines. Disable it by unticking and then Select it. (Make sure it's selected! The writing should be highlighted with blue!) And then press Uninstall.
  • Now reconnect and that should fix the problem.

And Finally:

  • Instead of installing VPN in your computer use browser extension VPN like Hoxx in Chrome. By using this browser VPN you can unlock all the blocked websites and it will work the same as your Speedify VPN but only for a browser.

Also, some applications like DynDns updater forcefully change the DNS of your computer. Make sure you're not using such applications if you don't need it absolutely.

P.S. For the second step reference is taken from here.

Biku B.
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