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Questions tagged [hotspot-shield]

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Does Hotspot Shield hide my activity from my ISP?

Can Hotspot Shield make your activities invisible to your ISP? Or can they still see what you're downloading if they so choose? Here's the text from the product description: Hotspot Shield protects your entire web surfing session; securing your…
test
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Login to WiFi networks without password?

Does "Hotspot Shield" automatically log me in to a WiFi network where I don't know the network password, where the network may or may not be free?
Erik L. Russell MD
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Why doesn't hotspot shield work on XP?

I installed it on win 7 and it worked fine, but on XP I connect and it says CONNECTED successfully, however when I try to go to any website I can't, it doesn't load, as if the connection was lost. And when I disconnect Hotspot shield the internet…
Gamma
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Does Hotspot shield hide internet activities from office firewall?

Our office's firewall is blocking many websites. i can access those block sites using Hotspot Shield but my question is that do my internet activities log into firewall log?
learner
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Can't delete Anchorfree HSS VPN Adapter created by Hotspot Shield

After uninstalling Hotspot Shield, it's adapter "Anchorfree HSS VPN Adapter" didn't get deleted. And the delete option is grayed and unclickable so I am unable to manually delete it. Although it's not causing any problem, I would still like to…
Anuj
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Is Hotspot Shield safe?

I have the Hotspot Shield VPN on one of my computers. It works fine, but I've noticed that it runs in the background after I restart my computer and even after I removed it from the startup folder. I also just don't like the look of it - the design…
samosaman
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Internet not working after removing hotspot shield plugin

I have Baidu anti virus installed in my computer as well as hotspot shield. The problem started when Baidu suggested that I remove some plugins including hotspot shield. After removing the plugins the internet stopped working on my computer only,…
Derfec
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Internet doesn't work unless Hotspot Shield is on

The Internet on my laptop doesn't work unless Hotspot Shield is activated. I use Mac with Google Version 37.
1234
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FireFTP with Hotspot Shield

I can use the FireFTP fine until I turn the Hotspot Shield on, then I cannot connect anymore. I think I need to configure the proxy settings in FireFTP but what I have tried so far did not work. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks.
mcu
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How to uninstall Hotspot Shield's VPN adapter driver?

After installing Hotspot with Revo Uninstaller then uninstalling it completely from my system, I'm still left with Hotspot's VPN adapter driver. This bothers me a great deal. Unfortunately I did not make a system backup prior to installing Hotspot.…
Grumpy ol' Bear
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Hotspot shield on windows 10

I am using Hotspot shield version 7.4.2, and I can turn it on with this command on windows cmd: cd '.\Program Files (x86)\Hotspot Shield\bin\' .\hsscp.exe -connect how can i disconnect it using command line?
sadim ahman
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unable to connect to VPN (just since a couple of days ago)

Have had no problem connecting to filtered websites till a couple of days ago. I usually use psiphon3 and it doesn't work now, tested Hotspot shield and it didn't work either, although I was able to connect using TOR but it's too slow to watch…
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