Webroot and AnchorFree Join Forces To Create A Brighter Version Of HotSpot Shield

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 27, 2009

Hotspot ShieldWhat do you get when you take hold of one of the top internet security providers in the world and combine them with one of the most popular and widely used Virtual Private Networks who specialize in keeping tight security of their customers’ online profiles? Only something good can come out of such a cool combination, right? If you are wondering what exactly is being referred to here, well, this is about the collaboration of Webroot and AnchorFree who by the way, created Hot Spot Shield. These two giants have joined hands to create a spanking new, brighter version of HotSpot Shield, which will be free of advertisements.

There is no doubt that this will greatly influence the way that the 7.5 million users of HotSpot Shield throughout the world work online. Webroot’s virus and spyware protection combined with Anchorfree’s encryption technology will be available as an ad free version of Hot Spot Shield and this priceless feature will be available sometime in 2010, as per estimates.

This feature will, of course, not be free like it is now, and that is because there will be no ads to fund it, but the price has not been announced yet. It is supposed to be announced in the year 2010 as well. However, the good news is that current HotSpot customers can look forward to a free fifteen day trial of Webroot Antivirus with Spy Sweeper or Webroot internet security essentials, in addition to a special discount on the purchase price. Interested? Well, all you have to do is log on to www.hotspotshield.com to avail the free trial as well as the discount. Read More »

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Happy Holidays from How-to-hide-ip.info

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 25, 2009

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Just a short note to wish you all Happy Holidays and those of you celebrating Christmas a Happy day.  
 
Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement this year. Let’s hope that 2010 will bring more freedom for everybody and anti-censorship tools will be less necessary.
Happy Holidays!
 
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Hide IP & VPN Christmas Giveaway: HideIpVPN (For Newsletter Subscribers Only)

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 23, 2009

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This Christmas giveaway action is closing to the end. There were 3 weeks of hard work, but I’m glad that I did it. It was a great experience working closely to the hide ip & VPN providers and getting a lot of feedback from you, the readers of How-to-hide-ip.info. Thank you all! 

In the next days, maybe after the Christmas holidays, I’m planning to publish some interesting stats regarding this giveaway: number of comments, number of licenses/accounts given, number of visits, etc. So, stay tuned!

One more giveaway for How-to-hide-ip.info newsletter subscribers

During the last days, I was thinking about giving away something special to my newsletter subscribers. They are the most faithful readers of this blog, so they deserve something special :) .

And, I was able to convince HideIpVPN Team to offer 20 more free lifetime accounts for this last giveaway action. You can be a part of this giveaway if you are already a subscriber or if you subscribe by January 3rd 2010. Read More »

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Hide IP & VPN Christmas Giveaway: Torrent Freedom

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 22, 2009

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Torrent Freedom is a premium VPN service that it’s targetted specifically towards Bit Torrent. TorrentFreedom promises to put the user back in control, by offering a BitTorrent-optimized, zero-logging, 100% anonymous VPN service, guaranteed to punch a hole through throttling ISPs.

TorrentFreedom solves several problems you may have while browsing the Internet or downloading music, videos, etc., like:

  • Traffic Shaping -  is what ISPs do to keep you from your precious bandwidth. They can identify traffic like gaming and torrenting and choke it at the roots, messing with your packets till they walk funny.
  • Censored Content - Many ISPs have begun to control what you’re seeing. This is perfectly legal in most countries, and where it isn’t, it’s not well-regulated. The content you see may already be censored. 
  • Locked Networks - Are you at school? Are you at an office? Are you somewhere that isn’t letting you do what you want? Can’t seed torrents from your college dorm? Can’t play games from your cubicle?
  • Traffic Logging – Every torrent, every video, every piece of porn you look at can be stored in a nice big file. You’re an open book to your providers and anyone else who wants a look. Read More »
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Hide IP & VPN Christmas Giveaway: SymVPN

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 21, 2009

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SymVPN is a solution provided by Telexy Networks that allows you set up a VPN connection for a phone running Symbian OS, like Nokia. The problem is that Nokia does not provide a PPTP VPN client for their phones, they have an IPSEC client that is quite complicated. SymVPN is  the only PPTP VPN client for Nokia phones.

SymVPN 1.00 allows you to create a regular Access Point (from the Symbian OS point of view) that can be used in an ordinary manner by any appropriate application that requires an Internet connection. Read More »

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Hide IP & VPN Christmas Giveaway: SurfBouncer

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 20, 2009

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SurfBouncer is a personal VPN subscription service operating on the SurfBouncer Encrypted Network  that provides access to high encryption servers in order to secure your connection to the internet. The services has been available around the world since 2006. Customers from all over the world (Belize, China, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, Mexico, Brazil) are using the service as a hotspot VPN to ensure their privacy.

Surf Bouncer creates a 100% encrypted, personal VPN connection from your computer to secure servers. In addition, your data is compressed to maximize your bandwidth. With this hotspot shield, nobody — including the owners of the network you are on — can see any of your information or know which sites you are surfing. Read More »

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Hide IP & VPN Christmas Giveaway: SmartHide

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 19, 2009

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Arovax SmartHide is a perfect solution for the biggest online problem – Complete Anonymity and Protection while staying Online.

This unique program keeps your IP address (and your identity) hidden, secures all the protocols on your PC (E-mail, Web-browsing, Instant Messaging, P2P, etc), provides full encryption of your traffic while working in the Internet, and a lot more. Read More »

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Great Firewall Coming To Australia In 2010

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 18, 2009

firewall_auSo is Australia the new Iran? Should you encrypt your hard drive or install a VPN before visiting Australia next year?

Well, it’s not the law of the land yet, but at a sudden press conference on Tuesday it was announced that Australia will next year join the ranks of countries who censor the net.

The announcement says that all Australian ISPs will be required to filter access to a government-supplied blacklist containing “refused classification” (RC) web content. That would include nasty stuff like child pornography, but also a broader range of content: fetishy sex, instruction in crime (such as euthanasia), any computer game not suitable for under 18s.

While this issue can crossover into something at once less useful and sinister. The censorship push started its life as a kid-friendly measure, to improve safety of the internet for a ban on pro-anorexia sites and pornography in general. 

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Hide IP & VPN Christmas Giveaway: Overplay

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 18, 2009

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Overplay is a great service that can reroute your internet traffic via high speed, reliable VPN servers – making it appear to websites which you visit as if you’re located in another geographical area.

Thus, by using Overplay.net, you can enjoy a variety of online TV content, without the restriction on your geographical location. Wherever you are, keep up-to-date with what’s on TV, watch the latest shows, enjoy sports not normally available on domestic TV, and stay abreast with the latest localised news. Read More »

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Google Chrome Bugs Out Users Seeking Anonimity

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 17, 2009

Developers warning: A bug in the new version of Google Chrome could leak the identity of the users who surf anonimously. (Via TheRegister.co.uk)

The problem is regarding the proxy settings in Chrome. Basically when you set up a proxy, all the traffic that is made by an IP is hidden by the proxy server, but Chrome will connect to the webpages through the users’ local network, so the anonimity settings won’t work.

“This presents a serious risk for the users of the services such as Tor, as their DNS data and the little anonymity they have with Tor is leaked outside and in the clear,” according to an advisory published Monday on the Full-Disclosure mailing list.”

Tor stopped working on Chrome 3.0.195.33. Tor used to connect to a webpage through someone’s IP from the Tor network, but Tor functionality is disabled in the newest version of Chrome.

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