Provider Overview:
Hotspot Shield is AnchorFree’s privacy and security software application. It is accessed and used on a monthly basis by millions of users around the world. Predominantly an English speaking audience, our users are mostly Americans who are traveling both inside and outside the U.S. Millions of American expatriates living outside the U.S. also make use of our Hotspot Shield to access U.S. Web sites and online content. Hotspot Shield enables our users to surf the web and shop online with complete privacy and data encryption. Each user session spans approximately 60 page views per session and all advertising can be contextually targeted.
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Price | Free, but with advertising. |
| Traffic | 5 GB per month |
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| Server Locations | US |
| Network Restrictions | None listed |
| Moneyback Guarantee | N/A |
| Payment Method | N/A |



Consistently crashes Win 7 x64 with BSoD. Had no problem with x86. No way to get in touch with them to report it.
I cannot recommend HotSpot Shield because it crashes your system after using it for awhile. I was happy with this software for several weeks until my system crashed with many BSODs. It took me several hours to trace the problem before I realized it was due to HotSpot Shield.
I had to uninstall the program and do a system restore to totally remove it.
I’m in Singapore and Hotspot Shield works fine for Netflix and Pandora. It was very easy to install.
I tried hotspot shield. It works very slow, cannot watch any video with it.. In addition it has a 2 GB limit per month
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