The center of the app will change from green to yellow as this process takes place. The connection will likely take a few minutes. Press the green button marked “Connect” to set a VPN connection. Now that all of your options are set, it’s time to start protection. If you do make any changes hit “Apply” to return to the front of the app. We recommend leaving the default settings. Switch over to the “General” tab and you can adjust if Hotspot Shield shows on restart, includes a status icon, and the length of pauses in protection. The middle option “Always On” is the most secure and reliable option, which gets our recommendation. Press the gear icon and you will enter the “Network Detection” tab within the options.
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You can upgrade to the Elite version to have even more control, but the free version is still very powerful.įor now it’s a good idea to adjust Hotspot Shield’s settings to your liking. Note that the free version of Hotspot Shield has ads and lacks all of the features. Clicking “Connect” will start an encrypted connection, but we’ll hold off on that for now. Set optionsīy default Hotspot Shield will be off. Proceed by clicking the Hotspot Shield icon.
If you have your icons hidden, you may need to click on the arrow to expand the menu. You will see the shield icon with a red crescent, near the system time and other icons. This way you can control what is closed.Īfter installation, run Hotspot Shield from the Start menu. We recommend unchecking all of the boxes before the installation completes, namely if you are using FireFox at the time. Installation depends on your computer, but will likely take a few minutes. If you do not want these uncheck the boxes and hit “No, thanks”. There will be prompts to change your homepage or make other changes to your web browser.