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USING THE FREE
VERSION OF "HOTSPOT
SHIELD" FOR SECURE
INTERNET ACCESS
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SUMMARY
You can use the free
edition of the "Hotspot
Shield" virtual private
network service to securely
access the Internet from
public Internet connections.
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD"
• The free version of "Hotspot
Shield" displays a 1-inch
advertising bar at the top of all
Web browsers in "Windows
XP", "Windows Vista", and
"Windows 7" computers.
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
• The free version of "Hotspot
Shield" displays a 1-inch
advertising bar at the top of
"Internet Explorer 10", "Internet
Explorer 9", "Mozilla Firefox",
and "Google Chrome" in
"Windows 8.." computers.
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
• The free version of "Hotspot
Shield" displays a 1-inch
advertising bar at the top of
"Mozilla Firefox", and "Google
Chrome" in "Windows 8.1
Preview" computers.
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
• The free version of "Hotspot
Shield" does not display a 1-
inch advertising bar at the top
of "Internet Explorer 11" in
"Windows 8.1 Preview"
computers but we expect to see
this "problem" resolved soon.
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o If you use the LEFT mouse button to
click on the "Hotspot Shield" icon in
the "Notification Area" of the Desktop:
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o The "Pause Protection" feature does
not work with "Windows 8" and
"Windows 8.1".
o The "Test protection" feature works as
follows:
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o If you use the RIGHT mouse button to
click on the "Hotspot Shield" icon in
the "Notification Area" of the Desktop:
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o Then, clicking on Properties has the
same effect has using the LEFT
mouse button:
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o If you use the RIGHT mouse button to
click on the "Hotspot Shield" icon in
the "Notification Area" of the Desktop,
then clicking on "Disconnect/OFF",
turns off the Hotspot Shield service so
that the "Hotspot Shield" icon in the
notification area turns red AND a
browser window opens up for the
homepage of http://anchorfree.us
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HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o In "Windows 8.1 Preview" with
Windows Media Center added,
the mandatory advertising bar
shows up in Firefox but it is a
bit distorted:
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USING "HOTSPOT SHIELD"
(continued)
o In "Windows 8.1 Preview" with
Windows Media Center added,
the mandatory advertising bar
shows up in Google Chrome
but it is a bit distorted:
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o "Hotspot Shield" redirects any
attempt by you to go to
http://google.com in any Web
browser to
http://search.anchorfree.net/
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o The "Hotspot Shield" window
displays okay in most versions of
"Windows" including "Windows
XP", "Windows Vista", "Windows
7", and "Windows 8":
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o However for "Windows 8.1
Preview" when "Windows
Media Center" is installed,
the right edge of the
"Hotspot Shield" window is
not displayed:
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o Step 1:
Use your left mouse button to click
on the green "Connect" button (if a
"Connect" button is displayed in
the "Hotspot Shield" window):
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o Step 2:
Use your left mouse button
to click on truncated blue
"Sign In" button. (Only the
"Si" of the blue "Sign In"
button is displayed".):
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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)
o Step 3:
The "Hotspot Shield" window
will disappear.
o Step 4:
Your default Web browser will
start up and it will displayed
"Hotspot Shield" Web "Sign In"
page.