They do this by actively injecting JavaScript code for advertising. The Center for Democracy and Technology filed a complaint with the FTC, stating that Hotspot Shield, contrary to their promises, collects user data. However, it’s good to keep this in mind, especially if you’re using the ad supported service and want to maintain your privacy. The Premium version of Hotspot Shield does not run this risk. Individuals who use the free version run the risk of their personal information being leaked to advertisers. Hotspot Shield says that this information is never associated with you and is only used for analytic purposes. Hotspot Shield will gather information such as the OS version you are using, the browser you are using, information on your mobile network, as well as the hardware that you are using. However, if you are privacy-conscious, Hotspot Shield may not be the right option for you. They state that the information they collect is not used to identify you.

AnchorFree, the parent company behind Hotspot Shield, says that this information is collected only for analytic and troubleshooting purposes. However, they do collect data about the websites you visit and the apps you use. Hopefully.Hotspot Shield’s privacy policy says that they will not store your IP address long-term.

Now reconnect with your Wi-Fi and that should fix the problem.

( Make sure it's selected! The writing should be highlighted with blue!) And then press 'Uninstall'. Disable it by unticking and then Select it.

Now if you are using Hotspot Shield, you should see 'Hotspot Shield Routing Driver 6' or something along those lines.

NOTE: Make sure it is your adapter and not Wi-Fi! In this case my Adapter is Hamachi.

On the side there is a 'Change Adapter Settings' click on it.

Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center.

But luckily someone in another website told me what to do. I couldn't surf the Internet without Hotspot Shield, which sucked.

It is 'safe', but you have to be careful installing it, using it and uninstalling it as I just had the problem with it.

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