Jan072012

How can I get around blocked sites to download Hotspot Shield?

Penny newell asks:

I want to download Hotspot Sheild. However I live in the middle east and have to go through a proxy. As soon as I click on any link for any VPN download it says the site is blocked. Any ideas how I can go around this is layman’s terms?


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  • haridas May 1, 2012

    enjoylifetime

  • priya January 7, 2012

    Please use AnonymoX extension in firefox. this may solve the problem.

  • Anonymous January 7, 2012

    try to find someone from your entourage that had to deal with this situation.

  • Anonymous January 7, 2012

    Insert moral comment here…

    As Jay said, We can’t give you much advise. 

    Even blocked through a proxy though… that is some real deal censorship. 

  • Jeff Fabish January 7, 2012

    I’m pretty sure using encryption without permission in the middle east is unlawful (source The Guardian), if that’s the case, we can’t help you. Even if you were to successfully download Hotspot shield, it wouldn’t be able to connect to its servers to forward your traffic through. 

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