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USING THE FREE

VERSION OF "HOTSPOTSHIELD" FOR SECURE

INTERNET ACCESS

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http://aztcs.org/



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Web location for this

presentation:

http://aztcs.orgClick on

“Meeting Notes”



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SUMMARY

You can use the freeedition of the "Hotspot

Shield" virtual privatenetwork service to securely

access the Internet frompublic Internet connections.



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"HOTSPOT SHIELD"

• The free version of "HotspotShield" displays a 1-inch

advertising bar at the top of allWeb browsers in "Windows

XP", "Windows Vista", and

"Windows 7" computers.



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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)


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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advertising bar at the top of"Mozilla Firefox", and "Google

Chrome" in "Windows 8.1

Preview" computers.



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• The free version of "HotspotShield" does not display a 1-

inch advertising bar at the topof "Internet Explorer 11" in

"Windows 8.1 Preview"

computers but we expect to seethis "problem" resolved soon.



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o If you use the LEFT mouse button toclick on the "Hotspot Shield" icon in

the "Notification Area" of the Desktop:



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o The "Pause Protection" feature doesnot work with "Windows 8" and

"Windows 8.1".

o The "Test protection" feature works asfollows:



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o If you use the RIGHT mouse button toclick on the "Hotspot Shield" icon in

the "Notification Area" of the Desktop:



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o Then, clicking on Properties has thesame effect has using the LEFT

mouse button:



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o If you use the RIGHT mouse button toclick 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 abrowser window opens up for the

homepage of http://anchorfree.us



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HOTSPOT SHIELD" (continued)

o In "Windows 8.1 Preview" withWindows 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" withWindows Media Center added,

the mandatory advertising bar

shows up in Google Chrome

but it is a bit distorted:



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o "Hotspot Shield" redirects anyattempt by you to go to

http://google.com in any Web

browser to

http://search.anchorfree.net/





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"HOTSPOT SHIELD" ( ti d)



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o To go to http://google.com, clickon "Skip: keep tracking as is":



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o The "Hotspot Shield" windowdisplays okay in most versions of

"Windows" including "Windows

XP", "Windows Vista", "Windows7", and "Windows 8":



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o However for "Windows 8.1Preview" when "Windows

Media Center" is installed,the right edge of the

"Hotspot Shield" window is

not displayed:



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o Step 1:

Use your left mouse button to click

on the green "Connect" button (if a

"Connect" button is displayed inthe "Hotspot Shield" window):



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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" (contin ed)



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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



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o Step 5:

If you are running the free version

of "Hotspot Shield", you do not

need to sign in to your "HotspotShield" account.

(If you are running the paid version

of "Hotspot Shield", you can sign into access your "Elite" services.)

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