Hotspot Shield

With over 500 million downloads, Hotspot Shield is the world's most popular Virtual Private Network (VPN) desktop app that allows you to access blocked websites and services online, secures your browsing session, protects you from hackers and WiFi snoopers on public WiFi networks, makes you anonymous and untraceable on the Web, and detects and blocks malicious websites.

One of the “world’s fastest VPN,” as verified by Ookla’s Speedtest. By connecting to one of 3,200+ VPN servers in 80+ countries — including 35+ cities around the world — your internet traffic is encrypted. This ensures you can browse the web securely and privately, keeping your sensitive data protected.

VPN technology enables you to send encrypted data over previously unencrypted networks. Besides providing you with private and secure Web browsing, VPNs such as Hot Spot Shield VPN provide many other important benefits. Compared to a web proxy, VPN also offers much better security and privacy online.



Hotspot Shield VPN is the most trusted VPN service in the world with over 500 million downloads. It is available for Mac, Windows, iPhone/iPad & Android devices. Get Malware Protection, Internet Privacy, Security, access blocked websites, and more!

Features and Highlights

Unblock websites - Unblock YouTube, unblock Facebook, unblock Twitter or sites at school, the library, or your office with this great free VPN. You can bypass filters and firewalls set by your network administrator to gain access to your favorite content.

Anonymous surfing - Because of privacy and security concerns, you may want to browse the Web anonymously. Hot Spot Shield Software creates an encrypted tunnel between your computer and servers to let you conduct your online activities (visit the websites you want, make online transactions, download files) anonymously, without being tracked and spied upon.

Hide your IP address - The Internet is infested with spammers, snoopers, and hackers. They silently monitor your online activities and steal your sensitive data like credit card information and passwords when you least expect it. If you connect with the app-enabled, you get a new US IP address to mask your actual IP address and surf the Internet anonymously.

Private & secure browsing - VPN offers an enhanced level of security online. Whenever you connect to the Internet through HotspotShield VPN, your data, including passwords, financial transactions, and instant messages, is secured and encrypted. Additionally, your personal information is hidden from web spies.

Wi-Fi security - If you browse the Internet at a public Wi-Fi hotspot like the Starbucks in your town, anyone on that network can monitor and spy on your web activities. Irrespective of where you connect from, a personal VPN secures your web browsing session and keeps your private data considerably more private.

Malware protection - It will alert you if you visit sites that are known to contain malware, and then block the site. Privacy and security that also blocks 57 million malware and phishing sites a day.

Note: Only US Virtual location is available in the unregistered version. Elite Payment Wall will display when accessing BBC, Netflix, Hulu, Adult content, etc.

Also Available: Download Hotspot Shield for Mac