Good morning, I keep my VPN for only one specific web browser so when I want to turn on the VPN I have to exit every App/Service in Windows 10 and this gets REALLY tedious. Has anyone tried using a VPN extension that resides and ONLY changes the IP address in that ONE and ONLY web browser? I need…

[image] faxe: I don’t really understand why you need to make sure all apps are closed before connecting to your vpn and what would happen if some app you use connects to the internet through the vpn? I appreciate your reply! I always thought it was necessary to close all Apps before starting…

The easiest solution I know is using the ProtonVPN extension in Brave (don’t know if it’s also available for firefox, but likely is and also don’t know how MullvadVPN browser extension behaves). Other than that you can use split tunneling with the Mullvad Windows App as somebody mentioned before and…

[image] faxe: The easiest solution I know is using the ProtonVPN extension in Brave (don’t know if it’s also available for firefox, but likely is and also don’t know how MullvadVPN browser extension behaves). Other than that you can use split tunneling with the Mullvad Windows App as somebody me…

Update: Wow, I just checked the Hotspot Shield VPN Chrome extension and this is what I’m reading: “This extension is no longer available because it doesn’t follow best practices for Chrome extensions.” Major sigh for me! :cry: If anyone has any other suggestions I’m all ears!

ProtonVPN is what I use, so I never had the need to check for alternatives. As I said using ProtonVPN extension is the easiest solution I know. Mullvad extension might also do it, but I never used it, so I don’t know much about it. That said, I would also advise you to stick to the PG recommendatio…

I’m not sure if this topic would help? [image] Basic 101 Networking question Questions I always wondered this and should have asked way sooner about this, but here goes: when do app connect to the internet? Is there traffic going in and out at all times? Let’s take a spe…

[image] win11.shading291: I’m not sure if this topic would help? Basic 101 Networking question I appreciate your reply! I’ve been reading through that thread. I just checked and the Hotspot VPN extension is available on Chrome again: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hotspot-shield/…

[image] faxe: ProtonVPN is what I use, so I never had the need to check for alternatives. As I said using ProtonVPN extension is the easiest solution I know. Mullvad extension might also do it, but I never used it, so I don’t know much about it. That said, I would also advise you to stick to th…

Personally, I don’t see any benefit or use case for using VPN extensions. It does more harm than good.

I must be honest and say I disabled auto-connect. It was causing a lot of issues esp. on boot. Know I don’t know how much is due of Firefox and how much the Proton VPN extension

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