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<blockquote data-quote="Jimbo791" data-source="post: 780333" data-attributes="member: 73793">If you are using or thinking of using Thor/heimdal with a VPN you should read the reply I got from Heimdal about windscribe VPNCiprian Apostol (Heimdal Security)Dec 3, 09:14 EETHello,Thank you for contacting Heimdal Security Support.We would like to inform you that we are not blocking the website <a href="http://windscribe.com/" target="_blank">windscribe.com</a> Please disable Thor Foresight&#039;s DarkLayer Guard and then clear cookies, cache and browser&#039;s history and try to access the website. In case you don&#039;t know how to clean your browser, here is a mini-tutorial: <a href="https://kb.iu.edu/d/ahic" target="_blank">Clear your web browser&#039;s cache, cookies, and history</a> If it works, then please enable again DarkLayer Guard.It is not recommended to use VPN alongside Thor Foresight. Most VPN clients create an adapter that uses a certain DNS through which the network traffic will be filtered.Thor Foresight is also a DNS based security software and it will not be able to set its own DNS on that adapter that the VPN client created previously. Thus, the Dark Layer Guard (the traffic filtering engine) will not be able to offer the protection environment that promises.It&#039;s important to point out that there are some VPNs that do work alongside Thor as they allow to add to exclusion certain IPs. One of those VPNs is CISCO and it&#039;s only for enterprise usage.For more information, please read this support article: <a href="https://support.heimdalsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000290349-Heimdal-Security-and-VPN-clients" target="_blank">Thor And VPN Clients</a>In conclusion, Thor and VPN clients will not work as they are both DNS based applications.Let us know if you have any other questions.Kind Regards,Ciprian ApostolHeimdal Security A/S &amp; Heimdal Security SRL<a href="http://www.heimdalsecurity.com/" target="_blank">Heimdal Security - Proactive Cyber Security Software</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jimbo791, post: 780333, member: 73793"] If you are using or thinking of using Thor/heimdal with a VPN you should read the reply I got from Heimdal about windscribe VPN [B]Ciprian Apostol[/B] (Heimdal Security) Dec 3, 09:14 EET Hello, Thank you for contacting Heimdal Security Support. We would like to inform you that we are not blocking the website [URL='http://windscribe.com/']windscribe.com[/URL] Please disable Thor Foresight's DarkLayer Guard and then clear cookies, cache and browser's history and try to access the website. In case you don't know how to clean your browser, here is a mini-tutorial: [URL='https://kb.iu.edu/d/ahic']Clear your web browser's cache, cookies, and history[/URL] If it works, then please enable again DarkLayer Guard. It is not recommended to use VPN alongside Thor Foresight. Most VPN clients create an adapter that uses a certain DNS through which the network traffic will be filtered. Thor Foresight is also a DNS based security software and it will not be able to set its own DNS on that adapter that the VPN client created previously. Thus, the Dark Layer Guard (the traffic filtering engine) will not be able to offer the protection environment that promises. It's important to point out that there are some VPNs that do work alongside Thor as they allow to add to exclusion certain IPs. One of those VPNs is CISCO and it's only for enterprise usage. For more information, please read this support article: [URL='https://support.heimdalsecurity.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000290349-Heimdal-Security-and-VPN-clients']Thor And VPN Clients[/URL] In conclusion, Thor and VPN clients will not work as they are both DNS based applications. Let us know if you have any other questions. Kind Regards, Ciprian Apostol Heimdal Security A/S & Heimdal Security SRL [URL="http://www.heimdalsecurity.com/"]Heimdal Security - Proactive Cyber Security Software[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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