Kaspersky blocks Windscribe VPN

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jetman

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I have been testing out Winscribe VPN on my Windows 10 PC.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 appears to block it (probably due to application control). The modules blocked appeear to be "backgroundtaskhost.exe" underneath that it shows "twitter.windows.dll". If I manually unblock this then Windscibe works.

I don't use Twitter, so what is going on ? Does Windscribe carry some sort of Malware ?
 

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Hi-

I have been testing out Winscribe VPN on my Windows 10 PC.

Kaspersky Internet Security 2017 appears to block it (probably due to application control). The modules blocked appeear to be "backgroundtaskhost.exe" underneath that it shows "twitter.windows.dll". If I manually unblock this then Windscibe works.

I don't use Twitter, so what is going on ? Does Windscribe carry some sort of Malware ?
Hi friend
its work like a charm here o_O
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can you try to contact Kaspersky support?o_O
 

jetman

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Hi , thanks This is what I see..... (if I allow the twitter thing to run then Windscribe works fine). Its a mystery to me.

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I google it "backgroundtaskhost.exe", its :backgroundTaskhost.exe occasionally appearing on Task Manager
as I understand (may be my fault?)its a service for Win10.
but we have windscribe stuff here , @windscribe , can confirmed (or not? or may be a bug?) that windscribe carry malware? or may be another thing (that we do't know?) I am not an IT expert :oops:
TAM is activated on my system I use (both Win7 & Win8.1),also I use KIS 2018 + Windcribe.
its work without any problem:
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