New Update Surfshark VPN adds "Fake news Warning" feature keeps on adding Bloat.

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Surfshark now got a "fake news" warning feature Reliant on propornot.com which already in history marked news as Fake which did come out as true.

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Fake news warning: A free Surfshark feature

Detect websites that promote fake news and misinformation with a simple browser extension tool.
surfshark.com surfshark.com

Literarily no one of the customer base Liked that.



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Slerion said:
propornot.com is the source for their warnings which had already news wrongly marked as fake news. in my oppinion this is bloat and a vpn shouldnt have this feature.
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I mean they even offer an antivirus now. Antivirus companies that are offering a VPN is pretty common, but a VPN company that offers an antivirus?
 
SecureKongo said:
I mean they even offer an antivirus now. Antivirus companies that are offering a VPN is pretty common, but a VPN company that offers an antivirus?
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I don't know what the Surfshark antivirus is worth though, I couldn't find any information about the engine used 🤔 (I have Surfshark, but not the One version)
 
Shadowra said:
I don't know what the Surfshark antivirus is worth though, I couldn't find any information about the engine used 🤔 (I have Surfshark, but not the One version)
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They use avira SDK see here surfshark doesnt develope much bythemself it seems NORD VPN even got the same bugs so they seem to share code.
malwaretips.com

Surfshark Antivirus. anyone tested it yet ? | MalwareTips

https://surfshark.com/blog/introducing-surfshark-antivirus-and-surfshark-one Surfshark just released their own AV with nearly none of the features listed or...
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According to the SurfShark site yesterday the AV still doesn't have background protection for Windows which for all intents & purposes makes it useless? I gave up on the VPN a while ago as the GU was cluttered & adding more makes it bloatware. For me less is more, simplicity & minimal but needed features are what I look for.
 
Slerion said:
They use avira SDK see here surfshark doesnt develope much bythemself it seems NORD VPN even got the same bugs so they seem to share code.
malwaretips.com

Surfshark Antivirus. anyone tested it yet ? | MalwareTips

https://surfshark.com/blog/introducing-surfshark-antivirus-and-surfshark-one Surfshark just released their own AV with nearly none of the features listed or...
malwaretips.com malwaretips.com
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Quote from their website:

What about Surfshark users’ data?​

Highlighting that Surfshark and Nord Security are remaining autonomous companies, there will be no changes in how we secure our user data, even how little we have it. There will be no changes in Surfshark’s Terms of Service or Privacy Policy.
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Article: Surfshark and Nord Security are getting aboard to secure people’s digital lives - Surfshark
 
SecureKongo said:
Quote from their website:


Article: Surfshark and Nord Security are getting aboard to secure people’s digital lives - Surfshark
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I know , but then explain to me why they share the same bugs ? like not even "similiar" ones the exact same bugs.

Example
Surfshark had from December to february a bug which logged you randomly out which made the killswitch DEACTIVATE ITSELF and fail that way aka exposing your real IP even with the killswitch fully enabled.
it was fixed in february after 3 months.
and suddenly... Nord VPN got the EXACT same bug conciedence ?
Never had this bug happen on any of my other VPN.
 
Slerion said:
I know , but then explain to me why they share the same bugs ? like not even "similiar" ones the exact same bugs.

Example
Surfshark had from December to february a bug which logged you randomly out which made the killswitch DEACTIVATE ITSELF and fail that way aka exposing your real IP even with the killswitch fully enabled.
it was fixed in february after 3 months.
and suddenly... Nord VPN got the EXACT same bug conciedence ?
Never had this bug happen on any of my other VPN.
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I don't know what the reason is, I just wanted to share what both companies are stating. :confused:
 
Potentially unwanted application detected
39 minutes ago
Feature:Antivirus
The app C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Surfshark.lnk has been detected as a potentially unwanted application and was moved to quarantine. Detection name: Application.Deceptor.BEG If you do not trust this application, you can choose to delete it.

why am i getting this
 
Ks84 said:
Potentially unwanted application detected
39 minutes ago
Feature:Antivirus
The app C:\Users\Public\Desktop\Surfshark.lnk has been detected as a potentially unwanted application and was moved to quarantine. Detection name: Application.Deceptor.BEG If you do not trust this application, you can choose to delete it.

why am i getting this
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their "official" word is this so just happily exclude your AV and trust them...

 
roger_m said:
I just visited the VirusTotal link. Yesterday it was detected by 13 vendors. When I reanalysed it, it was only detected by 6.

VirusTotal

VirusTotal
www.virustotal.com www.virustotal.com
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3.4.4 is actually 0/68

VirusTotal

VirusTotal
www.virustotal.com www.virustotal.com
( newest version ) they did something weird on 3.4.2 , 3.4.3 also gets detected but not by so many AV , and 3.4.4 is clean it seems
 

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