Malware Protection

Malware Protection is a critical security feature offered by the VPN that actively defends your device from accessing known malicious online threats, stopping infections before they can reach your system.

This feature operates by leveraging real-time threat intelligence and comprehensive blocklists directly at the VPN server level, acting as a crucial, always-on filter:

• Blocklist Reference: The VPN maintains vast, frequently updated databases of known malicious domain names, servers, and IP addresses associated with malware, viruses, ransomware, and spyware distribution.
• DNS and Connection Filtering: When your device attempts to connect to a website or server, the VPN intercepts the request.
• Automatic Denial: If the destination address matches an entry on the blocklist, the VPN immediately denies the connection and blocks the traffic, preventing your device from ever downloading the harmful content or scripts.

Unlike antivirus software, which cleans up threats after they are already on your device, the VPN’s Malware Protection blocks the threat at the network level. This protects every application and every device connected to the VPN.

It often includes blocks for known phishing sites, protecting you from being redirected to fake pages designed to steal your login credentials or financial information.

By relying on continually updated global threat intelligence, the VPN can often block emerging threats faster than local, device-based software.

VPN services with Malware Protection feature

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