Hola VPN extension could be making you part of a botnet

[Lazarus LongParticipant 365]

Hi all just saw this and thought you might want to know if this is something that you might be using.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2928340/ultra-popular-hola-vpn-extension-sold-your-bandwidth-for-use-in-a-botnet-attack.html

Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self. -Terry Goodkind

[RennieParticipant]

The moral is: Stay away from “free” VPN services, they are bombed out by spammers and blacklisted, the people running the service have no obligation to do anything for you, or protect your privacy and there could be ulterior motives like the above.

[Crazy CanuckMember 4215]

I agree I use paid vpn I personally use strongvpn with dns advantage dns server. You get what you paid for.

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