Threat Protection – IPVanish VPN
Eliminate intrusive ads, combat online trackers, and filter out malicious websites with IPVanish Threat Protection.
What is IPVanish Threat Protection?
The Threat Landscape
The internet has become an indispensable part of our lives, offering unparalleled access to information, communication, and entertainment. However, the internet is also fraught with many threats that compromise user privacy and security.
Among the most pervasive of these threats are intrusive ads, online trackers, and malicious websites:
Intrusive ads distort the user experience, significantly increase loading times, and disrupt webpage content, potentially hindering seamless browsing.
Online trackers secretly watch what you do online, invade your privacy, and collect your personal info and data – often without your knowledge or explicit consent.
Malicious websites exploit vulnerabilities to infect devices with malware, attempt to trick you with phishing attempts, and steal sensitive information.
These issues combine to create a complex and evolving threat landscape, which requires robust cybersecurity measures to counteract. Fortunately, IPVanish is up to the task. IPVanish is more than just a VPN; with IPVanish Threat Protection, you can create a safe environment for daily web use, decrease the attack surface, and browse the internet with the peace of mind you deserve.
IPVanish Threat Protection
IPVanish Threat Protection is an innovative VPN feature designed to enhance your online experience by addressing the threat landscape. It does so by blocking intrusive ads, shielding you from online trackers, and helping safeguard against harmful websites while IPVanish is enabled. IPVanish subscribers can access Threat Protection on various platforms, including the IPVanish VPN app for Windows and macOS, iOS and Android mobile devices, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, and even Apple Vision Pro.
Threat Protection Benefits
Redefining
Ad Blocking
Do ads interrupting your online experience sound familiar? IPVanish’s Threat Protection is here to change that. This feature allows you to avoid website ads and actively prevents displays from ad networks and third-party sources. Altogether, this contributes to a more focused browsing experience. It can help conserve your mobile data, increase privacy, boost page load speed, and improve device performance.
Combatting
Online Trackers
IPVanish Threat Protection doesn’t just stop at blocking ads. In preventing ads from displaying, it also stops ad trackers from ever loading. Furthermore, it blocks third-party cookies and scripts designed to follow you across the internet. Browse the web with the assurance that your activities are better shielded from monitoring and prying eyes.
Safeguarding Against
Malicious Sites
The web is filled with potential threats, but with IPVanish Threat Protection, you’ll have an additional layer of security for safer browsing. This feature serves as a virtual barrier, halting connections to known dangerous websites, including phishing attempts to malware-laden URLs. IPVanish Threat Protection proactively prevents access to these hazardous sites.
How does IPVanish Threat Protection work?
Threat Protection is engineered to seamlessly integrate with the IPVanish VPN app on your devices. Once activated, this feature operates quietly in the background, providing a crucial layer of security without disrupting your online activities. The technology behind Threat Protection uses DNS filtering techniques with continuously updated blacklists to screen threats in real-time.
By scrutinizing and intercepting these threats before your website visit request is completed, Threat Protection helps ensure a significantly safer browsing experience. This preemptive action is particularly effective in enhancing your online security, as it stops malicious sites and content before they can cause harm. Although Threat Protection is doing a lot of work behind the scenes, you won’t notice any slowdown in your browsing. It’s designed to be user-friendly and efficient, keeping you safer online without getting in the way of your internet use.
How to use IPVanish Threat Protection
If you want to use the IPVanish Threat Protection feature, you’ll need an IPVanish account and the IPVanish app installed on a Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV or visionOS device. Specific instructions for activating IPVanish Threat Protection are available below:
Windows
To activate IPVanish Threat Protection for Windows:
- Download or update the IPVanish Windows app, then launch it.
- Open IPVanish and log in with your IPVanish username and password.
- Click the Settings gear icon on the left of the navigation menu, then click the Network Security tab and toggle the Threat Protection switch.
Android Mobile
To activate IPVanish Threat Protection on Android mobile:
- Download or update the IPVanish Android mobile app.
- Open IPVanish and log in with your IPVanish username and password.
- Tap Settings on the navigation menu at the bottom of your screen and toggle the Threat Protection switch on.
Android TV
To activate IPVanish Threat Protection for Android TV:
- Download or update the IPVanish Android TV.
- Open IPVanish and log in with your IPVanish username and password.
- Click the Settings gear icon on the home screen and then toggle the Threat Protection switch.
macOS
To activate IPVanish Threat Protection for macOS:
- Download or update the IPVanish macOS app.
- Open IPVanish and log in with your IPVanish username and password.
- Click Settings in the main application menu, then select the Threat Protection checkbox.
iOS
To activate IPVanish Threat Protection on iOS:
- Download or update the IPVanish iOS app.
- Open IPVanish and log in with your IPVanish username and password.
- Tap Settings on the navigation menu at the bottom of your screen and toggle the Threat Protection switch on.
Amazon Fire TV
To activate IPVanish Threat Protection for Amazon Fire TV:
- Download or update the IPVanish Amazon Fire TV app.
- Open IPVanish and log in with your IPVanish username and password.
- Click the Settings gear icon on the home screen and then toggle the Threat Protection switch.
visionOS
To activate IPVanish Threat Protection on visionOS:
- Download or update the IPVanish VPN app.
- Open IPVanish and log in with your IPVanish username and password.
- Tap Settings on the navigation menu at the bottom of your display and toggle the Threat Protection switch on.