{"id":30917,"date":"2012-11-21T17:53:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T15:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=30917"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:41:17","slug":"win-a-hotspot-shield-subscription-for-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/win-a-hotspot-shield-subscription-for-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a Hotspot Shield subscription for a year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30923\" title=\"Win Hotspot Shield Elite\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hotspot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"192\" \/>We have <strong>50 one-year subscriptions<\/strong> for the excellent VPN software <a href=\"http:\/\/hotspot-shield-elite.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hotspot Shield Elite<\/strong><\/a> to give away. This is the ad-free version, which works on Windows and <a href=\"http:\/\/hotspot-shield-elite.en.softonic.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mac<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For the chance to win, simply <strong>leave a comment below before November 29 2012<\/strong>, remembering to use a functioning email address. We will pick 50 winners at random, and notify them by Novermber 30th 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Hotspot Shield is the most popular <strong>VPN <\/strong>download on Softonic, and with  good reason. It&#8217;s a really easy way to access websites that are blocked  in your region, and to do so safely and privately.<\/p>\n<p>Hotspot Shield Elite creates a <a title=\"VPN apps on Softonic\" href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/windows\/security-access-control\">Virtual Private Network<\/a> (a secure connection, usually abbreviated to VPN), that protects yuot IP address, allowing anonymous browsing. All you have to do is log in with a personal code to start<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30936\" title=\"Hotspot Shield Elite\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hotspots.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hotspots.png 576w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2012\/11\/hotspots-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everything is done in an extra tab open in your browser so there&#8217;s <strong>no need to configure<\/strong> anything. A green and red shield in your system tray indicates when  Hotspot Shield is and is not connected. The VPN is encrypted with 128-bit SSL encryption so that you can surf safely without worrying about  others intercepting your data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotspot-shield-elite.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read our full review<\/a> to find out more. Here are the <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/legal-terms-for-hotspot-shield-elite-giveaway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full legal terms<\/a> for the competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good luck!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have 50 one-year subscriptions for the excellent VPN software Hotspot Shield Elite to give away. This is the ad-free version, which works on Windows and Mac. For the chance to win, simply leave a comment below before November 29 2012, remembering to use a functioning email address. We will pick 50 winners at random, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/win-a-hotspot-shield-subscription-for-a-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Win a Hotspot Shield subscription for a year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2671],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-30917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionhotspot-shield"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333534,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30917\/revisions\/333534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30917"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=30917"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=30917"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=30917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}