Hola, Hola VPN users, you may have been part of a botnet! VPN service Hola, which has millions of users, recently came under fire for not being as up front with their users as they should have been. In the past weeks it has been revealed that Hola does the following: allows Hola users to use each others' bandwidth
Hola is a popular virtual private network (VPN) provider that is available for various web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as desktop and mobile operating systems.. It is free to use and if you check ratings and users on Chrome's Web Store alone, you will notice that it is used by more than 7.1 million Chrome users currently. Virtual private network Hola has downplayed concerns that its 47 million users could become part of a botnet. A botnet is a network of hijacked computers that can be used for criminal activity "Hola is a 'peer-to-peer' VPN," the group writes on its 'Adios, Hola!' website. "This may sound nice, but what it actually means is that other people browse the web through your internet connection. The Hola botnet: Not so Free or Safe. admin; In Hola's case, the company sells bandwidth to customers via Luminati, and this bandwidth is sourced directly from Hola VPN users. In simple terms, if you use Hola VPN you're handing over your internet to Hola's and Luminati's customers to do whatever they want with it.
Hola — A widely popular Free VPN service used as a Giant Botnet May 29, 2015 Swati Khandelwal The bandwidth of Millions of users of a popular free VPN service is being sold without their knowledge in an attempt to cover the cost of its free service, which could result in a vast botnet-for-sale network.
The Hola botnet: Not so Free or Safe. admin; In Hola's case, the company sells bandwidth to customers via Luminati, and this bandwidth is sourced directly from Hola VPN users. In simple terms, if you use Hola VPN you're handing over your internet to Hola's and Luminati's customers to do whatever they want with it. Hola — A widely popular Free VPN service used as a Giant Botnet May 29, 2015 Swati Khandelwal The bandwidth of Millions of users of a popular free VPN service is being sold without their knowledge in an attempt to cover the cost of its free service, which could result in a vast botnet-for-sale network.
Hola's founder has confirmed the popular VPN Chrome extension sells its users' bandwidth in order to cover the cost of offering its free service -- resulting in a vast botnet-for-sale network.
Hola VPN Pros. This is not going to be a positive review. What you're dealing with here is a problematic and dangerous VPN service that has been caught red-handed exploiting the internet connections of its users and opening them up to dangerous scenarios. Hola is harmful to the internet as a whole, and to its users in particular. You might know it as a free VPN or "unblocker", but in reality it operates like a poorly secured botnet - with serious consequences. Are you vulnerable to