en.Wedoany.com Reported - Proton VPN has launched NetShield, a built-in network filtering feature that blocks trackers and malware at the DNS request level, addressing the limitation of traditional ad blockers that cannot function outside the browser environment.

Online browsing faces threats such as pop-ups, auto-playing videos, trackers, and malware. Installing an ad blocker provides a first line of defense, but its effectiveness is limited to web browsers, failing to filter banking services that communicate directly with servers, mobile games, streaming apps, and connected devices like TVs, TV boxes, and smart speakers. Tracking technologies evade traditional blockers by embedding collection scripts within the main domain of websites, making it difficult for extensions based on domain lists to identify malicious code. On iOS and Android mobile platforms, system restrictions further reduce the efficiency of such extensions or render them completely ineffective.

Unlike traditional ad blockers that take effect after a page loads, NetShield intervenes at the DNS request stage before a connection is established. When a user's device sends a DNS request to obtain the IP address of a target server, NetShield inserts itself into this process, comparing the request against a database in real time. If a domain is identified as suspicious, it is blocked before the connection is established. This filtering not only targets the main address being accessed but also analyzes dozens of secondary DNS requests triggered by the webpage to detect malicious elements. All DNS requests are processed within Proton's encrypted VPN tunnel, and in conjunction with a no-logs policy, ensures that requests are neither recorded nor transmitted to third parties. NetShield is integrated into the Proton VPN Plus plan, which typically costs €9.99 per month, now available at a promotional price starting from €2.99 per month.

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