hotspot shield -- uninstall problem
Apart from doubts that it really increases your security -- even if channels traffic through a vpn connection, why would I want to route my traffic through a server I know nothing about?? -- there is now an even greater concern: I am not able to uninstall it. I have no idea what this software is doing, where is it installed, which bits are still working and so on.
The situation is this. Hotspot Shield gets installed in the /Applications folder. If user connects to internet, there appears a banner at the top of the browser page. One can click on the banner and create a vpn channel to a remote server.
Uninstall: Hotspot says one has to remove the "/Applications/Hotspot Shield" folder. I did that. But the banner keeps appearing. This banner is code snippet, in javascript, that is inserted at the beginning of EVERY html page that your browser (firefox, safari) retrieves. Both firefox and safari are affected; also, when I switch to another user (under whose account I have never used Hotspot connection), then the banner appears. This seems to imply that Hotspot installation is not contained only in the "/Applications/Hotspot Shield" folder or user preferences, the system folders are affected -- something that is unacceptable.
Hotspot webforum seems closed; I could not post a question there. A google search is useless as regards uninstalling or removing.
Does anyone have experience with this? Any suggestions about how to successfully remove this software?
Thanks, Hanne
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