With Bitdefender VPN you can keep your data private each time you connect to unsecured wireless networks while in airports, malls, cafés, or hotels. This way, unfortunate situations such as theft of personal data, or attempts to make your device’s IP address accessible to hackers can be avoided. Restricted content can be accessed as well, no matter the country that practices internet censorship.
The VPN serves as a tunnel between your device and the network you connect to securing your connection, encrypting the data using bank-grade encryption, and hiding your IP address wherever you are. Your traffic is redirected through a separate server; thus making your device almost impossible to be identified through the myriad of other devices that are using our services.
You can open the Bitdefender VPN app by clicking the icon from the menu bar.
The Bitdefender VPN Interface
The VPN interface displays the status of the app: connected or disconnected. The server location for users with the free version is automatically set by Bitdefender to the most appropriate server, while premium users have the possibility to change the server location they want to connect to by selecting it from the Virtual Location list.
To connect or disconnect, simply click on the status displayed at the top of the screen. The menu bar icon shows black when the VPN is connected, and white when the VPN is disconnected. Click the circular button in the middle of the interface and wait for the connection to be established.
Getting started
The following message will appear the first time you connect to Bitdefender VPN v. 3.0.0.28 on macOS 10.15.4 and later. Bitdefender VPN requires user permission to be fully functional on your system.
Click the Open System Preferences button.
This will open the Security & Privacy window. Click the lock icon in the bottom left corner to make the changes.
When prompted, enter your macOS administrator credentials, then press Unlock.
Next, click the Allow button located in the lower right-hand corner of the Security & Privacy window.
Your Mac will display a dialog asking to add the VPN configuration profile. Choose Allow.
Settings
To get access to more options, click the gear icon in the upper-right hand corner:
• My Account: details about your Bitdefender account and VPN subscription are displayed.
Click Switch Account if you want to sign in with another account.
• Settings: depending on your needs, you can customize the behavior of your product:
• set the VPN to run at system startup
• receive notifications when the VPN automatically connects or disconnects
• a kill switch that will stop your internet traffic, should the VPN connection fail
• About: check the product version.
• Support: browse through the FAQs or contact our support team for help with your product.
• Quit: exit the application.
Subscriptions
With Bitdefender VPN, you benefit from a daily 200MB daily traffic quota per device included in your subscription (a 500MB daily traffic quota is included only in Bitdefender Small Office Security subscriptions). The feature helps you secure your connection every time you need, and connects you automatically to the optimal server location. To get unlimited traffic and unrestricted access to content worldwide by choosing a server location at your will, upgrade to the premium version.
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