Proton VPN’s NetShield Ad-blocker

Proton VPN comes with NetShield, which uses DNS filtering to speed up your browsing while protecting your device.

  • Block privacy-invading ads
  • Stop trackers from monitoring your browsing
  • Prevent malware from infecting your device
  • See how many ads and trackers are blocked with NetShield Privacy Panel

Fast VPN with NetShield Ad-blocker

NetShield(new window) works by checking the domain requests of every website and app you use against a database of domains that are known to host malware, ads, or trackers. When NetShield finds a match, our DNS server protects your device by automatically blocking the flagged resource from loading.

Block ads

NetShield uses DNS filtering to block ads as well as the online trackers that advertisement companies use to follow you around the internet. This keeps your device secure and your browsing private.

Faster browsing speeds

NetShield prevents your device from loading unnecessary content from a website, like ads and trackers. This reduces the amount of data you need to load to visit a site, speeding up your browsing.

Stay in control

You decide what NetShield blocks. Monitor how many ads, trackers, and malware are blocked using NetShield Privacy Panel, and then choose your level of protection — block only malware, block malware, ads, and trackers, or turn NetShield off entirely.

Get fast, easy, and private internet browsing with Proton VPN

High-speed servers

We only use high-speed servers (up to 10 Gbps) to ensure that our VPN offers the fastest browsing experience while also providing you with the strongest encryption and security.

No-logs VPN

Proton VPN offers a strict no-logs policy, meaning we don’t collect any user connection logs, nor can we be forced to perform targeted logging. This means we have no data to share with anyone.

Easy to use

Once you have downloaded and installed the Proton VPN app on your device, you can connect to the fastest available high-speed server in just one click using our Quick Connect button.

The safe, private, and fast VPN

VPN Accelerator

Our unique VPN Accelerator increases the browsing speed over long-distance VPN connections by over 400%.

High-speed streaming

Our network of high-speed servers allows you to stream your favorite TV shows and movies in 4K on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, or Disney+ without buffering or throttling.

Trusted

Journalists, activists, and millions of people around the world use Proton VPN to protect their data and online activity.

Open source

For complete transparency, we’ve made all our apps 100% open source and available for anyone to examine.

Audited by independent experts

We have commissioned professional security experts to audit our software and published the results on our website(new window).

Kill switch

Our kill switch feature protects your device’s IP address by shutting down all connections if you are disconnected from the VPN.

Secure Core VPN

Our Secure Core architecture helps defend against network-based attacks by routing traffic through multiple servers.

DNS leak protection

Proton VPN routes your DNS queries through the encrypted tunnel so that your browsing activity cannot be exposed by DNS leaks.

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Download a trustworthy VPN

  • Open source
  • Audited by independent experts
  • Strict no-logs policy
  • Supported by the Proton community
  • Zero ads in our apps or on our website

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