[VPN Pro] Can't access internet on any browser after have installed Opera and VPN Pro

[SimB1973]

SimB1973 last edited by

Hi

I downloaded Opera and then bought VPN Pro… which I presume installed okay, but I wouldn’t actually know, since after installing it and trying to get online, every browser on my laptop is telling me that the internet is now inaccessible and I’m totally offline.

I’ve tried turning off every firewall, and defender, and antivirus program I only have one actual one, bar the Windows built in stuff… TotalAV… and yet nothing works.

Total shut out on all fronts.

I’m not a computer person. I fix humans. Much easier to do, if you ask me. I have no idea how to do what it’s asking me to do… check connection (what for, and why?) check proxy, firewall and DNS configuration (WTF are those?), and Running Windows Network Diagnostics just seems to say “yup…uh… it’s fudged!” Which I already figured out all by myself.

So… before my wife comes home and finds out I’ve managed to destroy her access to online shopping… can someone please help me? And speak slowly… like I’m 5… because I’m a medic, not a computer boffin.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @SimB1973 last edited by

@simb1973 Did you try uninstalling VPN Pro?

[SimB1973]

SimB1973 @leocg last edited by

@leocg No. I restarted the machine for the nth time and eventually the problem went away, but... two new problems surfaced.

1. My screen flickers on the laptop now, even after a clean install of the latest Intel device driver.
2. The site I try to reach most often (History Channel) keeps telling me that my ad blocker is always on, even though I have switched it off in Opera, and all the extensions, and VPN.

I had no problems prior to installing Opera, or its VPN. I'm beginning to believe I've made a mistake trusting this company.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @SimB1973 last edited by

@simb1973 Those are issues to be discussed in two different new topics.

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