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Opened GUI. No Ad. Closed MBAM services. Restarted MBAM. No ad. Wrong. Wikipedia: Advertising is a marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea. Sponsors of advertising are typically businesses wishing to promote their products or services. Looks like we can write this response off too. This the most funny part. Have you done traffic analysis to confirm this? Given the falsehoods above, I'd bet...no. I'm guessing you work as in IT or as a programmer as I do, and do you really think they're sending out ads out the same pipe as their database updates and product updates. I could guess it may look that way if its all done behind single IP/host or group thereof, but behind the firewall I doubt they're shipping out information identifying every exploit kit update with a side of grandmas VPN. I'm done with this thread till staff responds if there is a way to pihole this. P.S. Its been fun and I apologize if I came off harsh!

So you think it has to do with how many times the interface is opened? You really think that's useful metric without time to temper it? Or better yet you think that is how they coded it? And we are getting away from the point, it was the said not months ago by staff you shouldn't see ads if you're premium. If you a representative a company speaking on your own support forum I would think one would check answers were correct, and if its not correct then why not make it so. Not to mention opting out of unsolicited promotions is so basic a feature I doubt it is anything but intentional. Law in most countries prevents them from sending it to my inbox with any frequency unsolicited, this is just a more intrusive workaround. To staff: Are these ads served from a location I can pihole and thereby solve this issue myself? Thanks

The manual from about a year ago, and nothing has changed in the consumer VPN landscape between now and then takes it a step further. The free AV that comes with modern operating systems, in conjunction with Malwarebytes is all you will ever need

In side the program, daily, possibly more frequently. I've lost count, basically every time the software pops up due to shady binaries I work with. And VPNs being a hot topic is hardly an excuse when Malwarebytes own manual says in the introduction "Malwarebytes, layered with the AV (which is the default mode) or as your stand-alone defense, is the most effective approach against modern threats. " If my Native AV (or 3rd party for other users) and malwarebytes is the most effective approach against threats then what exactly is the VPNs adding? To answer my own question with Malwarebytes own words, nothing.

Past? It was like two months ago lmao

I saw in another thread prior to making this one a staff member said you shouldn't ads for other products if you have premium. I do. Every. Damn. Day. I see MALWARE BYTES™️™️™️™️™️™️™️ VPN TRIAL NOW 7 DAYS FREE HOLY COW WHAT AN OFFER. Apparently your own staff cant keep their word straight for more than a month as the post was from October. So please kindly tell me how to stop this garbage VPN ad permanently? As an aside that you can choose to comment on but I wont read it as I am only looking for an answer to the question above there are far better VPNs depending on what your goal is. Are you simply trying to bypass geoblocks then there are VPNs that offer dedicated IPs which all but guarantee you will never have an issue there (TorGuard). Are your concerned about your privacy online due file sharing, there are ones for that too but just get a seedbox like a normal person. Are you doing highly illegal dangerous online activities? There are VPNs like Mullvad where you can remain anonymous if paid with bitcoin that you have moved sufficiently though the likes of coinjoin or use monero to make bitcoin payments using xmr.to (not available in the US but that wont stop you if you have reason to be this paranoid), or long standing reputable services like Perfect-Privacy who has had their servers raided and no logs found - a provider than existed before the average internet user knew what a VPN was (in this use-case). I do not represent any of these companies, and do not endorse the use of them. I am just acknowledging what each one I have noticed other users say and compiled it here for my own enjoyment. I look forward to an answer to the question posted in the last sentence of the first paragraph. Warm Regards, WOWanotherVPNserviceBUYit