Avast, in their endless quest to get me to sign up for their Secureline VPN, popped-up on my desktop declaring my location was visible and displayed my IP Address. Curious I checked it against my Windscribe supplied address, and sure enough the Avast reported one was my true IP. Are the permissions for anti-virus simply higher than Windscribe? Curious how that works and if there are any issues or security holes I should be concerned with.
If Avast starts up before Windscribe starts, Avast could see your real IP address. If nothing else, Avast client could reach out to the Avast web site and ask “what IP address am I coming from ?”.
In my Linux system, once Windscribe is running, I haven’t found a way to get my real IP address. Every method gets the IP address from the VPN server.
Avast is a security hole
Even if you have your VPN on, Avast will spam you with a notification because they’re trying to sell additional services. If you’re VPN is set up correctly, then you can ignore what Avast says.
What browser are you using? Firefox has a glitch in their browser that leaks your ip, if it hasn’t been fixed.
You can turn it off in their system settings. I found the switch by a dnsleak link, when they could see my ip, on whatismyip dot com.
Do a search for it and you can find it. I can’t remember the procedure exactly, so I’m not gonna try, and possibly mislead you.
Found it
For Firefox: Type “about:config” in the address bar. Scroll down to “media.peerconnection.enabled”, double click it to set it to false.
Google Chrome: Install Google official extension “WebRTC Network Limiter”.
Opera: Type “about:config” in the address bar, or go to “Settings”. Select “Show advanced settings” and click on “Privacy & Security”. At “WebRTC” mark select “Disable non-proxied UDP”.