{"id":11962,"date":"2018-04-09T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/09\/news-5731\/"},"modified":"2018-04-09T07:30:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T15:30:01","slug":"news-5731","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2018\/04\/09\/news-5731\/","title":{"rendered":"Help! My VPN isn&#8217;t popping up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Sarah Pike| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:54:13 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve already <a href=\"https:\/\/kaspersky.com\/blog\/vpn-what-you-need-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extolled<\/a> (and <a href=\"https:\/\/kaspersky.com\/blog\/vpn-infographics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illustrated<\/a>) the virtues of virtual private networks, or VPNs. In most cases, if you join an insecure Wi-Fi connection or navigate to a site that should be secure but isn&#8217;t (for example, a bank or social media site with an http rather than an https connection), <KSec placeholder>Kaspersky Secure Connection<\/Ksec placeholder> will pop up to ask if you&#8217;d rather use its VPN service.<a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104708\/start-vpn-0.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104708\/start-vpn-0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"197\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21990\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kaspersky Secure Connection is automatically installed once you install <kis placeholder>Kaspersky Internet Security<\/kis placeholder> or <kts placeholder>Kaspersky Total Security<\/kts placeholder>. But we know that some people prefer to have more control over their computing environments, so you can set up Kaspersky Secure Connection not to prompt you. However, if you feel like you need a VPN, here&#8217;s how to re-activate it.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Right-click on the notification area of the Windows taskbar and see if Kaspersky Secure Connection is running in the background. Click on that icon to open it.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104714\/start-vpn-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104714\/start-vpn-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21991\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Or search for &#8220;secure connection&#8221; in the Start menu to open the utility from there.<a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104718\/start-vpn-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104718\/start-vpn-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"123\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21992\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Slide the toggle switch over to activate, leaving the Location set to select automatically, unless you have a reason to change it.<a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104724\/start-vpn-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104724\/start-vpn-3.png\" alt=\"\"  style=\"max-height:60vh\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21993\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104732\/start-vpn-4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104732\/start-vpn-4.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-height:60vh\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21994\" \/><\/a>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104739\/start-vpn-5.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.kasperskydaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/04\/09104739\/start-vpn-5.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-height:60vh\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21995\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enjoy safer surfing with the VPN activated, and switch it off once you&#8217;re back on your <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.kaspersky.com\/blog\/7-steps-to-secure-home-wi-fi\/7972\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">own secure network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"category_for_banner\" value=\"ksec\" \/> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/blog\/secure-connection-how-to\/21989\/\" target=\"bwo\" >https:\/\/blog.kaspersky.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Sarah Pike| Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:54:13 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What if you turn off Kaspersky Secure Connection but need it to automatically turn on again in dicey situations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[10425,10378],"tags":[11124,12113,10427,17203,10428,10863],"class_list":["post-11962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kaspersky","category-security","tag-https","tag-kaspersky-secure-connection","tag-products","tag-ssl","tag-tips","tag-vpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}