I’ve used three different VPNs, now using Mullvad, still didn’t work.
It’s a website that I needed to log in with my Google account. As soon as I “Continued with Google,” the website redirected me to these following two addresses:
And then, that VPN Block Page appeared, telling me to turn off VPN. And yes, as long as I keep VPN off, I can get on that website no problem.
I always cleared data(caches, cookies, blocked address usage) from Google Chrome each time before I opened this website. And now I’m using Firefox, private window(Incognito), still doesn’t work.
Should I try other VPNs or is there another way around it? Like router? Proxy? I’m basically tech illiterate.
You could try picking a server in a small country, but very likely the website has all the servers used by the VPN blocked. You could try ToR but that’ll probably be blocked as well. You can also check online virtual machines (computers that are running in other locations).
One can setup their own VPN by setting up and paying for a VPS (and the cost shouldn’t be too different from Mullvad) but it’s not so simple and maybe it gets blocked as well.
Incidentally, I have no problem using Google with Mullvad VPN. Probably because they know I also access it without a VPN so they already know where I am anyway.
We provide VPN detection as a service (IPinfo). It depends on the website’s VPN detection data provider. If the website you are trying to use is using our data, it will be extremely difficult to pass our VPN detection check.
VPN detection on websites works based on IP addresses. When you connect to a website during your connection, the website can see your IP address, which is essentially like the ID number of the internet connection device. Now, when you use a VPN service, the website does not see your device’s IP address; rather, it sees the IP address of the VPN server as the traffic is relayed through the server.
So, we have the IP addresses of more or less all the VPN services out there. If a website is using our data, they can know which VPN service you are using. Now, if the website you are using does not use our data or uses someone else’s data if they have “gaps” in their data, certain VPN services could work.
Mullvad as a VPN is extremely easy to detect as they are very transparent about their services.
First make sure WebRTC is disabled. It should be disabled by default, but double check. Then clear cache and cookies. Finally, enable WireGuard obfuscation and change the time on your device to match the server you’re using.
If it doesn’t work, try multiple servers. Make sure to clear your cookies and cache before trying again.
Thers is a way around. You need static IP meaning VPN IP that is not a public server IP which is used by all other VPN users. If you find a VPN that provides static IP or dedicated IP you will just have an IP only in your use private and block free.
I am using Windscribe with the split tunneling feature. I searched the website’s IP addresses and added them to the list of excluded sites on Windscibe. I cleared the cache and cookies and it worked.
Didn’t Mullvad introduce some sort of Server IP override? Could that feature be used to bypass these blocks or is that just for overcoming a network that’s censoring VPN traffic and not allowing it out?
Using your own VPN kinda defeats the purpose. The idea is to have a crowd. If you use a server somewhere you’ve just shifted the ip used to track you from your routers to that servers.
Thank you, these are extremely helpful! Forgot to mention, I actually bypassed their VPN detector the first time I used Mullvad. I remained login for two days. Two days later, I tried to log back in again and it blocked me out due to VPN usage.
What about traffic rerouting such as Meshnet. Have a laptop at your residential address and reroute all traffic via Meshnet from your device abroad. Is that easy to detect?
I did this with a wireguard setup. It is very easy. However, some VPS provider IPs are blocked too. I had to try 2 or 3 different VPS before I got an IP that was not detected as a VPN.
Should I try other VPNs or is there another way around it? Like router? Proxy? I’m basically tech illiterate.