PIA, pesistant problems, copyright notice

BowlinggreenBowlinggreen
in P2P Support
I've used PIA as my primary VPN for three years now. I like to have a secure, encrypted connection to the internet for a variety of reasons, like research and wifi security.

I watch a lot of sports. Every now and then I will get a link for a sporting event, or replay that I download  that, surprise, turns out might be copyrighted. This is one reason why I have a VPN, to avoid this awkward situation.

I have had no problems at all with PIA VPN Service until recently. Last April I got a notice from my ISP for Copyright infringement. I had the VPN on with the kill switch installed and everything. I know for sure the VPN Software was running and the connection was just fine. I contacted support and they said it was my "version number" and to reinstall PIA with a new installer. I did that and all was well until last night. I got another copyright notice.

My question is: should I stop using PIA? I feel as if I do a good job maintaining my PC and the software on it. I don't understand why this is happening. I'm just really burned out over all of this. I just don't have confidence anymore that PIA is working at all.  

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  • BowlinggreenBowlinggreen
    Also, I forgot: I use Windows 7, OpenDNS, Malwarebytes and a regular antivirus. My W7 install did update last night; included about 14 updates.

    My Malwarebytes antimalware pro has not given me any problems before, except back in 2014 when it tried to block that rubyw.exe
  • Blade_RunnerBlade_Runner
    Bowlinggreen said:
    I've used PIA as my primary VPN for three years now. I like to have a secure, encrypted connection to the internet for a variety of reasons, like research and wifi security.

    I watch a lot of sports. Every now and then I will get a link for a sporting event, or replay that I download  that, surprise, turns out might be copyrighted. This is one reason why I have a VPN, to avoid this awkward situation.

    I have had no problems at all with PIA VPN Service until recently. Last April I got a notice from my ISP for Copyright infringement. I had the VPN on with the kill switch installed and everything. I know for sure the VPN Software was running and the connection was just fine. I contacted support and they said it was my "version number" and to reinstall PIA with a new installer. I did that and all was well until last night. I got another copyright notice.

    My question is: should I stop using PIA? I feel as if I do a good job maintaining my PC and the software on it. I don't understand why this is happening. I'm just really burned out over all of this. I just don't have confidence anymore that PIA is working at all.  
    If you find a different VPN service that meets your criteria then make the change.
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