Is Webroot VPN going away?

1 year ago
December 6, 2023
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jhartnerd123
Community Expert Advisor
545 replies

Hi All,

Curious if Webroot VPN is going away now that SaferVPN is being decommissioned as of Dec 15th, 2023.

If readers didn’t know, Webroot VPN is technically NOT an in house product, but rather a reskinned/rebranded version of SaferVPN, but added some of their BrightCloud tech to it.

I received a notice today that SaferVPN is recommending IPVanish and the website is saying they’ve joined with IPVanish.

So does this mean, the Webroot VPN will be changing their product to update it’s look and feel of IPVanish?

Curious

Regards
John H

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ProTruckDriver
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7927 replies
1 year ago
December 6, 2023

Interesting. Let me ping @TylerM and see if he knows.

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TripleHelix
Moderator
9186 replies
1 year ago
December 6, 2023

jhartnerd123 wrote:

Hi All,

Curious if Webroot VPN is going away now that SaferVPN is being decommissioned as of Dec 15th, 2023.

If readers didn’t know, Webroot VPN is technically NOT an in house product, but rather a reskinned/rebranded version of SaferVPN, but added some of their BrightCloud tech to it.

I received a notice today that SaferVPN is recommending IPVanish and the website is saying they’ve joined with IPVanish.

So does this mean, the Webroot VPN will be changing their product to update it’s look and feel of IPVanish?

Curious

Regards
John H

IPVanish sucks and I use IVPN and yes I knew Webroot VPN wasn’t in house as I did Beta Testing back a few years. WoW just looked and it’s been over 5 years ago. I see in there it was built off of perimeter81 https://www.perimeter81.com/

Daniel - Microsoft MVP Consumer Security (2012-2016) Windows 10 Pro x64 for Workstations 22H2 on my Alienware 17R2 and Alienware 17R5 Laptops with Webroot SecureAnywhere Complete Beta Tester for PC & Android Moto G9 Plus OS 11. "Take Them to the Train Station" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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jhartnerd123
Author
Community Expert Advisor
545 replies
1 year ago
December 6, 2023

Yup, Webroot is essentially white labeling the tech and sprinkling in a bit of their own. I was part of the Beta as well, hence why I’m curious as to its future.