# Hotspot Shield (هوت سبوت شيلد)

> Hotspot Shield is accessible in Syria, as of 2026-09-05.

- Status: accessible
- Outreach: No Response
- Company: [Gen Digital](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/gen-digital.md)
- Categories: VPN Services, Proxy Services
- Official site: https://www.hotspotshield.com
- Community votes: 4
- Last updated: 2026-09-05
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/hotspot-shield

## About

Free VPN service for secure browsing, streaming, and accessing geo-restricted content

## Activity summary

Accessible in Syria. Testing in February 2026 confirmed the website, VPN download and trial signup all work without restriction, though a volunteer's wider request to Gen Digital about its other products has not been answered.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-28 — Verified. Community testing found that Hotspot Shield's website, VPN download and trial signup all load and work from Syria without restriction.
- 2026-02-16 — Contacted Company. A community volunteer emailed Gen Digital's press, investor relations and DMCA teams, citing the 2025 lifting of US sanctions and asking that access for Syrian users be restored across its products. No reply yet.

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/hotspot-shield?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/hotspot-shield/timeline-entries?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/hotspot-shield
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/hotspot-shield.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/hotspot-shield.md