Just got this in my email.

Important Notice

You are receiving this email because you generated SOCKS5 credentials at some point in the past. If you don't actually use SOCKS5 servers, you can ignore the rest of this email.

As of April 30th 2022, Windscribe will no longer be supporting SOCKS5 servers, and they will stop working. This is because SOCKS5 is an insecure protocol that does not support encryption, and should not be used for anything sensitive.

Better Alternatives

For most people that used SOCKS5 (or SUCKS5 as we call it), there are far better alternatives that are more secure. These include:

Split Routing - Our Windows apps support split routing, so you can route a specific process to go over the secure VPN tunnel, without interfering with your regular connection

Proxy Gateway - Our desktop apps support the Proxy Gateway feature, which allows you to setup your own SOCKS5 server, right on your machine that's running Windscribe. Go to Preferences -> Share -> Proxy Gateway

If you have any further questions, you can contact support via our website.