Activation Steps
- Log into your EcoVPN dashboard
- Navigate to Threat Settings under your referral profile
- Select a suppression tier:
- Basic: Trackers and ad domains
- Advanced: Malware, botnets, phishing
- Custom: Tier 3 only - domain group control
- Click Enable and allow up to 30 minutes for DNS resolver sync
What Each Tier Controls
- Tier 1: Can use default filtering only
- Tier 2: Can toggle filter type and submit filter requests
- Tier 3: Can upload blocklists, suppress by region, and revoke filter inheritance
How to Confirm It's Working
- Visit a suppressed domain (e.g.
ads.google.com) and verify blank load or failure - Run
digornslookupand confirm0.0.0.0suppression IP - Use dnscheck.tools to audit resolver output
Advanced Filtering Options
- Enable filtering for specific regions (e.g. block CN endpoints)
- Suppress by domain group (e.g. telemetry, social media, malware)
- Track audit logs for each blocked domain inside dashboard → Filter History
“Threat protection isn’t just a setting, it’s referral-verified infrastructure trust applied to your signal.”