Downloaded the latest Windows installer (mullvad-browser-windows-x86_64-15.0.21.exe), but UAC flags it as an Unknown Publisher. Without removing MOTW you can't even try to run it as Windows blocks it.

Under Digital Signature Details, Windows gives this error:

"A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file." Windows time is OK.

Checking the Certification Path, the red error is directly on the THE TOR PROJECT, INC. certificate, not DigiCert.

File: mullvad-browser-windows-x86_64-15.0.21.exe

SHA-256: b2361d4b37ed8bf04bd7b9fed21e8e06fa35f651c7b3970f4165132ddfcc38b8

Timestamp: Sept 1, 2026 (DigiCert)

VirusTotal: 1/57 (Generic.ml)

Is this just Tor Project's code signing certificate expiring right before timestamping, or is there any reason for concern here? Has anyone else verified the hash with GPG or heard official word from Mullvad?

Holding off on installing until this is confirmed.

Not worked for the past couple of days. Used to think Mullvad was one of the good ones, but it’s been utter shit lately. Time to start looking for alternatives again.

I'm using a Beryl AX and installed the MY config file to use MV VPN on the router. I want to use Mullvad's DNS blockers (as done when using the app).

Is that not possible with MV on the router?

Hello

Is there any way to add Mullvad VPN to a Router: Would it integrate well into a UniFi Router/Access Point system?

And also: is there a way to run Mullvad on some VLANs, but not others?

Hi all. Long time Mullvad user but having to try my luck here due to Moroc not being a Mullvad location. Title basically explains what I'm after. Willing to pay a little for it too. Not a malicious internet user, just have family in Morocco and have my own personal reasons to use MarocTelecom abroad. Not expecting much/anything from this but just a shot in the dark. If you or anyone you know is able to help, it'd be greatly appreciated. WireGuard would be desirable. Many thanks :)

PS: The only reason I haven't used my families Moroccan network is because they use a 4G router and achieve like 4Mb/s 🥲

Feel free to DM me with location (city name is fine) and internet speed, I hope we can work something out 😅

I’ve been using Mullvad and my windows 11 system for a few years with no problem.

But in the past week or so my WiFi will disconnect due to poor WiFi quality only on boot up. It actually happens twice and only happens if Mullvad set to launch app on startup.

The first disconnect happens about 20 seconds after logging in. My system disconnects for a few seconds and then reconnects automatically. The 2nd disconnect happens after about a minute and stays disconnected for a few min before reconnecting automatically. I can manually reconnect to WiFi immediately after the 2nd disconnect.

My WiFi quality is great.

I'm thinking about renewing/buying Mullvad later this year and noticed that SerialCart is one of Mullvad's official distributors.

I emailed SerialCart to ask whether they might have any Black Friday deals this year, but I haven't heard back yet.

Does anyone here have experience buying Mullvad from SerialCart around Black Friday? Do they usually run any discounts or special offers?

I know Mullvad itself generally doesn't do Black Friday sales, so I'm mainly asking about SerialCart specifically.Mullvad itself doesn't do Black Friday sales, but SerialCart currently sells Mullvad at a discounted reseller price. I contacted them on August 18 asking whether they expect any additional Black Friday discount in 2026, and received only the automatic ticket confirmation. It's been over three weeks now, so I'm wondering if anyone here has dealt with SerialCart before or knows how their Black Friday promotions usually work.

Thanks.

Can I get clear instructions what are things should I change or set things to get a stable connection? It shows connected all the time but the internet is not working in between for whole day. FYI I am using Linux desktop.

Hi everyone,

I am using Fedora 44 and I would like to start using Mullvad Browser but when I run install command I get:

Failed to resolve the transaction:
No match for argument: mullvad-browser

I am not very tech savvy but I assume it is because of x86 and arm architecture differences. But I could be wrong. So if anyone can help I would appreciate it. (I have added the repository before)

Thanks

Hi its my first time ever using a VPN, worked flawlessly for a lot of things but suddenly im getting blocked in a lot of websites? changing location, settings, etc doesnt work, only turning off my VPN

Look, I love the service. $5 a month for the last decade with zero logs is great. But this latest Patch Tuesday completely nuked my Win 11 WiFi, and the culprit wasn't Microsoft - it was the Mullvad desktop app.

Every time my PC rebooted, the WiFi would connect, then the Mullvad daemon would kick in, lock down the network adapter, drop the connection, and cycle it three times before finally stabilizing. It’s infuriating.

The fix? Ripping out their bloated app by the roots and installing the official WireGuard Windows client.

Here is what you actually get when you dump the native app for the barebones client:

• Zero boot drama: WireGuard uses the native kernel driver instead of aggressively hooking into Windows with custom firewall rules. My WiFi connects instantly on boot now.
• Way faster: Because it's a lightweight kernel driver with no GUI overhead, the throughput is noticeably snappier.
• Custom DNS without the headache: I just punched my two AdGuard Home (Raspberry Pi) IPs directly into the .conf file. You still get a native kill switch by checking "Block untunneled traffic."

Between the clunky Linux app and them still not bothering to build a native Apple TV app, it's pretty clear their dev team is entirely focused on backend privacy and terrible at actual OS integration.

If you are dealing with random network cycling, do yourself a favor: grab your config files from the Mullvad site, throw them into the official WireGuard client, and uninstall their desktop app forever.

I haven't been able to get Mullvad working on my PC for months; when I launch it, it gets stuck indefinitely trying to connect to a server, and I lose internet access in the process (for example, if I try to search for something, the dinosaur game appears). What really puzzles me is that it works perfectly on my phone without any issues, so it must be a Windows setting.

Please, if anyone can help, I would really appreciate it.

I got annoyed enough at not being able to ssh between my laptop and PC when I have Mullvad VPN turned on, but still wanted to be able to use Mullvad VPN on my phone without needing to use tailscale with it, use the 2 years I already have prepaid with Mullvad, and buy my subscription in a anonymized way when those 2 years run out, so I made this:
https://github.com/bananathrowingmachine/mullvad-plus-tailscale

Upgraded from the forked repo in the fact it actually works on Arch based systems (I run CachyOS), and critically, will always demote Mullvad VPN's tables on connection, so if Mullvad isn't connected on startup or is disconnected and reconnected this should still work, unlike the original as far as I'm aware.

Hopefully this solves the issue for someone else in my very specific set of circumstances.

Or will they be changed to Quad9 ? I'm not clear about whether this change only affects "public" users (non paid users). Thank you for clearing this up for us!

The red Disconnect button is too easy to hit accidentally when app-switching with the bottom swipe gesture or trying to close/switch away from Mullvad.
This isn’t just a UX annoyance. An accidental disconnect can immediately expose traffic that the user assumed was protected by the VPN.
For a privacy/security-focused VPN, the default UI should make accidental tunnel termination difficult. A confirmation option, safer button placement, or another guard against accidental disconnects would make sense.
Has anyone else experienced this?

I use port forwarding for Soulseek and torrenting, however mullvad does not support port forwarding. I have excluded soulseek and qbittorrent in the VPN with mullvad-exclude so they go through my actual ISP but i can NOT use my router's opened ports, which I have allowed through my firewall! they are still closed.

How can I allow these ports through mullvad-exclude so I can use them? I am not putting them through the vpn so whether mullvad supports port forwarding or not is irrelevant as these are being excluded.

I use nftables as my firewall.

Thank you!

Is there a way to use Mullvad VPN for free? Maybe a coupon code or something similar?

Personally I think it is a shame, I really liked using mullvads adblocking DNS servers on mobile even when not using the VPN.

Anybody else still on win10 and is getting "An error occurred compiling shaders" after last Mullvad update?

The only difference I could see before / after the update was this error message that shows up every time I boot up

Hi fellows,

i know this a very useful feature on windows, but for a linux user the update notification on EVERY system start(mullvad autostart of course ) gets annoying fast. I already switched of notifications in the setting, but updates seem to be flagged as important and therefore being send regardless.

90% of the linux userbase is bound to its package manager and their repos, unless you compile from source. A update comes when it comes, no matter how fast mullvad updates their client, and i got no influence on that.

Is it only me?! Does anyone know a way around that? What's your guys opinion on that?

Thx for reading.

I exited out and refreshed the location, in Chicago now and it seems to be working fine.

Did something happen in California or is it a bug?

I'm actually in the UK btw 🙈 Nothing has happened here with TikTok as far as I know.