Are you sure about your privacy and anonymity using a VPN on Windows?

How to avoid leakage of true IP while using a VPN on Windows?

In this video few steps are shown to stop leakage of true IP while using a VPN on Windows machine. https://steemit.com/ip-leak/@r3b37/are-you-sure-about-your-privacy-and-anonymity-using-a-vpn-on-windows

 If you are using a personal VPN for safe and secure (browsing  without revealing your true IP address) on a Windows machine then you  need to take care of few things. The VPN might stop working for some  reason and the applications will try communicating but they may use your  ISP this time and thus leak your true IP. There can be some other  scenarios as well in which the true IP is leaked, like accessing a page  using Firefox or Chrome which can trace your true IP if WebRTC is  enabled and working. So we will discuss a few things here which will  make your VPN usage more secure on a Windows machine.    

• Disable IPv6 <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929852>
• WebRTC Test-> Check if true IP is leaked in Chrome and Firefox <https://hidester.com/webrtc-ip-leak-test> and fix the issues as per the solution described on that page
• Now, the best way to avoid leakage of your IP is to configure the  Windows Firewall so that it only allows connections through the VPN  tunnel and block all non-VPN traffic. So,  the first steps is to ensure  that you are not using any other firewall and disable webshield, web  protection or any other tool mostly inbuilt in AVs to protect your  online activity. If you are using AirVPN then you can use the ‘network  lock’ feature to achieve this and there is no need to manually configure  the firewall. For other users you need to create some inbound and  outbound rules in the firewall as per your VPN settings and IP  addresses. You can install AirVPN and try the network lock to see the  rules created in the firewall and accordingly modify them and create new  rules for your VPN. You can read more about this here.
• And if you are lazy like me and don’t want to configure your  firewall and repeat this setup on each machine, you can try this  shortcut:Block Non-VPN Traffic.bat
  route delete 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1
  pauseUnblock Non-VPN Traffic.bat
  route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1
  pauseYes! You just need these 2 batch files and execute them  accordingly. Please note that ‘192.168.0.1’ may change as per your local  network settings. You can read more about this here.
• There is a DNS leak involved as well, so there are some VPNs which  might provide you some protection from this leak but if they don’t you  need to modify the batch files as per the instructions in this article.

I am not advertising or promoting any VPN here so please consider all  the references as something I used in my research. You can select your  VPN considering your usage and the features or options you need.