# DewVPN: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/dewvpn

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Proxy and web data providers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/proxy-networks/index.md) | 0% | 135 | 100% | 2 |

## And against it

- "Free VPNs known to turn devices into residential proxy nodes: MaskVPN, DewVPN, PaladinVPN, ProxyGate, ShieldVPN, ShineVPN" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Proxy and web data)
- "MaskVPN and DewVPN were named in the case as ways the malware was spread." (GPT-6 Luna, Proxy and web data)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named DewVPN, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aimultiple.com: 1
- apnews.com: 1
- business-humanrights.org: 1
- cloud.google.com: 1
- cppa.ca.gov: 1
- dataimpulse.com: 1
- decodo.com: 1
- fbi.gov: 1
- github.com: 1
- gologin.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/enterprise-proxy: 1
- https://apnews.com/article/3ad8968550dd7e11bcd285a74fb6e2ff: 1
- https://business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/proxy-providers-data-centers-linked-to-cyberattacks-undermining-press-freedom-report-finds: 1
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network: 1
- https://cppa.ca.gov/announcements/2025/20250227: 1
- https://dataimpulse.com/blog/how-to-tell-if-proxy-provider-is-ethical: 1
- https://decodo.com/blog/how-residential-proxies-work: 1
- https://fbi.gov/investigate/cyber/alerts/2026/evading-residential-proxy-networks-protecting-your-devices-from-becoming-a-tool-for-criminals: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.