Avast SecureLine VPN is a
VPN service
A virtual private network (VPN) service provides a proxy server to help users bypass Internet censorship such as geoblocking and users who want to protect their communications against data profiling or MitM attacks on hostile networks.
A wide ...
developed by Czech cybersecurity software company
Avast. It is available for
Android,
Microsoft Windows,
macOS
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
and
iOS operating systems.
The VPN can be set to automatically turn on when the user connects to a
public Wi-Fi
A municipal wireless network is a citywide wireless network. This usually works by providing municipal broadband via Wi-Fi to large parts or all of a municipal area by deploying a wireless mesh network. The typical deployment design uses hundr ...
.
Functionality
Similar to other VPNs, SecureLine works by making the user appear in a different place via changing the users
IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label such as that is connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.. Updated by . An IP address serves two main functions: network interface ident ...
, bypassing
internet censorship
Internet censorship is the legal control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. Censorship is most often applied to specific internet domains (such as Wikipedia.org) but exceptionally may extend to all Int ...
for the country the user is in or Wi-Fi the user is using. The VPN can be set to automatically turn on when the user connects to a
public Wi-Fi
A municipal wireless network is a citywide wireless network. This usually works by providing municipal broadband via Wi-Fi to large parts or all of a municipal area by deploying a wireless mesh network. The typical deployment design uses hundr ...
.
Security features of Avast SecureLine VPN include: 256-bit
Advanced Encryption Standard
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known by its original name Rijndael (), is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001.
AES is a variant ...
, single shared
IP, DNS leak protection,
kill switch
A kill switch, also known as an emergency stop (E-stop), emergency off (EMO) and as an emergency power off (EPO), is a safety mechanism used to shut off machinery in an emergency, when it cannot be shut down in the usual manner. Unlike a normal ...
, and Smart Connection Rules.
Server locations
Avast has egress servers in more than 60 cities world-wide. Servers in eight cities support P2P connections for protocols like
BitTorrent and further servers are dedicated to users of
streaming services
An over-the-top media service is a streaming media service offered directly to viewers via the Internet. OTT bypasses cable, broadcast, and satellite television platforms, the companies that traditionally act as a controller or distributors of s ...
.
See also
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Comparison of virtual private network services
A virtual private network (VPN) service provides a proxy server to help users Internet censorship circumvention, bypass Internet censorship such as Geo-blocking, geoblocking and users who want to protect their communications against data profiling ...
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Information privacy
Information privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, technology, the public expectation of privacy, contextual information norms, and the legal and political issues surrounding them. It is also known as data ...
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Internet privacy
Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, re-purposing, provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via Internet. Internet privacy is a subset of data privacy. P ...
References
External links
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