Avast VPN Review
Avast is well-known for their antivirus software however they also offer an excellent VPN service. It’s a speedy and secure choice, however, it is also quite expensive. Avast gives new users the chance to try their service for 30 days free.
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Contrary to other providers offering different protocols, Avast VPN only offers one protocol: OpenVPN over UDP with AES-256 encryption. This is a very powerful cipher that is used by banks. Avast also uses other encryption methods, such as ChaCha20 or RSA-2048.
Avast VPN on desktops and Android can automatically select the best protocol to use for your connection. It attempts to connect to OpenVPN first, before switching to Mimic in the event that it fails. From my experience, this isn’t the most efficient way of selecting a particular protocol. It would be more beneficial to give the user an option to choose one particular protocol that you like, and let you know the success of it.
Avast VPN has a lot of servers in hundreds of locations across 34 countries. However I’m not certain whether the list is regularly updated enough as the VPN did not have any servers in China during my tests. Avast collects data about your use of the service, including your full name as well as zip code.
Avast’s headquarters lie in the Czech Republic. This country is GDPR-compliant and is not part of any Eyes Alliance surveillance group. Avast does keep connection logs that can be used to identify users, and the “no-logs” policy does not exclude this. They accept payments via PayPal and credit cards, but they do collect billing data. They also allow a few of cookies to monitor your activities online.