Avast VPN Review: Protect Your Privacy

To guarantee the most robust security to every single customer, Avast SecureLine VPN utilizes a 256-bit advanced encryption standard (AES) to establish a tunnel which is impossible to infiltrate. This bank-grade coding is widely used in business organizations and top government institutions around the globe.

Note that SecureLine encrypts the ports on your browser and PC which makes it hardly possible for anyone to snoop on you.

Avast SecurityLine utilizes the OpenVPN protocol with OpenSSL libraries on top of UDP ports which guarantees security, high speeds, and transparency.

It also uses Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) which checks loads of data going through protocol networks. Thus, data flow between two hosts, two security gateways, and/or a security gateway and a host remain protected.

Avast SecureLine gives strong DNS leak protection. Whatever you are busy within the virtual world, you may be sure none of your personal data leaks outward the VPN. You will remain incognito and secure.

When picking a VPN provider, one of the key aspects to consider is the speeds it provides, in particular, the download speed. No matter how great your VPN is, it must be good enough for streaming your favorite video content. Otherwise, it makes no sense to utilize it.

Well, Avast does well on that. Despite the small number of servers, all of them provide great speeds. In fact, some reviewers even ranked Avast among top 10 fastest providers. The company also says they put their servers through stress tests and see average speeds of 450-600 Mbits per second.

So, for our Avast VPN review, we decided to experience Avast’s speeds ourselves and checked a few of their gateways in the US, Europe, and Japan.

The results for the Seattle server: download – 66.78 Mbps, upload – 14.01 Mbps. The Swedish server showed us the following: download – 65.88 Mbps, upload – 38.04 Mbps. The Japanese server performed somewhat worse: 30.02 Mbps when downloading and 29.01 while uploading. This is good enough if compared to some other VPNs. In fact, the results are average.

Avast’s products are quite affordable if compared to what other vendors offer. This also applies to the SecureLine VPN. In fact, the prices for mobile devices are very attractive.

Thus, a yearly subscription for one Android device/ iPad/ iPhone will cost you $19.99. If you are not sure you will use the VPN for 12 months in a row, pay attention to the monthly subscription offer which is $2.29 only. You may also first get the 7-day trial version.

If you opt for a VPN for your PC or Mac, check the company’s single and multiple-device options. Those are available for one, two, and three years. However, the best pick is the 5 devices cross-platform offer which makes $79.99/year. Thus, you will spend only $1.33 a month for each of the five devices with the VPN. Sounds like a good deal for the advantages you get.

The only thing which seems odd is the lack of flexibility in pricing. You can’t pay for let’s say three or six months as other providers offer. So, if it is a problem for you, consider other options available in the market.