AVAST SECURELINE VPN

Unless included in your AV subscription, there’s no incentive to use SecureLine compared to faster rivals

SCORE BEST DEAL £93 (£112 inc VAT) for 3yrs from avast.com RENEWAL PRICE £67 (£80 inc VAT) Unlike many antivirus-branded VPN services, Avast’s SecureLine VPN has its own network of endpoints, rather than being a white-label service with a famous brand pasted onto it. Avast’s Windows client isn’t much to look at. Its large window is dominated by an on/off switch, with other options hidden away in its settings menu. There’s a kill switch, enabled by default to ensure that you don’t leak data if your connection to SecureLine’s VPN network accidentally drops. Avast automatically selects the most effective protocol, but you can manually choose between WireGuard, OpenVPN and Avast’s obfuscated Mimic protocol. Only the Android app supports split tunnelling. The app is rather better looking than the Windows client, although it follows the same…

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