Avast VPN Review

The Avast antivirus software is well-known but Avast also offers an excellent VPN. It’s a fast, secure option but it’s also comparatively expensive. Avast gives new users the opportunity to try a free trial for 30 days.

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Avast VPN offers only one protocol, OpenVPN with AES-256 encryption. This is a very strong encryption method that is classified as military-grade and is the same cipher used by banks. Avast also employs other encryption methods data room systems like ChaCha20 or RSA-2048.

Avast VPN on desktops and Android can automatically select the best protocol for you connection. It tries to connect to OpenVPN first, before switching to Mimic in the event that it is not successful. From my experience, this isn’t the most efficient method of picking a protocol. It would be more beneficial if you could give the client an choice to select a protocol that they prefer and inform you how successful it has been.

Avast VPN has a lot of servers spread across 700+ locations in 34 countries. However I’m not sure if the list is regularly updated enough as the VPN did not have any servers in China during my tests. Avast collects data about your usage including your full name as well as zip code.

Avast’s headquarters is in the Czech Republic. This country is GDPR-compliant, and is not part of any Eyes Alliance surveillance group. Avast does keep connection logs which identify users, and the «no-logs» policy does not rule out this. They accept payments via PayPal and credit cards, but they do collect billing data. They also allow cookies to track your online activity.