It is also worth mentioning that you won't notice a significant loss of speed when surfing the web through a VPN. In other words, instead of picking up your own information, services or hackers will pick up information from the VPN, while your own will stay safe.
Once you are connected to a VPN, you will be logged with a different IP address than your own when you visit a website, as if you were from another country. Your current IP address and used bandwidth are displayed on the same user interface.
By default, the program will establish a connection to the nearest VPN, but you can manually choose a server from a specific country in a drop menu, if you want to. Once you are signed in, on the desktop user interface, you only need to click a button and the application will connect you to a VPN. Besides installing the program, you also have to create an online account. Downloading and installing VPN is a straightforward task, which should not take more than a minute to complete. The software itself is free, but the VPN service comes with a bandwidth-based price tag.
The best part is that all these measures can be enabled with nothing more than one click.īefore you can enjoy the aforementioned advantages, you need to install VPN on your computer. By rerouting your Internet traffic through a virtual private network, the application will protect your identity, prevent hackers from stealing personal information and it will also enable you to bypass restrictions to your country or region.