Avast SecureLine VPN Review A Simple Fully Automated VPN With No-Logs PolicyByNovak Bozovic-March 20 2019 “2/2.1368.jpg” After reviewing several tens of VPNs, it’s finally time to check what Avast SecureLine VPN has to offer. We’ll slowly introduce you to this solution before we get to our full and hands-on review. The following table highlights some of this VPN’s most significant features so let’s take a look. Quick Facts Jurisdiction Czech Republic Logs Server Number 55 VPN servers in 34 countries. Parallel Connections 5 Encryption Standards Average speed reduction of 26 per cent. P2P Support YES Live Chat Support for Windows MacOS Android iOS Supported Platforms. Price $6.66/month Get SecureLine VPN to AvastYES Amazon Prime Video NO Kodi NO The Bottom Line Pros Polished UI design Very easy to use Fully automated Strong Cryption Unblocks Netflix Respectable performance. Cons No fine-tuning No advanced features support overly small server network Somewhat limited platform. We feel that the most benefit from Avast SecureLine will be the average home users looking for a fully automated VPN. More advanced users may want to have a look at other options. Our score 7.0/10 for our introductory segment would be this. For our full review of Avast SecureLine VPN, we’ll now dive deep into everything that this VPN offers so stick with us.
As always we get deep into all that this VPN has to offer. We are going to inspect it from different sides, and aspects allow you to get a full view of its capabilities. And if you would like to know how we are reviewing VPNs please use the link provided to check our guidelines for review.
Background Jurisdiction Reputation
Avast comes from the Czech Republic meaning it is subject to strict EU legislation. There are no reports of any previous data gathering incidents. Our Rating: 9/10. Knowing where to headquarter your chosen VPN is more important than you think. This has further implications regarding the data protection laws that affect you as a user. And knowing a few things about your chosen VPN’s past might also tell you what to expect in the future.
Jurisdiction Applicable laws
The truth is that no data leaks have been associated with Avast SecureLine VPN in the past. There are also no reports of this VPN collecting purpose data and exchanging that data with third parties. With all this said we can conclude that Avast remains true to its policy of no-logs. In conclusion to this segment we can say there is no reason not to trust your private data with this VPN. After all, Avast is a highly reputable brand and we are sure they understand how important it is to serve their customers in the best possible way.
Platforms Supported
Avast SecureLine is available on a limited range of devices. Aside from the selected few, you can not install it on routers or on any other device. Our Rating: 5/10. You need to know, before you get a VPN subscription, if your VPN covers all of your devices. You can expect to use a VPN on your computer smartphone tablet these days, and use a VPN-enabled router to keep any other device under protection. Let’s see now whether Avast SecureLine meets those criteria. MacOS Windows Desktop Platform Compatibility Platform. Android and iOS. N / A Web Browsers. N / A routers. Android Television. As we can see on the most common desktop and mobile platforms Avast SecureLine VPN is present. You can use that on Windows and MacOS devices when it comes to computers. And there are native apps for iOS and Android, in terms of handheld devices. And that’s sadly pretty much it. You can not use this VPN on Linux nor are there any extensions to the Web browser. We have also seen numerous VPNs appearing on FireOS over the past few years but SecureLine is not one of those. And surprisingly enough, Avast SecureLine can not be installed or used on routers, which is a major downside. We are surprised that Avast is not offering a more comprehensive solution, especially as today’s VPNs are racing to cover almost any available device. Avast leaves plenty to be desired in this aspect.
“2/2.1371.jpg” The SecureLine VPN can be started within minutes of your time. Installation is straightforward and streamlined. Our Score: “10/10. Fortunately, VPNs are no longer overly technical solutions for us. Instead, they have become incredibly easy to install and use. With this, let’s check out Avast SecureLine’s installation process. The first step to using this software is to subscribe to the SecureLine VPN. You can do this on the official website where you can pick a subscription model that suits your needs.If you don’t seek high-end features this VPN will meet your needs. It well covers the basics but lacks a number of advanced options. Our Rating: 7/10. This VPN has been on the market for a couple of years now which is plenty of time for it to get a strong set of features. Let’s check out what SecureLine has to expect. VPN Features Checklist DNS Leak Protection YES NO Kill-Switch YES Ad-Blocker Anti-Malware NO YES Unlimited Bandwidth YES Unlimited Data YES We have to say that this VPN is likely to disappoint more advanced users. There are no advanced features, such as support for router split-tunnels or fine tuning. It’s obvious that this VPN is geared towards average users who want to automate everything. Finally you should be aware that Avast SecureLine VPN does not impose any restrictions. You are free to switch as many times as you want between different servers, and get unlimited bandwidth and data. We can’t say these are big advantages as most of today’s VPNs come with no limitations.
Server Count
Avast SecureLine VPN disappoints with only 50 + servers on offer. This is one of the tiniest server networks we’ve ever seen. Our Rating: 1.5/10. We are sure you would like to know how many servers this VPN has to offer. That’s why we’ve looked at its server network in depth and here’s what you need to know. Server Count Info Server Number 55 YES Currently Avast SecureLine VPN only offers 55 servers spread across 34 countries. We’re surprised by this number as this may be the smallest VPN server network we’ve come across so far. VPNs like NordVPNPrivate Internet AccessExpressVPN all have between 2000 and 5000 servers each to put everything in perspective. You can see that those numbers are not even close to Avast. As previously said, SecureLine VPN is designed for average home users, and this is also expressed in its server count. There’s not much to pick from and you can’t choose (in most cases) from different servers or cities within a single country. You pick a country instead and SecureLine will do the rest. What is important to say here is that top-rated VPNs offer more than Avast several thousand servers are not some excessively expensive alternatives. Many of those are in reality more accessible than this VPN.
“2/2.1375.jpg” First-timers will love to automate everything about the SecureLine. Advanced users can not fine-tune the application in any way whatsoever. Our Rating: 7/10. This VPN’s home screen is designed for being as simple as possible. By clicking the ‘ Change Location ‘ button which opens a new slide-in window, you get to connect to a server. The remainder of the screen will show your true IP and will notify if your real location is hidden. You can then also see how long your current session will last. Each time you connect and disconnect you will see a pop-up notification on your screen that will let you know about your connection’s current status. “2/2.1376.jpg” “2/2.1377.jpg” You can click on the hamburger button in the top-right corner to dive a bit deeper into SecureLine VPN. This is where you can access your license information from the settings panel and review some general info about the currently installed version of the software. Now here’s what settings to change. General: Using this page, you can determine whether to launch the VPN on device initialization, receive beta updates and choose from a large list of different languages. Network Security: Then we have that tab where you can choose to connect to the Web automatically. On system startup, you can enable SecureLine to open and then connect to a predefined server making your Web connection secure at all times. You can then set certain connections to be ruled out. “2/2.1378.jpg”
Media Streaming Torrenting Support
“2/2.1379.jpg” Avast SecureLine VPN unblocks BBC iPlayer and Netflix. Apart from unblocking those services, you can also use P2P-optimized torrenting servers. Our Rating: 6/10. Torrenting media support Netflix US YES Hulu NOIf you don’t seek high-end features this VPN will meet your needs. It well covers the basics but lacks a number of advanced options. Our Rating: 7/10. This VPN has been on the market for a couple of years now which is plenty of time for it to get a strong set of features. Let’s check out what SecureLine has to expect. VPN Features Checklist DNS Leak Protection YES NO Kill-Switch YES Ad-Blocker Anti-Malware NO YES Unlimited Bandwidth YES Unlimited Data YES We have to say that this VPN is likely to disappoint more advanced users. There are no advanced features, such as support for router split-tunnels or fine tuning. It’s obvious that this VPN is geared towards average users who want to automate everything. Finally you should be aware that Avast SecureLine VPN does not impose any restrictions. You are free to switch as many times as you want between different servers, and get unlimited bandwidth and data. We can’t say these are big advantages as most of today’s VPNs come with no limitations.
Server Count
Avast SecureLine VPN disappoints with only 50 + servers on offer. This is one of the tiniest server networks we’ve ever seen. Our Rating: 1.5/10. We are sure you would like to know how many servers this VPN has to offer. That’s why we’ve looked at its server network in depth and here’s what you need to know. Server Count Info Server Number 55 YES Currently Avast SecureLine VPN only offers 55 servers spread across 34 countries. We’re surprised by this number as this may be the smallest VPN server network we’ve come across so far. VPNs like NordVPNPrivate Internet AccessExpressVPN all have between 2000 and 5000 servers each to put everything in perspective. You can see that those numbers are not even close to Avast. As previously said, SecureLine VPN is designed for average home users, and this is also expressed in its server count. There’s not much to pick from and you can’t choose (in most cases) from different servers or cities within a single country. You pick a country instead and SecureLine will do the rest. What is important to say here is that top-rated VPNs offer more than Avast several thousand servers are not some excessively expensive alternatives. Many of those are in reality more accessible than this VPN.
“2/2.1375.jpg” First-timers will love to automate everything about the SecureLine. Advanced users can not fine-tune the application in any way whatsoever. Our Rating: 7/10. This VPN’s home screen is designed for being as simple as possible. By clicking the ‘ Change Location ‘ button which opens a new slide-in window, you get to connect to a server. The remainder of the screen will show your true IP and will notify if your real location is hidden. You can then also see how long your current session will last. Each time you connect and disconnect you will see a pop-up notification on your screen that will let you know about your connection’s current status. “2/2.1376.jpg” “2/2.1377.jpg” You can click on the hamburger button in the top-right corner to dive a bit deeper into SecureLine VPN. This is where you can access your license information from the settings panel and review some general info about the currently installed version of the software. Now here’s what settings to change. General: Using this page, you can determine whether to launch the VPN on device initialization, receive beta updates and choose from a large list of different languages. Network Security: Then we have that tab where you can choose to connect to the Web automatically. On system startup, you can enable SecureLine to open and then connect to a predefined server making your Web connection secure at all times. You can then set certain connections to be ruled out. “2/2.1378.jpg”
Media Streaming Torrenting Support
“2/2.1379.jpg” Avast SecureLine VPN unblocks BBC iPlayer and Netflix. Apart from unblocking those services, you can also use P2P-optimized torrenting servers. Our Rating: 6/10. Torrenting media support Netflix US YES Hulu NOSadly, this VPN is not able to help you with Hulu and Amazon Prime Video as both were able to detect that we used a VPN. And last but not least SecureLine comes with a handful of servers optimized for P2P traffic. If you are planning to download torrents, you can count on these to overcome any throttling and make sure you download files as quickly as possible.
Security Privacy
“2/2.1380.jpg” We return to what is most important about VPNs in this segment and that’s their ability to keep you protected online. With this said we are going to talk about the encryption logging policy for Avast SecureLine and we are going to do a comprehensive DNS leak test.
Supported Encryption Protocols
Avast SecureLine VPN features AES-256 encryption considered the highest level of encryption available through today’s consumer software. Additionally this VPN has two VPN protocols: OpenVPN (UDP) and IPSec depending on which platform you are using.
Logging Policy
SecureLine VPN is one of the VPNs with ‘ No-Logs ‘ policies as noted earlier. This means your private data will never be collected including any data that could reveal what you are doing online. And since Avast does not provide data to third parties there is no reason not to believe this privacy policy. Avast will gather some data for ‘ diagnostic purposes ‘ just like other VPNs. This is not alarming though since this type of data can not identify you or your online activities. DNS Leak Test
Finally, if Avast SecureLine leaks any data by checking its DNS, we wanted to check. This test checks different types of web-related information and also displays your IP address to your ISP, and more. “2/2.1381.jpg” The result is obvious-there are no leaks in DNS here at all. Third parties on the Web, together with a fake Internet service provider, will be able to see your virtual IP address. That is to say, this VPN really keeps you anonymous on the Internet. Speed
“2/2.1382.jpg” Avast SecureLine generally delivers satisfactory performance. It’s not the fastest out there VPN but still highly usable. Our Rating: 8/10. We can see that SecureLine is being advertised as a speedy VPN on Avast’s official web site. We’re here to test those claims of course. So here’s what kind of output you can expect. Figure 3 Remote-server performance. Finally, we also checked a remote server located in the USA for performance. We got 102.17 Mbps for downloads this time around, and 5.22 Mbps for uploads. We’ll put them into a table to calculate everything and make sense of those numbers. Download Speed Upload Speed Reduction 146.25 Mbps 9.23 Mbps 0 per cent Nearby Server 112.89 Mbps 22.8 per cent Remote Server 102.17 Mbps 5.22 Mbps 30.1 per cent
Customer Support
“2/2.1386.jpg” Unfortunately there is no live chat available. You can however contact the company by phone, open a support ticket or dive into solving your own problem. Our Rating: 8/10. Telephone support: Even if live chat isn’t on offer you’ve got the next best thing. You can contact this company through a toll-free telephone number. Even though we’d like to see live chat included and hopefully seeing this happen in the future phone support is the quickest way to get help right now. Support Tickets: The official support page provides a convenient way to reach out to the business. You can explain the problem you are having by selecting an acceptable category for troubleshooting and then you will have to wait for an official answer. This generally takes up to 48 hours. Knowledge Base: If you want to immerse yourself in solving the problem, there’s a series of articles that might help. There’s built-in search functionality to speed up this procedure. Frequently Asked Questions: Finally there is a segment with FAQs related to Avast SecureLine VPN. Currently there are a dozen questions and answers. It is not the most detailed but nevertheless can be useful.
Doesn’t it?1-Year PC License $59.99 $4.99 1-Year Mac License $59.99 1-Year Android License $19.99 $1.66 1-Year iOS License $19.99 1-Year All-In – One License $79.99 $6.66 As you can see Avast SecureLine comes with a bit of a different price scheme than most other VPNs. This company sells individual-device subscriptions. If you have a Windows or Mac laptop, this is how you can subscribe to SecureLine for $59.99 per annum. And this will cost you $19.99 per year per one Android or iOS device if you want to protect your smartphone too. The most attractive plan comes with 5 licenses and is priced at $79.99 per year. This means you can buy SecureLine VPN for $6.66 per month and protect all smartphones and tablets on your computers within a single subscription. This is similar to the price of other VPNs, but we have to remember that Avast comes with a few notable downsides. All its direct competitors offer router support comes with larger server networks and many of them are able to unblock websites that stream media. Do we suggest Avast SecureLine VPN?
“2/2.1388.jpg” Avast had a very interesting VPN service to offer. However we can say after taking an in-depth look that there is plenty of room for improvement. We can currently recommend SecureLine to average home users needing a fully automated VPN. If you want to unblock Netflix you’ll find this VPN to suit your needs as well. PROS: Polished UI No previous data leaks Tough VPN protocols Bulletproof encryption Unblocks Netflix supports Speedy performance torrenting. OUR SCORE: 7.0 From 10! Do not hesitate and subscribe to SecureLine VPN check out Avast SecureLine for yourself if you think this VPN meets your needs. Where we share our stories and articles, posted daily. Thank you! REVIEW OVERVIEW Background Jurisdiction Reputation9 Speed Performance8 Customer Support8 Pricing6 SUMMARY Avast SecureLine VPN is easily recommended-but only for those who are looking for something simple and fully automated. If you wish to have full control over your VPN connection, we recommend that you take a look at its alternatives. OVERAL SCORE