a vpn (Virtual Private Network), also known as a virtual private network, it consists of offering an encrypted and secure connection to its user. This allows you to browse the web anonymously. A true essential tool for Internet users, its main mission is to protect the confidentiality of data and, in this way, disrupt the malicious intentions of cybercriminals. This software is installed on all your devices that are connected to the Internet. Once activated, it will create a personal and secure computer tunnel between you and the network.
How does this private network protect data?
Imagine, you are walking alone along a shopping street and, as always, you go shopping at your favorite places, make purchases, read your favorite newspaper, etc. Since you walk without hiding, your activities and the streets you take are, by definition, visible to everyone. In the same way, when you browse the web without a VPN, anyone can have access to your activities, your identifiers, your identity, in general all your personal data. This is also the case when you connect to public Wi-Fi, also called a hotspot. Although at first glance they are very useful, the public networks of airports, hotels, restaurants, can be real gold mines for cybercriminals.
Therefore, using a VPN is about becoming anonymous, as if, during your famous walk, you were just taking secret passages to access your favorite places. To allow you this anonymity, the VPN will work directly at the operating system level of your device. To do this, an encryption tunnel will be created. By using this private network, the source of your connection will not actually be the one you are using. This way, the owner of the site you’re visiting, or worse yet, hackers, won’t be able to learn your true identity. In fact, the VPN will, among other things, hide your IP address (which is a bit like the identity card of your home network). Thus, cybercriminals will not be able to access your data such as your banking, medical or professional information. In short, the so-called “sensitive sites”, but also during their connections to the various public networks.
Avast One, a complete solution
Avast One is a complete tool, offering an antivirus, a VPN, alerts you in case of account hacking, and offers cleanup optimization tools. The Avast One solution also allows you to safely access all your sensitive services, such as your bank, and carry out your transactions without the slightest risk of hacking. The premium version of Avast One is designed to be intuitive and easy to use. Simply enable the button in the Secure VPN Connection section of your IT Support, which will turn green when the feature is enabled.
It is also possible to keep your VPN permanently connected or choose to activate it according to your needs. The interest? When the VPN is constantly active, it can change the results of certain applications such as weather or maps, since the private network masks your real location, but also prevents you from accessing streaming platforms. With Secure VPN Connection, like the one in Avast One that is available on Microsoft Windows, you can benefit from full protection without having to suffer certain disadvantages that come with using a traditional VPN.
Avast offers two solutions:
- A premium solution that offers unlimited data traffic and multiple locations,
- A free version with 5 GB of data traffic every week but with only one location.
You will have understood that to avoid any mishap, such as the hacking of your personal information, VPN Connection is the solution to adopt for safe browsing.
This content was produced in collaboration with Avast. The BFMTV newsroom was not involved in the production of this content.
Source: BFM TV
