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The rest of the options are personal preference, though alot of people like to have their VPN application auto-connect when their computer starts. (my personal preference is ‘Hide to System Tray’). We recommend you switch to one of the other options. This may sound fine to you, but if you have an active VPN connection, it will be closed without warning.

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Important Security Tip: By default, we found the software was set to: ‘Quit Application’ when you close the software window.

Action on closing window (we recommend you switch from the default option).

Startup options: (you can auto-launch and/or auto-connect on system startup).

Which port # to use (if you aren’t sure leave it as 443).

This gives you access to some startup and connection options such as:

Settings Menu (Important security tip below)įrom the dashboard view you can access the settings tab at the top of the main view. When in doubt, just go with OpenVPN or learn when to pick each VPN protocol. You also get access to all 4 VPN protocols (OpenVPN TCP, OpenVPN UDP, PPTP and LT2P). Software ‘Dashboard’ main viewįrom the main dashboard you can easily choose any of IPVanish’s server locations. It displays your current IP address and allows you to quickly choose a VPN protocol, server location, and click ‘Connect’. The ‘Dashboard’ is the startup screen when the software launches.

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The software is free with your VPN subscription and can easily be download right here.

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The Mac version is virtually identical with one extra feature: a kill-switch option which is currently in development for the windows client. We tested the Windows version of their excellent VPN software. We would like to see adjustable encryption strength (currently openVPN is 256-bit only), but word is that may be addressed in a future software release. They’ve also made a massive software upgrade, going to the 3rd-gen V3 software on all major platforms, which was a cosmetic as well as functional UI upgrade. Sure, we’d love to see smartDNS or a similar service included, but that’s a dream scenario and alot to expect from a VPN priced under $10/month. Now that IPVanish has added a Kill-Switch to all desktop software clients as well as a Socks5 proxy server (included in your subscription), they really don’t have any major weaknesses. It’s ideal for torrenting, Skype, or anonymous web-browsing (with an extension like FoxyProxy). Socks5 Proxy: IPVanish now includes Socks5 proxy service on a zero-log Netherlands proxy server.

Furthermore, their live network security is excellent.

Software and Security: IPVanish has custom VPN applications for all 4 major platforms (Windows, Mac, Android, iOS) and they are quite well funded and staffed, which means they’re software is excellent and new features are continuously added.

This is a major networking company with over 13 years of IT experience, not some VPN startup run out of a basement (and there are tons of those).

Reputation: IPVanish is owned by Highwinds Network Group, a major data network provider based in the USA.

Customer Support: They have 24/7 live chat as well as a ticket-based support system.

We strongly recommend non-logging VPN’s for bittorent users. This makes it virtually impossible to trace a VPN user based on their IP address history.

No Logs Policy: IPVanish is one of only a few VPNs to keep no logs whatsoever.

This means they have more bandwidth and faster speeds than their competition.

Speed: IPVanish controls their own Tier-1 data network.

The concern about US based VPN services is that the NSA could have a secret backdoor into their network, but in reality this only affects international criminals (meaning terrorists, not copyright pirates) Strengths As a result, they have chosen to keep no logs whatsoever regarding customer VPN usage (maximum privacy for you).

IPVanish is headquartered in the USA, which means they are not subject to any data retention laws.