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Best Free VPN Services Are More Effective at Protecting You Against Online Threats Than an Antivirus

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  Best VPN services in conjunction with Antivirus on their servers appear to have much better results in protection against known and unknown threats. As there is an additional layer of defense between the user and his computer, VPN makes it much more difficult for known threats to locate specific target machines. As some VPN services have firewalls at their servers, many threats are blocked there and since IP addresses are assigned, malware cannot specifically target known IP addresses. Further if a good VPN service also provides Antivirus as well as Firewall, the risk drops appreciably, particularly if the Antivirus utilized at the server is different than that at the users' machine as each Antivirus relies on different generic techniques for dealing with new threats. In this case, the risk of known viruses can drop to as low as 2.5% and unknown threats to between 10-20%, far better than the current 15% and 50% by using a standalone Antivirus program. Antivirus and protected data

Paid VPN Services Vs Free Anonymity Services

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  VPN services provide a layer of security over the Internet that makes conducting secure transactions possible. This is why it's so popular with businesses. Quite frequently, VPN services are used by employees located in remote areas or who are temporarily out of the office to access resources on a private LAN. VPN services are generally paid ones. There are also free services that offer anonymity, which is a component of VPN services. While VPN services do anonymize Internet surfing for the user, the free services have their adherents. Free Services Probably the best-known anonymizing service among the free offerings is TOR. This program uses a network of volunteered connections to anonymize your IP address when you visit websites or use other resources. This is a popular solution for those who only need anonymous surfing once in a while. You can do a good job of obscuring your IP address but, given enough skill and the time and resources to make use of that skill, your IP addres