PureVPN Review 2016

PureVPN Review 2016 -

PureVPN begin our review with a look at how the company was born. In 06, Hong Kong-based GZ Systems Ltd. began experimenting with a VPN in order to guard against the limitation of bandwidth by ISPs users which stream media, or play games online. So PureVPN was born. In 07, they started the commercial operation of PureVPN with servers in just two places. They increased rapidly in users and the number of locations, expansion to sixteen in the first year alone. they have become one of the largest VPN with over 500 servers in 180 locations, spread across 141 countries. Their technology has increased as well. They developed customized software for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android. They have a self monitored gigabit network with over 80,000 IP addresses available worldwide for their subscribers.

Prices and Specials

PureVPN used to provide a variety of VPN packets, but are now installed on one. It is sold in three long-term plans. Like many VPN providers, they increasingly discounts on these plans based on the length of the word. These plans are monthly, 6 months, and 1 year. This means that today you can get a service PureVPN month of $ 9.95, 6 months for $ 7.99 per month, and 1 year for only $ 4.99 per month. This means you can record 58% their regular monthly price if you sign up to one year of service.

They also sell some add-ons that are:

• NAT Firewall - $ 4.99 / MB
• dedicated IP - $ 4.99 / MB
• Dedicated IP w DDoS protection - $ 5.99 / Mo

So what do you get for your money with PureVPN? They offer the following benefits to all their subscribers:

• free VPN software customized for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android
• 5 simultaneous connections
• bandwidth unlimited VPN and use
• Worldwide virtual IP from more than 500 servers in 141 countries
• IP addresses shared between subscribers to better privacy
• selection of VPN protocols: OpenVPN (TCP-UDP), SSTP, L2TP, IKEv2, and PPTP
• encryption choices based on purpose
• the ability to circumvent censorship and geographic restrictions
• Wi-Fi hotspot protection against hackers and identity theft
• support VoIP to save on long distance costs
• support for P2P and file sharing
• 7-day money back guarantee

PureVPN a variety of ways to pay for their VPN service. They accept the following credit cards: VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, JCB, VISA Electron and Visa Delta. If you want to keep all your payments online in one place, PayPal is also accepted. For those who want a little more anonymous, you can pay with Bitcoin. They also accept payments by Paymentwall, Alipay, CashU, and many others. If paying by PayPal or Bitcoin, all that is required to establish an account is a username, password and email address.

risk free trial period

PureVPN know you want to test their service for yourself before you decide to buy it so they offer new subscribers 7 days, 100% money back guarantee. That should be enough time for you to test completely out of their service and VPN support. You are eligible for this rebate if you meet the following:

• Your claim is within 7 days of your order date
• Your account has not been suspended by PureVPN for everything. violation of the TOS.
• you not use more than 3GB of bandwidth (data download and transfer total transfer).
• you have not exceeded 100 sessions (the number of times you have connected to PureVPN services).
• you have not already requested a refund under this policy.

If you are in compliance with all the above mentioned criteria, and you are not completely satisfied with their service then they will refund the full purchase price. To apply for your refund, please email enquiry@purevpn.com indicating your username and your VPN reason to cancel the subscription. No refund will be made within seven days from the date of purchase.

PureVPN Network and Server Locations

As mentioned in the introduction, the PureVPN network started with only two server locations, but grew to over 180. They self manage their network VPN server gigabit which grew to more than 500 VPN servers in 141 countries with access to more than 80,000 IP addresses. They have servers on almost all major continents including Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America

The best coverage in the United States (14 cities - 0 servers ), United Kingdom (5 cities -. 60 servers), Canada (3 towns - 20 servers), Netherlands (1 city - 15 servers), France (2 towns - 16 servers), Italy (2 cities 16 servers) and Germany (3 towns - 42 servers). Here is a list of the number of cities in each region, by country:

• Africa - 16 cities (32 servers)
  • Cape Verde, the Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia
• Asia - 32 cities (80 servers)
  • Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
• Europe - 48 cities (249 servers)
  • UK - Gosport, Leicester, London, Maidenhead, Manchester
  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia , Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey
• Middle East - 8 cities (8 servers)
  • Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemem
• North America - 37 cities (158 servers)
  • Canada - Montreal, Quebec, Vancouver
  • US - Ashburn, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, New York, Ohio's, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tampa, Seattle
  • Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Island
• Oceania - 5 cities (34 servers)
  • Australia, New Zealand
• South America - 9 city (26 servers)
  • Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname

looking at this list of cities, it is easy to see that PureVPN has servers all over the world and several servers in the most popular places as we mentioned previously. Their network supports most VPN protocols, including: OpenVPN, SSTP, L2TP / IPSec, IKEv2, and PPTP. We will discuss more about these protocols when we review the PureVPN custom software.

PureVPN also implements data routing, so in the interest of network efficiency during peak hours, you can be transported to a different data center that you choose. This redirection uses business and business logic to guide you to a low latency, high speed server to another data center in the same country or, failing that, the nearest country. We could see this is a problem if you connect to a particular country for the purpose (IP address) and they in the interest of the efficiency of the network you are redirected to another country.

PureVPN committed to freedom of the Internet and enables file sharing in many of their locations. Limit file sharing to these places helps maintain the overall performance of their network. As these places are generally more friendly for file sharing and P2P software use.

Privacy and Security

PureVPN has extensive privacy policy that specifies exactly what personal information (especially the names, email addresses, numbers phone) they keep on their users and how it is used and secured. They retain certain information about the VPN user activity. Here is an excerpt of their privacy policy regarding the activity of registration users:

We do not monitor user activity, nor do we keep all the papers. So we have no record of your activities, such as what software you use, what sites you visited, what content you have downloaded, what applications you used, etc. After connecting to one of our servers. Our servers automatically record the time that you connect to one of our servers. From here forward, we do not keep any records of anything that could associate a specific activity to a specific user. When a connection is made with our servers is counted as a "connection" and the total bandwidth used in this connection is called "bandwidth". The connection and bandwidth are kept on file to maintain the quality of our service. This helps us to understand the flow of traffic to specific servers so that we can better optimize.

From this excerpt, you can see that PureVPN only records the connection time and bandwidth to their users. They connect any specific activity such as sites visited, downloaded content or software or applications used while connected to their VPN. They are located in Hong Kong, which has no mandatory data retention laws. That said, they will comply with the appropriate judicial channels with clear evidence of violation of the TOS in accordance with the best interests of their clients and society and put all the specific information they may have about this activity if it exists .

What kind of encryption does offer PureVPN users to their network? Their Windows software supports a variety of protocols, including OpenVPN, SSTP, IKEv2, L2TP and PPTP. They implement OpenVPN default primary protocol on their Android client. By default, all data is encrypted and decrypted using an encryption algorithm AES-128-CBC initialized with a 128-bit key. If you are the type more paranoid, you can manually choose a higher level of encryption. Their Mac OS X software supports L2TP and PPTP. Their iOS application uses the IKEv2 protocol that is considered just as safe as OpenVPN but is good for mobile devices because it reconnects easily and maintains the VPN session when the connection is lost or changes. This is due to its support of MOBIKE. This means that regardless of your operating system of choice, you can always be assured that Internet traffic is securely encrypted with a secure connection when accessing a server PureVPN.

PureVPN Support

PureVPN is one of the few services that has a 24/7 live chat to answer all technical, sales, or clear billing questions you might to have. We tested their chat and I am happy to say that they always appear there. They respond almost immediately and redirect you to another agent if the one who answers your call can not help you. Sometimes they move toward the FAQ and support pages to help our questions. For technical problems, they offer a 365/24/7 email ticket support system with a time of very rapid response. They will usually get back to you within an hour. The response we received from our question was fast, professional and concise answer.

Hands-On Test PureVPN Network

PureVPN offers custom software for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android. You can download these custom clients from PureVPN configuration page, which can be accessed by logging into the space member of their website. The connect button is right above their main menu as shown in the image below.

Once you are connected to the member area of ​​their website you will see a navigation menu at the bottom of the right side of the page. A partial view of this menu is shown below. When you click "Download Apps", as shown below, you will be redirected to a page with different icons representing different operating systems.

Hovering the mouse over your operating system icon will display a drop-down list. Select your version of this list of software and click to start the download process for Windows and Mac OS X Roll on iPhone, iPad and Android devices direct you to the appropriate store (iTunes or Google Play) where you can then download and install the application on your device.

They offer a guide to manual configurations here to configure their VPN to use Linux. They also have links to guides to configure their service to work with Blackberry, Boxee, Roku, PS4, Apple TV, routers, and many other devices. Once you sign up for an account, they will send you a welcome email with all the information you need to connect to their VPN servers.

Connecting with Windows PureVPN customer

As we have said, you can download Windows software PureVPN from the membership area of ​​their website by logging in, and clicking on "download Apps" in the navigation menu. Once you get on this page, hover your mouse over the Windows icon (shown sidebar). This will bring up a drop-down list. Select the version of software you want to install from the list and click it. The Windows list has three choices: Windows PureVPN; PureVPN Windows Old; and a comparison (this will allow you to watch a table comparing the two Windows clients, then choose the one you want to install). The new client has modes that have been predefined to simplify the VPN connection process so you can immediately start using the service PureVPN. Our review will focus on the new Windows client.

Once the client installation file has been downloaded to your computer, right click on the file and choose "Run as administrator". This will bring up a home screen shot like the one shown on the left in the image below. On the next screen, you must accept the terms of their TOS and click the Next button. This will be followed by a few setup screens for more information on the installation location, start menu folder, and other tasks include creating a desktop icon. Fill them and click the "Next" button until you see the installation screen.

Click the "Install" button on this screen and the client installation will start. A small window will open showing the PureVPN client configuration, then you will see a screen like the one shown on the right in the picture above. Click the "Finish" button on the screen to complete the installation. Normally PureVPN to run the Windows client, you right click on the icon of the desktop and click "Run as administrator", but since the box "Launch VPN" was selected, it will launch when you click the "Finish" button.

the first time you open the client, you will see a verification page and similar connection to that shown on the left below. There are options to create an account or reset your password if you forget it. There you have the information in your welcome email, enter your "VPN user name" and "VPN Password" of it. They were seized and redacted in the image on the right below below.

once you have entered your credentials, click the "Login" button to complete the customer launch. PureVPN Windows software automatically remembers this information for future connections. This will bring up a mode screen that is displayed on the left in the image below. This screen allows you to choose your purpose for using the service and PureVPN preset the software so that you can easily connect to the appropriate VPN servers to reach your goal. This mode can be changed later if you want

The methods they have pre-installed are as follows :.

• I want to listen -. This will set the client to make it easy for you to stream media while maintaining your Internet security
• I want the freedom of the Internet - This will allow you to access the content. your choice without compromising your security, privacy or anonymity
• I want the security / privacy - This mode increases your Internet security to prevent third-party monitoring, including; Governments, Internet service providers, and hackers
• I want to share files - .. This mode will allow you to share files using your platform P2P favorite with less threat to your privacy on the Internet
• I want to use for remote IP / dedicated - This mode allows IP users configure and use their dedicated hassle IP addresses. It can also be used for the client to connect manually to PureVPN network servers that may be useful in some cases.

The "Learn to use" button is a way and will just redirect you to the PureVPN website support page on using the Windows client. To choose a mode to start the client, the mouse on the mode, then click the "Select" button as shown in the screenshot on the right in the picture above. This will place a green circle with a white check in the upper right of the mode, indicating that it has been selected and activate the "Next" button so you can click it. once you've chosen a mode and click the "Next" button to continue.

Select "I want to stream mode" and click the "Next" button. This will bring a screenshot like the one shown on the left in the image below. This is the customer dashboard in its original state. the left side of the screen contains the following static elements :.

• The shield PureVPN logo - This is for branding purposes
• Customer menu - It contains three articles .
  • Dashboard - This is the menu item in the above picture and two ways (select the location and purpose select) to select the VPN server you want to connect to
  • World Map. - This menu item has two tabs: server lists and map
  • latest and - It contains some glimpses of the latest events in the VPN industry and some of the new developments and special offers PureVPN blog .. by clicking on one of them will redirect you to the blog in question
• icons link -. PureVPN links to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Google+

We will discuss some of these components in detail later in this section of the review.

two thirds of the dashboard has a comment on the software mode (Windows content flow everywhere). radial buttons to select the VPN server (select the location and select goal) followed by a combination / drop-down search list for locations or purposes. The bottom right of the dashboard displays a location icon, your current location as seen by other Internet users, and an icon representing the current state of the connection.

above table shows the first screenshot of the original board without a chosen location. The second screenshot shows the dashboard, once a location has been selected. This causes the dashboard to display a button "Connect". In the above screenshot the location shown is your real position and the solid red circle indicates that you are not protected by the VPN. Clicking the "Connect" button will then display the dashboard in its connection status is shown in the screenshot on the left in the image below. The dashboard displays in its connection state "Connection", flags representing your real country and the country of the VPN server to which you connect, and gray "Cancel" button. The "Cancel" button will stop the connection in case of error or change your mind.

shows the client dashboard in its connected state The screenshot on the right in the above image. In this state, the dashboard displays a graph that allows you to watch the download speeds and transfer (using checkboxes). The speed is displayed digitally in mbps. The second section shows the duration of the session, the virtual IP address (public) assigned by the VPN server, and the location you are logged in, Manchester, UK. There is now a red button "Disconnect". Finally the location shown in the bottom right is the location of the VPN server that you are connected and the icon is now a green circle indicates that you are protected by the PureVPN service. By clicking on the "Disconnect" button will return to the dashboard in its unconnected state. Once there, you can choose another location or purpose and connect to another VPN server.

You can see how easy it is to connect to a VPN server using the PureVPN Windows client, simply select a directly location or goal (the software will choose the fastest server VPN from your location to reach your goal), and click the "Connect" button. The appropriate server, VPN protocol, encryption, etc. and are chosen by the customer (depending on mode) without any intervention on your part.

As we have said before, their are two ways you can have the software choose a VPN server: by location and destination. The first is by location. There are three ways to select a location: by choosing one directly from the dashboard by clicking on the world map on the menu and choose one of the servers tab, or by clicking the World map on the menu and select the map tab. These are independent of the mode you are.

The first way that you can choose a location is selected directly from the dashboard. Locations selected from the dashboard are made at the country level. To select a location on the dashboard, you must first select the "Select location" radial button and move the mouse over the search icon (magnifying glass) in the dropdown list. The search icon will become a down arrow as shown in the first image below. Clicking on the arrow to open the selection screen of the location as shown in the second screenshot in the image below

Locations on this screen can be listed using three different views :. Country, region and favorites. shows the list of the site seen by countries The screenshot on the right below. Since Albania has already been selected, it is highlighted in gray in the list. This view shows a list of all countries organized alphabetically. The list also shows icons for P2P VoIP and next to the country if it is supported there. These icons are displayed in all views of the location of the dashboard. To the far right of each country is a hollow yellow star. If you hover over this star, you will see a message to add the country to your favorites list as shown below. To add the country to your favorites, just click on the star, which will then turn solid as that of Aruba in the image. Click the star next to Albania now her favorite. To remove a country from your favorites list, click the solid star next to him in one of the viewpoints.

Now that we have seen countries consider for locations, let us take a look at the other two points of view. These are shown in the image below. The first screenshot shows the regions see. This view the list of locations by region. The regions are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania, Europe and the Middle East. Each region can be expanded to show the country or compacted to hide them by clicking the up / down arrow at the right end of it as was done for Oceania and Europe in the picture below below. A country in a region should be selected to connect to a server on the network PureVPN. Notice Albania is still shown as the selected country and it is now a favorite. Selecting a country to connect to this country shows in all views of the list.

The second screen above shows the latest view of the location, Favorites. Note that Albania is as the first country in the list. The favorites list is organized alphabetically by country. Notice Albania still shows that the country selected in this view. By clicking on it, or another country, you come back to the table not connected edge. You can then click on the "Connect" button to connect to a new VPN server.

The other two ways that you can select a location using the Global carte menu which is shown in the pictures below. The first is by accessing the Server List tab has two views, as shown below. This will allow you to choose a server to the city or state level. view shows the "Servers" tab The first screenshot in the image below. In this perspective, the servers are organized alphabetically by country. You will see a number in parentheses to the right of each country. This is the number of cities in this country who Severs PureVPN. This is illustrated in the image below. These applications are easy to install and allow users to connect to VPN servers with just a few mouse clicks or taps on the screen. Their iOS apps default IKEv2 that is secure, fast and reliable.

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