7 Free Online VPN Services

Some time ago I wrote about 15 VPN services that can be used to watch British TV shows over the internet if you are leaving outside the UK. These are paid services that help you change your IP address. Today, let’s take a look at 7 free VPN services that you can access right away!

Hotspot Shield

Hotspot Shield in a few words: “100% Security Through a VPN“. More: “It’s FREE!” It creates a VPN – virtual private network between your computer and an Internet gateway. The tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages, credit card information or anything else you send over the network. It’s ad-based service, so be prepared to see a lot of advertisements on the top of the sites you visit!

IP Address Location: United States

>> Hotspot Shield Home

ibVPN

ibVPN allows Internet users to surf the Web invisibly and securely without leaving a trace and without being tracked. All the programs installed on your computer will automatically work via VPN so that the highest level of security and anonymity is provided.  ibVPN offers free accounts in exchange for social sharing (Facebook or Twitter).

IP Address Location: United States, Canada, Romania + more

>> ibVPN Home

CyberGhost

CyberGhost is a free VPN service with servers located in Germany. Actually, it’s a commercial VPN service that also has a free version. If you just want surf online anonymously the free version is enough. The free version, called Basic, it’s limited 10GB a month broadband usage.

IP Address Location: Germany + more

>> CyberGhost Home

ItsHidden

ItsHidden offers free VPN services with servers in European Union and allows connection only by PPTP protocol.

IP Address Location: EU

>> ItsHidden Home

Free VPN Services that are not available anymore

AloneWeb

Update 2/7/2010: It’s not available anymore!

AlonWeb uses the OpenVPN software to create a VPN connection and let you browse anonymously. Next, just download the OpenVPN client software and then download the AlonWeb certificate and configuration file. AlonWeb is strictly for browsing purposes only and it’s limited to 1GB broadband usage per month.

IP Address Location: Netherlands

>> Alonweb

UltraVPN

UltraVPN is a French free client/server SSL VPN solution based on OpenVPN. It encrypts and anonymizes your network connection without bandwidth limitation.

IP Address Location: France

>> UltraVPN Home

AceVPN

Ace VPN is a free VPN service that allows you to browse securely and anonymously via fast encrypted SSL VPN tunnels.  The access to the service is by invitation only. Unfortunately, AceVPN has temporarily suspended the invites but keep an eye on them to make sure you get one when they resume the process.

IP Address Location: United States

>> AceVPN Home

Important

If you know other free VPN services feel free to share them in the comments below. Thank you!