ip-shield

In certain situations, a website's contents may be unavailable in your country. If you redirect your Internet traffic through a VPN, you can bypass this restriction, but you can enjoy other advantages as well. ip-shield makes this operation as easy as possible. It can reroute a connection in just a few seconds, without asking for too much user input. Due to its simplicity, even novice users can hide their real IP addresses, without any kind of difficulties.

The application is free to try, with a minor limitation. It can be installed in a few moments, without making any complex settings. The setup wizard will install an additional driver, which will trigger the Windows Security system, but you can allow it without any worries. ip-shield works on Windows XP, Vista, Win 7 and Win 8 and it doesn't require too much disk space, RAM or processing power.

Once you run ip-shield, you must double click a system tray icon, to bring up its compact user interface. All you have to do is click a button and the application will connect you to a VPN and it will also encrypt your traffic through an SSL protocol. As a result, the websites you visit will log a different IP address, instead of your own. This is also a good measure against hackers or other parties that are interested in your private data.

The application provides support for a wide range of VPNs, from America, Europe and Asia. By default, it will automatically choose a VPN gateway for you, but you can select a specific country if you want to. Connecting to a user-defined VPN is another possibility. All you have to do is type its IP address on a small window.

The best part is that ip-shield does not affect a connection's speed too much. You won't feel any significant changes when you connect to one of the application's supported VPNs.