APRIL 2020 PCWorld 77NordVPN: Incredible speeds, and
built for power users and newbies
NordVPN has excellent performance, and a set of features that will appeal to both novices
and power users. Still, we’d like to see more transparency from the company. BY IAN PAULI
f there’s one word that can describe
NordVPN it has to be “impressive.” This
VPN offers incredible speeds, a high
country and server count, and an
excellent selection of VPN protocols,
including Wireguard. It’s also removing the
hard drives from its servers to increase privacy
and security. And in its aim to be more than
just a VPN, its expanding its data-privacy
options to include a password manager and
secure file storage. Indeed, it’s only real
shortcoming is its lack of transparencyregarding company ownership.
When you first open NordVPN on
Windows, you get a very user-friendly
interface. The left-hand rail includes a list of all
available countries in alphabetical order. This
section also has quick links to NordVPN’s
specialty servers, such as dedicated IP (for an
extra cost), double-hop VPN, Onion over
VPN, and P2P file-sharing servers. The rest of
the app window contains a map that you can
drag around to select a specific country.
Both the list and the map let you quicklyIMAGE: NORDVPN