On Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:31:31 -0000 (UTC), Blake Snyder
wrote:

On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 23:54:40 -0500, in
, Char Jackson wrote:

HOWEVER, since the actual servers that VPN Gate steers clients to are
simply volunteered for use by their owners, there could indeed be a
large helping of actual VPN servers in the mix. They don't all have to
be shady.

The good news is that only 1 out of a hundred or two hundred seem to add
those Avast header lines and signature.

Since the Avast header bothers me (because I like to control the header)
and since the Avast signature bothers others (because it just does), I
strive to remove them from the list of six thousand free vpn servers I
currently have.

However a new one can pop up tomorrow since I wget a few hundred a day.


Since it happens after your data has left your system, I guess there
isn't anything you can do to prevent it except what you're doing.

Personally, the Avast stuff doesn't really bother me, but I know it
bothers others.

This has been an interesting exercise. I had no idea that it was that
easy to become an official VPN gateway and have random people send their
traffic through. Oh, the possibilities.