http://www.anchorfree.com/downloads/hotspot-shield/

Very useful, IMO

Sounds like an interesting service, but it may be advertiser supported software.

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I just downloaded it. I will check it and report here. I figure I might as well try to use it as I will be travelling next week and don't want to be exposed. Do you recommend something better?

If you have a DD-WRT compatible router @ home, run your own VPN server on your router and connect to that. There's an existing discussion on this topic here @ B$ ... I'll try locating the link to it.

*EDIT* Existing discussion in this thread:
Public Wi-Fi use raises hacking risk