Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
Additional versions
(Note, AnchorFree Inc publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
openvpn.exe
By AnchorFree Inc (Signed)
MD5: | d6bb6ab2e472abb33023e0ac7f278f23 |
SHA1: | df185459a93d96f0c1bf5fcfa3f031d2b5475435 |
SHA256: | 6d7d34bb3ed5cd048e0b3a7ee676058a06e8398ae82bf9c3a3f9b28c90cbd80e |
What is openvpn.exe?
OpenVPN is an open source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It uses a custom security protocol. OpenVPN can be extended with third-party plug-ins or scripts which can be called at defined entry points.
About openvpn.exe (from AnchorFree Inc)
“OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a s”
Overview
openvpn.exe executes as a process under the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the system and the administrator accounts have the same file privileges) typically within the context of its parent
openvpnas.exe (by AnchorFree Inc). The file is digitally signed by AnchorFree Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
File name: | openvpn.exe |
Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\hotspot shield\bin\openvpn.exe |
Size: | 583.86 KB (597,872 bytes) |
Certificate |
Issued to: | AnchorFree Inc |
Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
Effective date: | Sunday, March 27, 2011 |
Expiration date: | Sunday, April 13, 2014 |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
Entropy: | 6.164818 |
File packed: | No |
Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 55826
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.24942341% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.21023230% | |
User CPU: | 0.03919111% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 761 ms/min | |
Context switches: | 13/sec | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 1.37 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 5.16 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 5.15 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 1.37 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 38.66 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 46.95 MB | |
Working set: | 3.56 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 5.17 MB | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 3 | |
Handles: | 95 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | System |
Platform: | 32-bit |
Command line: | openvpn --service hotspotshield_exit_1 1 --config "C:\Program Files\hotspot shield\config\config.hvpn" --explicit-exit-notify --cv 0 --auth-user-pass hss-477-conduit_2.76_sip173.245.64.67_5396 --management 127.0.0.1 56700 --management-hold --management-query-passwords --management-client --remote 173.245.64.67 5396 --hand-window 10 |
Owner: | SYSTEM |
Parent process: | openvpnas.exe (by AnchorFree Inc) |
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
35.71% |
|
Microsoft Windows XP |
28.57% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
14.29% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate N |
14.29% |
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Windows XP Professional |
7.14% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 30.00% of openvpn.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
MSI |
100.00% |
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