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: | ed1791a88db9e87ead4ca0ae682b9555 |
SHA1: | 0b7fb6e49ba543f5ba77a0011e23a9ddcb24bdc5 |
SHA256: | 4d392a19f26fb8f40e70ef3a611a250e10e93d2181558604df936547309eefa4 |
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 with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
shieldvpn.exe (ShieldVPN by Team Patotoy). 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: | 585.82 KB (599,880 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 137
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
CPU |
Total CPU: | 0.07474892% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.04099134% | |
User CPU: | 0.03375758% | |
Kernel CPU time: | 13,728,088 ms/min | |
Memory |
Private memory: | 1.72 MB | |
Private (maximum): | 6.1 MB | |
Private (minimum): | 6.05 MB | |
Non-paged memory: | 1.72 MB | |
Virtual memory: | 49.76 MB | |
Virtual memory (peak): | 57.43 MB | |
Working set: | 6.05 MB | |
Working set (peak): | 6.11 MB | |
Resource allocations |
Threads: | 3 | |
Handles: | 106 | |
GUI GDI count: | 4 | |
GUI GDI peak: | 4 | |
GUI USER count: | 1 | |
GUI USER peak: | 1 | |
Process properties
Integrety level: | High |
Platform: | 32-bit |
Command line: | "C:\Program Files\cnx\data\bin\openvpn.exe" --client --dev tun --route-method exe --route-delay 2 --redirect-gateway --pull --persist-key --mssfix 1400 --verb 1 --mute 20 --auth-user-pass --reneg-sec 0 --remote 85.237.211.3 --port 443 --lport 137 --proto udp --ca data/config/expat.crt --float --hand-window 120 --persist-local-ip --persist-remote-ip --auth-retry nointeract --mute-replay-warnings --script-security 3 system --redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp --keepalive 10 600 inactive 1200 50000 |
Owner: | User |
Parent process: | shieldvpn.exe (ShieldVPN by Team Patotoy) |
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Windows 7 Ultimate |
35.71% |
|
Microsoft Windows XP |
28.57% |
|
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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