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What is openvpnas.exe? Hotspot Shield Service?

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Vendor Website:      http://hotspotshield.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
Process is questionablePC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that the safety of this process is questionable.
Process is goodPC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is good.
Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: HijackThis:

O23 - Service: Hotspot Shield Service (HotspotShieldService) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Hotspot Shield\bin\openvpnas.exe

Hotspot Shield installs a Service in each of your Network Card. According to Hotspot Shield:

Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop or iPhone and our Internet gateway.

openvpnas.exe is required by third-party software or hardware and should not disabled.


openvpnas.exe is known to be a bad process. Learn more about protecting your PC from these bad processes with PC Matic.
openvpnas.exe could be a harmful process. Learn more about protecging your PC from these potential harmful processes with PC Matic.
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openvpnas.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
Learn more about protecting yourself from bad versions of this file with PC Matic.

Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.03%
Average CPU use for this program: 0%
Average RAM for this program: 5 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
openvpnas.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xfbcc7ff08e18a0b06d012c558fb00f05 6/4/2015 3:42:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 228 KB
2 Status 0xbef7d9760e0b00973e0f7efce68875c1 8/8/2012 12:04:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 464 KB
3 Status 0x69bea1efe7975e325adf80dd537840da 8/3/2012 1:26:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 463 KB
4 Status 0x6cd4803f3592800f2e7bef4d6c7f718e 7/28/2012 3:07:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 460 KB
5 Status 0x479c284813b0b512901dd83c9a2f8add 7/7/2012 8:17:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 457 KB
6 Status 0x4943e934ba57314a9e8c1c964442faa1 6/15/2012 10:22:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 529 KB
7 Status 0x575546ee9a39dd5cb3b4e34a146a8a3e 3/30/2012 8:44:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 529 KB
8 Status 0x44452f7a09d00573dc6e714874257cc9 2/4/2012 2:45:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 323 KB
9 Status 0x0b8c0069a9e669e5ef38155a5def5b1d 1/29/2012 10:02:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 85 KB
10 Status 0x27cb54c0346efd7b0536b0cb610131ae 1/27/2012 8:36:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 291 KB
11 Status 0x99c14f90313726794d411f6d2c5eab4d 1/15/2012 9:16:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 292 KB
12 Status 0xd1fc4789788f15261a54f18b6cf72945 1/13/2012 10:12:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 323 KB
13 Status 0x76c085eec136e7219fb2b9f58a8a1f8c 1/8/2012 6:46:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 281 KB
14 Status 0x816445308d1b3af41558439d8ac29b6b 12/30/2011 11:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 323 KB
15 Status 0x573ed3d413d9263f1ffa231928204299 12/29/2011 7:10:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 280 KB
16 Status 0x402fd7b220807b87236e2164c99ccaf9 12/22/2011 10:35:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 323 KB
17 Status 0x7178665984da674e4f6d99c43179a7f4 12/22/2011 8:01:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 323 KB
18 Status 0x4f6ba9ff6c5145f52f0d0648e3dec39f 12/9/2011 8:41:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 322 KB
19 Status 0xbfa09caff82033c47d9dbe198af9472f 11/17/2011 11:39:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 322 KB
20 Status 0x4d31603aac4bba1951d6f100f71fee5c 9/19/2011 4:02:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 265 KB
21 Status 0x7dd31c0d40edef77036aca98a109cce2 9/16/2011 2:48:00 AM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 244 KB
22 Status 0xc336747923d664ac64a215a706886930 9/15/2011 8:42:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 291 KB
23 Status 0x28bb90302fb973014e0f4699860f9bb0 9/5/2011 7:38:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 267 KB
24 Status 0x287c4f0169a1f89dfbb99578e8669e98 8/2/2011 4:30:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 260 KB
25 Status 0x8041fb828109307a522a7fa665c94449 7/29/2011 10:53:00 PM Unknown Unknown Hotspot Shield Service 265 KB


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