What is Avira.VpnService.exe?
Avira.VpnService.exe is part of Avira Phantom VPN and developed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG according to the Avira.VpnService.exe version information.
Avira.VpnService.exe's description is "VpnService"
Avira.VpnService.exe is digitally signed by Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG.
Avira.VpnService.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Avira\VPN\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about Avira.VpnService.exe.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on Avira.VpnService.exe:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | Avira Phantom VPN |
| Company name | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| File description | VpnService |
| Internal name | Avira.VpnService.exe |
| Original filename | Avira.VpnService.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2015 Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG and its Licensors |
| Product version | 2.20.1.23980 |
| File version | 2.20.1.23980 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | Avira Phantom VPN |
| Company name | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| File description | VpnService |
| Internal name | Avira.VpnService.exe |
| Original filename | Avira.VpnService.exe |
| Legal copyright | Copyright © 2015 Avira Operations G.. |
| Product version | 2.20.1.23980 |
| File version | 2.20.1.23980 |
Digital signatures [?]
Avira.VpnService.exe has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG |
| Certificate issuer name | GlobalSign Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3 |
| Certificate serial number | 2355895f1759e9e3648026f4 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 69 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the Avira.VpnService.exe file.
Sandbox Report
The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.
Summary
Successfully executed process in sandbox.
Summary
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"dll_loaded": [
"ADVAPI32.dll",
"SHLWAPI.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
"gdi32.dll"
],
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"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v2.0.50727\\",
"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\34aba7aa1450ee9393c0a99f2539b7679f44051be7734be47f706011540d5178.bin"
],
"regkey_opened": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
],
"file_exists": [
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
],
"file_failed": [
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\Upgrades.2.0.50727\\",
"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\34aba7aa1450ee9393c0a99f2539b7679f44051be7734be47f706011540d5178.bin.config",
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\"
],
"regkey_read": [
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
]
}Generic
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"process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\34aba7aa1450ee9393c0a99f2539b7679f44051be7734be47f706011540d5178.bin",
"process_name": "34aba7aa1450ee9393c0a99f2539b7679f44051be7734be47f706011540d5178.bin",
"pid": 2740,
"summary": {
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"SHLWAPI.dll",
"C:\\Windows\\system32\\IMM32.DLL",
"gdi32.dll"
],
"file_opened": [
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"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\34aba7aa1450ee9393c0a99f2539b7679f44051be7734be47f706011540d5178.bin"
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"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Standards",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\Upgrades",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards\\v4.0.30319",
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\v2.0",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\standards",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\Policy\\AppPatch"
],
"file_exists": [
"C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOREE.DLL.local"
],
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"C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\34aba7aa1450ee9393c0a99f2539b7679f44051be7734be47f706011540d5178.bin.config",
"C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\"
],
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"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\OnlyUseLatestCLR",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Windows\\LoadAppInit_DLLs",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\NoGuiFromShim",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\CLRLoadLogDir",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework\\InstallRoot",
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\GRE_Initialize\\DisableMetaFiles"
]
},
"first_seen": 1599864787.609375,
"ppid": 1664
},
{
"process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
"process_name": "lsass.exe",
"pid": 476,
"summary": {},
"first_seen": 1599864787.328125,
"ppid": 376
}
]Signatures
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"markcount": 1,
"families": [],
"description": "This executable has a PDB path",
"severity": 1,
"marks": [
{
"category": "pdb_path",
"ioc": "C:\\bamboo-build\\VPN-WINR-JOB1\\vpn-win\\Source.Win\\Avira.VpnService\\obj\\Release\\Avira.VpnService.pdb",
"type": "ioc",
"description": null
}
],
"references": [],
"name": "has_pdb"
}
]Yara
The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.
Network
{
"tls": [],
"udp": [
{
"src": "192.168.56.101",
"dst": "192.168.56.255",
"offset": 662,
"time": 6.220064878463745,
"dport": 137,
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"http": [],
"icmp": [],
"smtp": [],
"tcp": [],
"smtp_ex": [],
"mitm": [],
"hosts": [],
"pcap_sha256": "57ed3e22b5658981911ac9f6653ac1b4c1aa9e39433ae8953d9cce0550537b83",
"dns": [],
"http_ex": [],
"domains": [],
"dead_hosts": [],
"sorted_pcap_sha256": "d7777abaccf8181f174d4237c49d45937f666b56d05b68dc2e5bc50e97fa2fd7",
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}Screenshots
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 6bdaa9a10d7ae4cf5bd138d0ac798170 |
| SHA256 | 34aba7aa1450ee9393c0a99f2539b7679f44051be7734be47f706011540d5178 |
Error Messages
These are some of the error messages that can appear related to avira.vpnservice.exe:
avira.vpnservice.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
avira.vpnservice.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.
VpnService has stopped working.
End Program - avira.vpnservice.exe. This program is not responding.
avira.vpnservice.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
avira.vpnservice.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.
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What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with the file. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 3 users.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 3 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with the file. Only 3 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Malware or legitimate?
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