What is vpnsecure.exe?

vpnsecure.exe is part of vpnsecure OpenVPN and developed by vpnsecure according to the vpnsecure.exe version information.

vpnsecure.exe's description is "vpnsecure OpenVPN"

vpnsecure.exe is digitally signed by VPNSECURE PTY LTD.

vpnsecure.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\VPNSecureMe\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected vpnsecure.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 vpnsecure.exe:

Property	Value
Product name	vpnsecure OpenVPN
Company name	vpnsecure
File description	vpnsecure OpenVPN
Internal name	nw_exe
Original filename	vpnsecure.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2010-2018 vpnsecure
Product version	2.1.6
File version	2.1.6

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product name	vpnsecure OpenVPN
Company name	vpnsecure
File description	vpnsecure OpenVPN
Internal name	nw_exe
Original filename	vpnsecure.exe
Legal copyright	Copyright (C) 2010-2018 vpnsecure
Product version	2.1.6
File version	2.1.6

Digital signatures [?]

vpnsecure.exe has a valid digital signature.

Property	Value
Signer name	VPNSECURE PTY LTD
Certificate issuer name	SSL.com Object CA
Certificate serial number	73791e1d4931b051d1d4c9107a38f2df

VirusTotal report

2 of the 66 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the vpnsecure.exe file. That's a 3% detection rate.

Scanner	Detection Name
Jiangmin	Trojan.Sly.h
Zillya	Trojan.Sly.Win32.24

2 of the 66 anti-virus programs detected the vpnsecure.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1589881987.4375,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "E:\\build\\nw16_win32\\node-webkit\\src\\out\\Release\\initialexe\\nw.exe.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 3,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "CPADinfo",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            },
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "_RDATA",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The file contains an unknown PE resource name possibly indicative of a packer",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "resource name",
                "ioc": "GOOGLEUPDATEAPPLICATIONCOMMANDS",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_unknown_resource_name"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 14,
        "families": [],
        "description": "Foreign language identified in PE resource",
        "severity": 2,
        "marks": [
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4a34",
                "filetype": "GLS_BINARY_LSB_FIRST",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x00000468"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4ef8",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 6 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000005a"
            },
            {
                "name": "RT_GROUP_ICON",
                "language": "LANG_ARABIC",
                "offset": "0x001a4ef8",
                "filetype": "MS Windows icon resource - 6 icons, 256x256",
                "sublanguage": "SUBLANG_NEUTRAL",
                "type": "generic",
                "size": "0x0000005a"
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "origin_langid"
    }
]

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": 6.1878838539123535,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4434,
            "time": 6.121762990951538,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 4762,
            "time": 4.131335020065308,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
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            "dport": 5355,
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        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5418,
            "time": 4.74602484703064,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
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            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 5746,
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            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 6074,
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            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 13636,
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            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
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        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "fdea3c7c9e825b46d67fc159aa137981b8a1cee94f3a3c65dd45ce0226651252",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "26b4b2833e6be111916884d27c25262208c7e276822d5d42eb453e395660ceb2",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

vpnsecure.exe removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove vpnsecure.exe with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the vpnsecure.exe file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that vpnsecure.exe has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
When the scan is finished, locate vpnsecure.exe in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the vpnsecure.exe file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate vpnsecure.exe in the scan result.

C:\Program Files\VPNSecureMe\vpnsecure.exe
Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the vpnsecure.exe file.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If vpnsecure.exe still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If vpnsecure.exe is gone from the scan result you're done.
If vpnsecure.exe still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
Restart your computer.
Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that vpnsecure.exe no longer appear in the scan result.

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Hashes [?]

Property	Value
MD5	c74be7b37bc3e74209f29988e2b33f02
SHA256	554d1c2885c7f7b102b3085e22c442ebde1d036ef3e2cdb7f377dad11de65213

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to vpnsecure.exe:

vpnsecure.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

vpnsecure.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.

vpnsecure OpenVPN has stopped working.

End Program - vpnsecure.exe. This program is not responding.

vpnsecure.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

vpnsecure.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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