Estimated safety rating

mullvad-daemon.exe may be a dangerous program, according to an automatic analysis of the program's operation. It triggers many of the "probable danger" flags described bellow. It is not yet known if mullvad-daemon.exe is malware or an ok program which doesn't harm the computer. We recommend you to be careful with it.

Executable file path

Usually, the default filename and folder where the program is stored is
C:\Program Files\Mullvad VPN\resources\mullvad-daemon.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 fingerprint for this file is 4833d39d928133ecbe4bbb3cc22e6a2e.

Is running as a service

This program is a Windows service. This means it operates on your PC in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are legit programs, which perform useful functions to other programs or to Windows in general.

Accesses the internet

This program uses the Internet to communicate. Today this is ok. For example, most of the programs on your PC check for updates. For this, Internet communications are required.

Is a 64 bit executable file

64-bit code has been detected. This application can exploit the full power of a modern computer processor.

File description

The description written in the file is Mullvad VPN daemon. Runs and controls the VPN tunnels.

File version

File version extracted from the file 2019.9.0.

Manufacturer

Company name Amagicom AB.

Copyright

Legal copyright (c) 2018 Amagicom AB.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure functions of Windows have been used, such as functions for intercepting the keyboard. We recommend you to be very careful regarding this program.

Digitally signed

The digital certificate is missing from this program. The authors did not bother to sign it. This is probably bad.

Can be uninstalled

This executable does NOT have a removal routine stored in registry.