A Networking software called openvpn.exe is an application which is free and runs under the Microsoft Window operating system only. This application can tunnel Internet Protocol (IP) and this application only uses one User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port with the ability to encrypt packets, compress packets, authenticate packets and as well as key exchange and to Secure Sockets layer or Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS)-based session authentication. This software is with Virtual Private Network (VPN) for the creation of Encrypted tunnels which is considered to be point-to-point encrypted tunnels between host computers. And this executable software is under the General Public License software which is free of charge and was designed by James Yonan. This software also is responsible in changing proxy settings which user may choose between SOCKS settings , Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy, Config-file settings. This software will not work without the libeay32.dll installed on the Personal Computer of the user for lideay32.dll has the encryption functions specifically to allow the coded communication on the networks.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. openvpn.exe. is used by Virtual Private Network, If you shut down openvpn.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop openvpn.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Virtual Private Network, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed openvpn.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Virtual Private Network, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if openvpn.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that openvpn.exe, belongs to, in this case Virtual Private Network