This would seem to indicate that the installer package may have malware embedded in it, resident in the SoftEther VPN Service exe, and that it is ALWAYS ACTIVE when the Service is running.

However, the outbound requests to IP Address 80.82.64.193 continued as before. So, I fully uninstalled/expunged the SoftEther VPN and all related VPN Gate system files, and clean reinstalled from vpngate-client-2013.09. (downloaded from. I had been running VPNGate using installer vpngate-client-2013.07. It would seem your software is allowing you to connect to IP's that can be malicious.

IP Address 80.82.64.193= ET-RBN Known Russian Buisness Network IP with malicious detections as of Today-9-27-2013 That IP is on a range of servers that are known to recently be participating or housing threats that can potentially harm someones computer and why the IP is blocked. They advised that this IP address was on their blocked list, because: I asked on the Malwarebytes support forum why Malwarebytes is blocking outgoing VPN Gate IP address 80.82.64.193 (WHOIS says Host Country Netherlands). These outbound messages are being sent even when the SoftEther VPN Client Manager is NOT connected to a VPNGate node - i.e., when it is inactive.Īlso 80.82.64.193 () is often listed on the VPNGate Hostname list in the VPN Client Manager GUI. Thought I should report that the Windows Service called SoftEther VPN Client (program executable is vpnclient_圆4.exe) is sending outbound messages to IP address 80.82.64.193 - a suspicious site that is blocked by Malwarebytes. WARNING: Evidence that SoftEther VPN Service exe has embedded malware.

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