Should I block it?

No, this file is 100% safe to run.

VersionsAdditional versions

5bb21 12.50%
069aa 12.50%
b29d2 25.00%
f5578 25.00%
9b528 12.50%
8e179 12.50%
(Note, AnchorFree Inc publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)

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advapi32.dll
RegEnumKeyExA, RegOpenKeyExA, RegCloseKey, RegCreateKeyExW, RegQueryValueExW, RegDeleteValueW, RegOpenKeyExW, GetUserNameW, RegSetValueExW
iphlpapi.dll
GetAdaptersInfo
kernel32.dll
GetLastError, ProcessIdToSessionId, GetCurrentProcessId, SetConsoleCtrlHandler, Sleep, WaitForSingleObject, TerminateThread, GetExitCodeProcess, OpenProcess, DeleteFileW, GetTempPathW, CloseHandle, CreateProcessW, GetStartupInfoW, GetModuleFileNameW, LockResource, SizeofResource, LoadResource, FindResourceW, CreateMutexW, CompareStringW, GetTimeZoneInformation, GetCurrentDirectoryW, PeekNamedPipe, GetFileInformationByHandle, GetFullPathNameW, FindFirstFileExW, GetDriveTypeW, FileTimeToLocalFileTime, FileTimeToSystemTime, FindClose, FindResourceExW, SetEnvironmentVariableA, WideCharToMultiByte, SetEndOfFile, WriteConsoleW, FlushFileBuffers, SetStdHandle, GetFileSize, SetFilePointer, GetModuleHandleW, WriteFile, ReadFile, CreateFileW, MultiByteToWideChar, GetProcAddress, GetVolumeInformationW, SetLastError, CreateThread, GetCurrentThreadId, CreateEventW, PostQueuedCompletionStatus, SetEvent, CreateIoCompletionPort, GetQueuedCompletionStatus, InitializeCriticalSection, DeleteCriticalSection, EnterCriticalSection, LeaveCriticalSection, WaitForMultipleObjects, CreateToolhelp32Snapshot, Process32FirstW, Process32NextW, SetWaitableTimer, GetTickCount, CreateWaitableTimerW, ResetEvent, ReleaseMutex, RaiseException, InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount, HeapDestroy, HeapAlloc, HeapFree, HeapReAlloc, HeapSize, GetProcessHeap, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, EncodePointer, DecodePointer, CreateFileA, GetCommandLineW, HeapSetInformation, ExitThread, ResumeThread, TerminateProcess, GetCurrentProcess, UnhandledExceptionFilter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, IsDebuggerPresent, IsProcessorFeaturePresent, HeapCreate, GetCPInfo, InterlockedIncrement, InterlockedDecrement, GetACP, GetOEMCP, IsValidCodePage, TlsAlloc, TlsGetValue, TlsSetValue, TlsFree, LCMapStringW, LoadLibraryW, GetStdHandle, FreeEnvironmentStringsW, GetEnvironmentStringsW, SetHandleCount, GetFileType, QueryPerformanceCounter, RtlUnwind, GetStringTypeW, GetConsoleCP, GetConsoleMode, ExitProcess
ole32.dll
CoCreateInstance
psapi.dll
GetProcessMemoryInfo, GetModuleFileNameExW
shell32.dll
SHGetFolderPathW
shlwapi.dll
PathFileExistsW
user32.dll
SetForegroundWindow, GetWindowTextLengthW, GetWindowThreadProcessId, GetClassNameW, SetWindowPos, FindWindowExW, GetWindowRect, IsWindowVisible, GetForegroundWindow, PostMessageA, IsWindow, CopyRect, EnumChildWindows, GetWindowTextW
wininet.dll
InternetCrackUrlA
ws2_32.dll
WSAWaitForMultipleEvents, WSARecv, WSAAccept, WSAEnumNetworkEvents, WSACloseEvent, WSAEventSelect, WSACreateEvent, WSASend

fbwmgr.exe

By AnchorFree Inc (Signed)

Remove fbwmgr.exe
MD5:   5bb21dd19dfe5ebfeb7221486eccaaca
SHA1:   d382892b8ca7609a2b500646ce05502cd921a825
SHA256:   0288ea18bac87f95c4e44e39333ea07f934f0a49405d004cdb69dc203a6f9c42

About fbwmgr.exe (from AnchorFree Inc)

Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop or iPhone and our Internet gateway. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers, hackers, ISP‘s, from viewing your web browsin

Overview

fbwmgr.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent openvpntray.exe (by AnchorFree Inc). The file is digitally signed by AnchorFree Inc which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).

DetailsDetails

File name:fbwmgr.exe
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\hotspot shield\bin\fbwmgr.exe
Size:281.86 KB (288,624 bytes)
Certificate
Issued to:AnchorFree Inc
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Monday, March 28, 2011
Expiration date:Monday, April 14, 2014
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
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ResourcesResource utilization

(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
 
CPU
Total CPU:0.00174056%
0.028634%
Kernel CPU:0.00060323%
0.013761%
User CPU:0.00113733%
0.014873%
Kernel CPU time:45,365 ms/min
100,923,805ms/min
CPU cycles:7,657,446/sec
17,470,203/sec
Memory
Private memory:3.49 MB
21.59 MB
Private (maximum):8.11 MB
Private (minimum):7.2 MB
Non-paged memory:3.49 MB
21.59 MB
Virtual memory:80.79 MB
140.96 MB
Virtual memory (peak):85.79 MB
169.69 MB
Working set:7.41 MB
18.61 MB
Working set (peak):8.23 MB
37.95 MB
Page faults:2,421,607/min
2,039/min
I/O
I/O read transfer:331 Bytes/sec
1.02 MB/min
I/O read operations:1/sec
343/min
I/O other transfer:8.11 KB/sec
448.09 KB/min
I/O other operations:63/sec
1,671/min
Resource allocations
Threads:7
12
Handles:186
600
GUI GDI count:4
103
GUI GDI peak:4
142
GUI USER count:2
49
GUI USER peak:2
71

BehaviorsProcess properties

Integrety level:High
Platform:64-bit
Command line:-sp 896
Owner:User
Parent process:openvpntray.exe (by AnchorFree Inc)

Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

OS versiondistribution
Windows 7 Ultimate 62.50%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 25.00%
Windows 7 Professional 12.50%

Distribution by countryDistribution by country

United States installs about 50.00% of fbwmgr.exe.

OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

PC Manufacturerdistribution
Acer 100.00%
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