What is wintun.sys?

wintun.sys is part of Wintun Driver and developed by WireGuard LLC according to the wintun.sys version information.

wintun.sys's description is "Wintun Driver"

wintun.sys is digitally signed by WireGuard LLC.

wintun.sys is usually located in the 'c:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\wintun.inf_amd64_def3401515466414\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about wintun.sys.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on wintun.sys:

PropertyValue
Product nameWintun Driver
Company nameWireGuard LLC
File descriptionWintun Driver
Internal namewintun.sys
Original filenamewintun.sys
Commentshttps://www.wintun.net/
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018-2019 WireGuard LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Product version0.8
File version0.8

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

Product nameWintun Driver
Company nameWireGuard LLC
File descriptionWintun Driver
Internal namewintun.sys
Original filenamewintun.sys
Commentshttps://www.wintun.net/
Legal copyrightCopyright © 2018-2019 WireGuard LLC..
Product version0.8
File version0.8

Digital signatures [?]

wintun.sys has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameWireGuard LLC
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2)
Certificate serial number0663d5fca728882f36ff1bdf5d85f0ba

VirusTotal report

None of the 71 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the wintun.sys file.

None of the 71 anti-virus programs detected the wintun.sys file.

Sandbox Report

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

Summary

ERROR: Failed to execute process.

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1586274784.3125,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "C:\\Users\\Jason A. Donenfeld\\Projects\\wintun\\amd64\\Release\\wintun.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": "INIT",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 710,
            "time": 1.085737943649292,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 874,
            "time": -0.03821420669555664,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 1202,
            "time": 1.100111961364746,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "cecf4a0b6fbdb10b3871c48577fdefc24708d21a45b1338e1d174e13f7a9fd3e",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "8a9bdb968ed360578da808617a404e11cc98aac105f1f551273383f20d232541",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD51945d7d1f56b67ae1cad6ffe13a01985
SHA256eb58bf00df7b4f98334178e75df3348c609ea5c6c74cf7f185f363aa23976c8b

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with wintun.sys. 42% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 19 users.

User vote results: There were 8 votes to remove and 11 votes to keep

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

zugzug writes

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thanks for the info, great site :-) I was looking for an installer as it appears there is a bug in windows 7 which makes it fail to install properly even after applying KB2921916.

stay safe

# 6 Mar 2021, 10:02

yoquese writes

0 thumbs

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# 21 Jun 2021, 11:18

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