tapinstall.exe
Summary
Windows TAP virtual network adapter installer used by VPN clients for tunneling
tapinstall.exe is the 2740th most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 128 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos SSL VPN Client\bin and it is most often launched by rundll32.exe.
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Sophos\Sophos SSL VPN Client\bin53.12%
- C:\Program Files\TAP-Windows\bin14.84%
- C:\Program Files\AVAST Software\Avast\OpenVPN\driver\win64\ndis67.03%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\ibVPN_2.x\OpenVPN\bin6.25%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN Technologies\OpenVPN Client\driver\win64.63.91%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Proton Technologies\ProtonVPNTap\installer\x643.91%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\NordVPN network TAP\bin\amd643.12%
- C:\Program Files\TAP-NordVPN\bin1.56%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\ExpressVPN\wintun\tapinstall1.56%
- C:\Program Files (x86)\MaskVPN\driver\win7641.56%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- 06c043971ffb9660db57fbad74d08ad8fb1105dddfd9adebed1d7ed2b314d1e253.97%
- c9963a3f8abf6fedc8f983a9655a387d67c752bd59b0d16fd6fc2396b4b4ca6726.98%
- 6cc6f4bc8d06ada3cbd90cb65b6ebb0ff3b3924f22e9acb53713c3ab0da1de796.35%
- 9755c5510ba759c80c52ee75250912807a947c34e0dbce2f8fd6abf94a8b35df6.35%
- 4c3b0c9890171937fc27633b35ac369aa829830f36bcad63ad73defc914b3c861.59%
- 4e5919590db894a5760a845d7ea8d9b248f91a6628e9504c2fd1e570da6bf02a1.59%
- ad39d1bb824e0039d163410f6f700a8acbbec3d7204fc6d2efca718fc7755b771.59%
- e6e4892d302e0998b75d70f1cd59faa3d55bf7a1fed5c218610638560ab408d51.59%
Process Ancestry
Top Grandparents
- explorer.exe24.74%
- chrome.exe14.43%
- msiexec.exe14.43%
- firefox.exe12.37%
- iexplore.exe6.19%
- Uninstall.exe6.19%
- browser_broker.exe4.12%
- SystemSettings.exe1.03%
Top Parents
- rundll32.exe17.74%
- instup.exe14.52%
- msiexec.exe11.29%
- cmd.exe9.68%
Top Children
- conhost.exe100%
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.