proxy_windows_386.exe Firewall Notification

[Brian Gaudreault]

Hello, when connecting to a Vagrant Shared VM via SSH, I'm getting a Windows Firewall prompt about 'proxy_windows_386.exe' (in C:\Program Files\hashicorp\vagrant\embedded\gems\gems\vagrant-share-1.1.0\localbin\), which looks like a malware-type name.  Here's the message: "Windows Security Alert.  Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this app.  Windows Firewall has blocked some features of proxy_windows_386.exe on all public and private networks.".

 

So I did a quick search for this file name on the Internet as well as the Git-SCM.com/community site and haven't found any clear explinations about what this file is and if it's safe.  If this is a legitimate safe file, I think it's important that this is clearly documented in the Git documentation.  Can someone verify the details about this file?

 

Thanks,

BRIAN

[dragon788]

Can you post your Vagrantfile that you are trying to up and share? I'm pretty sure that this exception is required to allow external users to connect into your VM from other hosts.