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MullvadSecurity

Account-number VPN. You no need email. Di process na mullvad.exe. E no be Mullvad Browser.

Wetin you need know

mullvad.exe na di VPN. Mullvad Browser na different download.

Mullvad VPN dey use account number and no email. mullvad.exe na di Windows client. Mullvad Browser no be dis product. Mozilla VPN na Mozilla-branded client wey Mullvad dey power, no be dis exe.

Wetin e be?
Account-number VPN. No email need
Same as Mullvad Browser?
No. Na different download
Same as Mozilla VPN?
No. Mozilla pack Mullvad inside another app
Feex tok say
If you open Mullvad Browser dey find country map, I go send you go mullvad.exe. Di browser na separate download. Mozilla VPN dey powered by Mullvad and still be different app from Mozilla.

Wetin be Mullvad VPN?

Mullvad VPN na privacy-focused VPN wey you dey pay with account number. mullvad.exe na di Windows client. Mullvad Browser na different product.

If you never use am before

If you want VPN wey dey log you in with account number, na Mullvad VPN be dis, no be Mullvad Browser. Download am from mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/windows. mullvad.exe na di VPN. Di browser na separate download. No email dey required. Dis one no be NordVPN and no be Mozilla VPN, even though say na Mullvad dey power Mozilla VPN.

Wetin dem dey use am for?

Account-number VPN

You dey generate number come pay. No Nord-style email account requirement dey.

WireGuard inside official app

Di Windows app dey speak WireGuard. Dat one na still mullvad.exe, no be bare wireguard.exe client with config wey you write.

No be di browser

Mullvad Browser na Firefox-based browser. E no dey replace dis VPN exe.

Na who e dey for?

  • People wey no want email on top di VPN account
  • Users wey install Mullvad Browser come dey wonder where Connect go
  • Anybody wey dey use Mozilla VPN wey suppose know say na branded Mullvad path be dat, no be dis exe

Current status

Dem dey actively develop am. Dis article na about di Windows VPN app, no be Mullvad Browser.

How old e be?

Mullvad start for 2009 for Sweden. Di account-number style na di main point. Mullvad Browser come later with Tor Project. Current Windows VPN builds na di official app, no be 2010 OpenVPN config zip only.

Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers no dey all verified here.

Windows VPN app
Mullvad Browser (another product)

System requirements

Values dey follow wetin di publisher release publicly. Workload still dey change di real need.

Minimum

Minimum system requirements
Operating system Windows 10 or Windows 11, according to Mullvad VPN Windows download
RAM Light client

Resource profile

CPU demand
WireGuard while connected
Network demand
All traffic while di tunnel dey work

Installed processes

Dese executables belong to dis product when e dey installed.

Installed processes
mullvad.exe Mullvad VPN client. No be Mullvad Browser
mullvad-daemon.exe Background service for Windows

Startup components

Di Mullvad service fit start with Windows. Di Connect at boot switch dey inside di app.

File locations

Common Mullvad VPN locations
Typical install C:\Program Files\Mullvad VPN\

Common wahala dem

Browser install instead of VPN

Mullvad Browser no go create di system tunnel. Install di VPN from di /download/vpn/windows page.

People dey treat Mozilla VPN as dis exe

Mozilla VPN.exe na Mozilla app. E dey use Mullvad network. E no be mullvad.exe.

How to get unstuck

Download di VPN, no be only di browser

mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/windows na dis product. Di browser page na different tile.

Enter di account number inside mullvad.exe

No password reset email dey. Di number na di login.

No paste WireGuard config enter dis app unless Mullvad document dat path

Di official app already dey talk to Mullvad. wireguard.exe na for your own server.

Alternatives

Mozilla VPN if you want Mozilla account on top Mullvad network. NordVPN or ExpressVPN for email-account VPNs. Tailscale if you want mesh.

Official help and downloads

Start with di vendor. Random exe sites no be support channel.

Official contacts
Download mullvad.net/en/download/vpn/windows Official installer or vendor page
Help mullvad.net/en/help Vendor support
Official site mullvad.net/ Start here, no be random exe host

Related hardware

Di client dey light. Encryption dey use CPU while e connect.

Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers dey change. Dis article no pin down any build.

Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. How we dey do research.

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