The Windows client
Version 0.1.0+44ce524 — a Windows x86-64 build from commit 44ce524, published here with the sha256 and the byte size of the exact file below. It is not code-signed.
This build is not code-signed
Windows will warn about it, and the warning is correct.
The file carries no code-signing certificate. SmartScreen therefore cannot identify a publisher, and it warns before the file runs. The warning is correct and it is not a false alarm — this build genuinely has no identity behind it.
The reason is a lead time rather than a mistake: signing needs a code-signing certificate, and a certificate is bought, with identity verification running before any certificate exists. That purchase has not been made, so the decision to ship unsigned is recorded, with its re-read tied to the first public download rather than to a date.
A client like this one is also a large thing to trust: it installs a network adapter, asks for administrator rights, and carries all of your traffic once it is connected. That is what a VPN client does, and it is the reason a warning about it deserves a reading rather than a reflex. Whether to run the file is your decision; this page states what is known about it and does not coach you past the prompt.
The file
One artefact, and the list that verifies it.
Download TopNetworks-0.1.0+44ce524-x86_64.msvc.exe
The digest list to compare it against: TopNetworks-0.1.0+44ce524-x86_64.msvc.exe.sha256
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| File | TopNetworks-0.1.0+44ce524-x86_64.msvc.exe |
| Version | 0.1.0+44ce524 |
| Size | 6,476,288 bytes |
| SHA-256 | 3bf2f208130ee2bc2a8dd821442e3fd629c58f219281cd50b70fdba91f6cfff8 |
| Built from | 44ce524b12de0f27d311f18f206b50d601b89db7 |
| Build target | x86_64-pc-windows-msvc |
| Signed | No — this build carries no certificate |
What it needs
Measured from the binary's own imports, not assumed.
- 64-bit Windows 10 or later.
- WireGuard for Windows, installed. The client drives the signed WireGuard tunnel service rather than bundling a tunnel driver of its own, and it says so by name if the service is missing.
- Administrator rights at first run, once: installing a tunnel service needs an elevated token.
Check what you got
A digest is only worth publishing if it is compared with something you did not have to copy by hand.
| Where | Command |
|---|---|
| Windows (Command Prompt) | certutil -hashfile TopNetworks-0.1.0+44ce524-x86_64.msvc.exe SHA256 |
| Linux or macOS | sha256sum TopNetworks-0.1.0+44ce524-x86_64.msvc.exe |
| Linux or macOS, against the published list | sha256sum -c TopNetworks-0.1.0+44ce524-x86_64.msvc.exe.sha256 |
Each of these should print 3bf2f208130ee2bc2a8dd821442e3fd629c58f219281cd50b70fdba91f6cfff8. If it prints anything else, the file you have is not the file this page published, and it should not be run.
What this page is, and is not
The surface matters as much as the file.
Offered unsigned, deliberately: anyone holding this URL can download the file, including people outside this team. That is an unsigned build being put in front of strangers, and it is a decision recorded with the signing one rather than an oversight. It is also why that decision is re-read before the first public download instead of on a calendar date — the event that matters is this file being offered to strangers, not a day passing.
What this page does not claim: any reputation or SmartScreen behaviour for this binary. Nobody has reported a prompt either way, and a file this new has no history to report.