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Downloads:

3,286

Downloads of v 4.2.5.294:

95

Last Update:

01 Feb 2024

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • IPVanish

Tags:

admin vpn security privacy notsilent

IPVanish VPN (Install)

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4.2.5.294 | Updated: 01 Feb 2024

Downloads:

3,286

Downloads of v 4.2.5.294:

95

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • IPVanish

IPVanish VPN (Install) 4.2.5.294

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This Package Contains an Exempted Check

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

This package has been tested in local Test Environment and works as expected, so putting it down to an issue with the automated test environment.

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install IPVanish VPN (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade IPVanish VPN (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall IPVanish VPN (Install), run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade ipvanish -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade ipvanish -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install ipvanish
  win_chocolatey:
    name: ipvanish
    version: '4.2.5.294'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'ipvanish' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '4.2.5.294'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller ipvanish
{
    Name     = "ipvanish"
    Version  = "4.2.5.294"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'ipvanish':
  ensure   => '4.2.5.294',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

NOTE

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Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 01 Feb 2024.

Description

With IPVanish, your internet traffic is routed through the secure server of your choosing. This helps protect your online identity and helps prevent advertisers, and network hackers from monitoring your activity.

Simplified data protection

It takes just one tap to defend your online data using our VPN app. Unite security and convenience through advanced settings that help protect your online activity automatically, so you don’t have to remember.

Powerful internet privacy

Our anonymous IP addresses shield your internet traffic from third-party spying. Armor your Wi-Fi network connection, guard your location data, and keep your activity confidential with the best online privacy shield.

Use IPVanish on every device you own

Why sacrifice the protection of one device for another? We don’t meter simultaneous VPN connections or installations, so you’ll never have to choose.

Notes

  • The install and uninstall are not silent but are automated.
  • The IPVanish software is problematic to automate. Please have patience, and let the maintainer know if they change the installer and it stops working.
  • This is an automatically updated package. If you find it is out of date by more than a week, please contact the maintainer(s) and let them know the package is no longer updating correctly.

tools\ipvanish-install.ahk
#NoTrayIcon
SendMode "Input"  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetTitleMatchMode 1
SetControlDelay -1
CoordMode "Mouse", "Window"

; NOTE
; The IPVanish installer isn't a proper 'Window' from the point of view of AHK.
; We therefore can't just detect buttons or text in the window as there is nothing there
; so we are relying on colours.
; One other thing to note is that while the window is activated or detected, we sometimes 
; have to wait before 'clicking' a button.

winTitle := "ahk_exe ipvanish-setup.exe"
sleepWait := 250
totalWait := 300000

if not WinWait(winTitle, , 90)
{
    ExitApp
}

; We are checking for the grey bar that the installation path is shown in
wait := 0
While PixelGetColor(85, 265) != "0x2F2F30" and wait < totalWait
{
    Sleep sleepWait
    wait += sleepWait
    WinActivate winTitle
}

WinActivate winTitle
Sleep 250
Click 400, 450

; Just loop here until the page with the world appears. That's the final 'its installed' page.
wait := 0
While PixelGetColor(365, 215) != "0x6FBC44" and wait < totalWait
{
    Sleep sleepWait
    wait += sleepWait
    WinActivate winTitle    
}

WinActivate winTitle
; put in a delay here - while the window is active, clicking the button is hit and miss. The delay seems to fix that.
Sleep 250
Click 100, 450
tools\.skipAutoUninstall
 
tools\ipvanish-uninstall.ahk
#NoTrayIcon
SendMode "Event"  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetTitleMatchMode 1
SetControlDelay -1
CoordMode "Mouse", "Window"
#WinActivateForce

; NOTE
; The IPVanish installer isn't a proper 'Window' from the point of view of AHK.
; We therefore can't just detect buttons or text in the window as there is nothing there
; so we are relying on colours.
; One other thing to note is that while the window is activated or detected, we sometimes 
; have to wait before 'clicking' a button.

winTitle := "ahk_exe IPVanish.exe"
sleepWait := 250
totalWait := 300000

if not WinWait(winTitle, , 90)
{
    ExitApp
}

; We are checking for the green recycle bin that means we are on uninstall window
wait := 0
WinActivate winTitle
While PixelGetColor(400, 280) != "0x46D153" and wait < totalWait
{
    Sleep sleepWait
    wait += sleepWait
    WinActivate winTitle
}

WinActivate winTitle
Sleep 250
Click 650, 450

; Just loop here until the page with the computer screen appears. That's the final 'its uninstalled' page.
; the colour we are detecting is the dark gray half (top right half)
wait := 0
WinActivate winTitle
; This is here as that last window needs the mouse clicked on it _somewhere_ before
; it picks up the pixel colour and works
Click 400, 450
While PixelGetColor(430, 225, "Slow") != "0x4A4A4A" and wait < totalWait
{
    Sleep sleepWait
    wait += sleepWait
    WinActivate winTitle
}

WinActivate winTitle
; put in a delay here - while the window is active, clicking the button is hit and miss. The delay seems to fix that.
Sleep 250
Click 400, 450
tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$toolsDir       = $(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)

# Start Autohotkey install script
$ahkExe = 'AutoHotKey'
$ahkFile = Join-Path -Path $env:TEMP -ChildPath "$(Get-Random).ahk" 
$ahkSourceFile = Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath "$($env:ChocolateyPackageName)-install.ahk"
Copy-Item -Path $ahkSourceFile -Destination $ahkFile

Write-Verbose "Running AutoHotkey install script $ahkFile"
$ahkProc = Start-Process -FilePath $ahkExe -ArgumentList $ahkFile -PassThru
$ahkId = $ahkProc.Id
Write-Debug "$ahkExe start time:`t$($ahkProc.StartTime.ToShortTimeString())"
Write-Debug "Process ID:`t$ahkId"

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName    = 'ipvanish'
  softwareName   = 'ipvanish*'
  fileType       = 'exe'
  url            = 'https://www.ipvanish.com/software/setup-prod-v2/ipvanish-setup.exe'
  checksum       = '431C75C60163BA27A69F144B28E9B8964F05E703826A4C75E856C9CB4DCC4C1C'
  checksumType   = 'SHA256'
  silentArgs     = ''
  validExitCodes = @(0)
}

Install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

Remove-Item -Path $ahkFile -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

$toolsDir       = $(Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)

$packageArgs = @{
    packageName     = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
    softwareName    = 'IPVanish*'
    fileType        = 'EXE'
    # the installer always seems to exit with -1. ALWAYS! This is a really bad idea
    # but I don't know what else to do here.
    validExitCodes  = @(-1, 0, 3010, 1605, 1614, 1641)
}

[array]$key = Get-UninstallRegistryKey -SoftwareName $packageArgs['softwareName']

if ($key.Count -eq 1) {
    $uninstallStringParts = $key[0].UninstallString -split ' /'
    $uninstallerPath = $uninstallStringParts[0].Trim('"')
    $uninstallerArgs = "/$($uninstallStringParts[1].Trim(' '))"   # we split on the '/' so add it back in
}
elseif ($key.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Warning "$packageName has already been uninstalled by other means."
    return
}
elseif ($key.Count -gt 1) {
    # This installer creates MSI and EXE uninstaller keys:
    # MsiExec.exe /X{13C893E2-C294-43D3-93A7-2FB25245E7BE}
    # "C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{9fbdf1aa-07db-4cda-bbac-9bed297bd2c2}\IPVanish.exe"  /uninstall
    # We need to find the correct string
    $uninstallCmd = $key | Where-Object UninstallString -like '*IPVanish.exe*'

    # The string will look something like 
    # "C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{9fbdf1aa-07db-4cda-bbac-9bed297bd2c2}\IPVanish.exe"  /uninstall
    # so first part will be uninstall path and second part will be arguments.
    $uninstallStringParts = $uninstallCmd.UninstallString -split ' /'
    $uninstallerPath = $uninstallStringParts[0].Trim('"')
    $uninstallerArgs = "/$($uninstallStringParts[1].Trim(' '))"   # we split on the '/' so add it back in
}

# Start Autohotkey uninstall script
$ahkExe = 'AutoHotKey'
$ahkFile = Join-Path -Path $env:TEMP -ChildPath "$(Get-Random).ahk" 
$ahkSourceFile = Join-Path -Path $toolsDir -ChildPath "$($env:ChocolateyPackageName)-uninstall.ahk"
Copy-Item -Path $ahkSourceFile -Destination $ahkFile

Write-Verbose "Running AutoHotkey install script $ahkFile"
$ahkProc = Start-Process -FilePath $ahkExe -ArgumentList $ahkFile -PassThru
$ahkId = $ahkProc.Id
Write-Debug "$ahkExe start time:`t$($ahkProc.StartTime.ToShortTimeString())"
Write-Debug "Process ID:`t$ahkId"

$packageArgs['file'] = $uninstallerPath
$packageArgs['silentArgs'] = $uninstallerArgs

Uninstall-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs

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Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
IPVanish VPN (Install) 4.2.3.281 218 Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Approved
IPVanish VPN (Install) 4.2.1.208 76 Saturday, July 22, 2023 Approved
IPVanish 3.4.4.420190621 1849 Friday, June 21, 2019 Approved
IPVanish 3.4.4.4 193 Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Approved
IPVanish 3.2.12 435 Sunday, December 2, 2018 Approved
IPVanish 3.1.3 420 Tuesday, May 15, 2018 Approved
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