The output of this command:

systemctl --type=service --state=active list-units

gives these entries.

openvpn.service                  loaded active exited  OpenVPN service
[email protected] loaded active running OpenVPN connection to es10.nordvpn.com.udp1194
[email protected] loaded active running OpenVPN connection to es14.nordvpn.com.udp1194


I only have one systemd service in the /etc/systemd/system/ folder, which is like this:

<filename: [email protected] >

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[Unit]
Description=OpenVPN connection to %i
PartOf=openvpn.service
ReloadPropagatedFrom=openvpn.service
Before=systemd-user-sessions.service

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/openvpn --cd /etc/openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/nl64.nordvpn.com.udp1194.ovpn --daemon [email protected]

ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
WorkingDirectory=/etc/openvpn
ExecStartPre=/etc/openvpn/openvpn-routes-up.sh
ExecStopPost=/etc/openvpn/openvpn-routes.sh


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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I've tried disabling and stop all services by name and this works until next boot.

I'm not sure what could be causing these services to get started. Is there anything else I should look at?