Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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packet.dll
WinPcap by CACE Technologies (Signed)
| Version: | 4.1.0.1753 |
| MD5: | b4d3cbc053e70143d350d6107b94952c |
| SHA1: | 5ebdb0ef1f00a1024637adf106d7b2a9b43bbcda |
| SHA256: | 2198fd8cd738d6281c8c1fc4845effd251b3d6b7f83b9f4f927d6430cf12537b |
What is packet.dll?
WinPcap allows applications to capture and transmit network packets and consists of a driver, that extends the operating system to provide low-level network access, and a library that is used to easily access the low-level network layers. WinPcap comes with Remote Capture capabilities.This requires a remote daemon (called rpcapd) which performs the capture and sends data back and a local client that sends the appropriate commands and receives the captured data.
About packet.dll (from CACE Technologies)
“WinPcap is the industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments: it allows applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack, and has additional useful features, including kernel-level packet filtering, a network statistics engine and support for remote packet capture. WinPcap consists of a driver, that extends the operating system to provide low-level network access, and a library that is used to easily access the low-level network layers. This library also contains the Windows version of the well known libpcap Unix API. WinPcap extends the standard WinPcap code in such a way that all WinPcap-based tools can expoit remote capture capabilities. For instance, the capabillity to interact with a remote daemon are added to the client software without any explicit modification to it. Vice versa, the remote daemon must be explicitely installed (and configured) on the remote machine.”
Details
| File name: | packet.dll |
| Publisher: | CACE Technologies, Inc. |
| Product name: | WinPcap |
| Description: | packet.dll (Vista) Dynamic Link Library |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\packet.dll |
| File version: | 4.1.0.1753 |
| Size: | 98.52 KB (100,880 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | CACE Technologies |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Tuesday, May 6, 2008 |
| Expiration date: | Saturday, May 7, 2011 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| File packed: | No |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
This is the camera software driver and additional utilities required for managing and connecting the iVMS-4000 device to the PC. Uninstalling this driver may cause the hardware to stop functioning properly (only remove this package if you no longer have the Hikvision device connected to your PC).
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.78% |
|
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
18.99% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
16.46% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
7.59% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
6.33% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
5.06% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
3.80% |
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| Windows 8 Single Language |
3.80% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.53% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
2.53% |
|
| Windows 7 Enterprise |
2.53% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.27% |
|
| Windows 8 |
1.27% |
|
| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.27% |
|
| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.27% |
|
| Windows Seven Black Edition |
1.27% |
|
| Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
1.27% |
|
Distribution by country
United States installs about 46.84% of WinPcap.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
41.56% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
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| Acer |
7.79% |
|
| ASUS |
5.19% |
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| Lenovo |
5.19% |
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| Sony |
5.19% |
|
| MSI |
2.60% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.60% |
|
| Intel |
2.60% |
|
| American Megatrends |
2.60% |
|
| Toshiba |
2.60% |
|
| Sahara |
1.30% |
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| Samsung |
1.30% |
|
| Alienware |
1.30% |
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