Should I block it?
No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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wpcap.dll
WinPcap by CACE Technologies (Signed)
| Version: | 4.1.0.2001 |
| MD5: | a2473cc88aba67391ce7929e5c69e767 |
| SHA1: | 8b624fa9ddb878b7e0e2a8a866e8187c7873507f |
| SHA256: | 31d1c4dc9a29add16d2db8074fa573e2b32c44da7fe788d365814e264152bdf4 |
What is wpcap.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 wpcap.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 additi”
Details
| File name: | wpcap.dll |
| Publisher: | CACE Technologies, Inc. |
| Product name: | WinPcap |
| Description: | wpcap.dll Dynamic Link Library - based on libpcap 1.0rel0b branch (20091008) |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\wpcap.dll |
| File version: | 4.1.0.2001 |
| Size: | 360.52 KB (369,168 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 |
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Programs
The following programs will install this file
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.50% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
17.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
12.50% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
7.50% |
|
| Windows 7 Professional |
5.00% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
5.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 |
2.50% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise |
2.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
2.50% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
2.50% |
|
| Windows 8 Consumer Preview |
2.50% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 45.00% of WinPcap.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
30.30% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
18.18% |
|
| Acer |
9.09% |
|
| Lenovo |
6.06% |
|
| MSI |
6.06% |
|
| ASUS |
6.06% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
6.06% |
|
| Intel |
6.06% |
|
| Toshiba |
6.06% |
|
| Alienware |
3.03% |
|
| American Megatrends |
3.03% |
|
