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No, this file is 100% safe to run.
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packet.dll
WinPcap by CACE Technologies (Signed)
| Version: | 4.1.0.2001 |
| MD5: | 652f1f54e573af4d59e0ae658376d077 |
| SHA1: | 658a51331bdde148978b0a2c37010d4d1b53f6fe |
| SHA256: | 08ea98da16481a1d30fb4893c5c618881e92d0bf3c192dae13ab9041296bed3c |
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 additi”
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: | 4.1.0.2001 |
| Size: | 103.52 KB (106,000 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
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Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
22.78% |
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| 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% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
2.53% |
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| Windows Vista Business |
2.53% |
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| Windows 7 Enterprise |
2.53% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.27% |
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| Windows 8 |
1.27% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
1.27% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
1.27% |
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| 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% |
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| MSI |
2.60% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.60% |
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| 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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