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Should I remove Wireshark 64-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #22,867
United States Rank #20,788
Reach 0.0084%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.8.2 100.00%

Typically installed together

Wireshark 1.8.2 64-bit

What is Wireshark 64-bit?

Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. Wireshark allows the user to put network interface controllers that support promiscuous mode into that mode, in order to see all traffic visible on that interface, not just traffic addressed to one of the interface's configured addresses and broadcast/multicast traffic. Capturing raw network traffic from an interface requires elevated privileges on some platforms.

About  (from The Wireshark developer community)

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the standard in many industries. It is the continuation of a project that started in 1998. Hundreds of developers around the world have contributed to it, and it is still under active development. It is cross-platform, features both GUI and CLI interfa...  Read more

Overview

The primary executable is named wireshark.exe. The setup package generally installs about 42 files and is usually about 78.3 MB (82,106,907 bytes). The program uses the GLib GNOME library.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.wireshark.org
Help link: ask.wireshark.org
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Wireshark
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Wireshark\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 78.3 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Wireshark 1.8.2 64-bit

Program executable:wireshark.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\wireshark\wireshark.exe
MD5:0594d1ce536aad6f67a3771ce89fc2cf
Additional files:
  • libwireshark.dll - Wireshark (Wireshark dissector library)
  • libwsutil.dll - Wireshark utility library
  • text2pcap.exe - Text2pcap
  • capinfos.exe - Capinfos
  • mergecap.exe - Mergecap
  • rawshark.exe - Rawshark
  • dumpcap.exe - Dumpcap
  • editcap.exe - Editcap
  • tshark.exe - TShark
  • liblzma-5.dll (by The Tukaani Project ) - XZ Utils <http://tukaani.org/xz/> (liblzma data compression library)
  • lua5.1.dll (by Lua.org) - Lua - The Programming Language (Lua Language Run Time)
  • libgpg-error-0.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgpg-error (libgpg-error - Common error codes)
  • libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoCairo
  • libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoWin32
  • libgcrypt-11.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgcrypt (Libgcrypt - The GNU Crypto Library)
  • libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll - PangoFT2
  • libpango-1.0-0.dll - Pango
  • libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll (by The GTK developer community) - GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit)
  • libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll (by The GTK developer community) - GIMP Drawing Kit
  • libgio-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GLib (Gio)
  • libglib-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community)
  • libgmodule-2.0-0.dll - GModule
  • libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
  • libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
  • libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
  • libatk-1.0-0.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - atk
  • libcairo-2.dll
  • libcares-2.dll
  • libffi-5.dll
  • libfontconfig-1.dll
  • libfreetype-6.dll
  • libGeoIP-1.dll
  • libgnutls-26.dll
  • libjasper-1.dll
  • libjpeg-8.dll
  • libpixman-1-0.dll
  • libpng15-15.dll
  • libsmi-2.dll
  • libtasn1-3.dll
  • libtiff-5.dll
  • libxml2-2.dll

How do I remove Wireshark 64-bit?

You can uninstall Wireshark 64-bit from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Wireshark 1.8.2 (64-bit), click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Wireshark 64-bit.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 91%
Win 7 3%
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#22,867

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 93.98%
Windows 10 6.02%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 35.76%
Windows 7 Professional 33.33%
Windows 7 Ultimate 20.00%
Windows 7 Enterprise 4.85%
Windows 10 Pro 1.82%
Windows 8.1 Pro 1.82%

Distribution by countryGeography

47.74% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 47.74%
  France 6.03%
  Germany 6.03%
  Canada 5.03%
  Netherlands 3.52%
  Taiwan 3.02%
  United Kingdom 3.02%
  Brazil 1.51%
  Japan 1.51%
  Italy 1.51%
  South Africa 1.01%
  UA 1.01%
  Norway 1.01%
  Australia 1.01%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 27.62%
Hewlett-Packard 22.86%
Acer 21.90%
ASUS 8.57%
Toshiba 7.62%
GIGABYTE 6.67%
Alienware 2.86%
Samsung 1.90%
Common models
HP EliteBook 8460p 2.75%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.75%
CLEVO P170EM 1.83%
Dell Latitude E6420 1.83%
Dell Studio XPS 8100 1.83%
Dell Vostro 470 1.83%

About (from The Wireshark developer community)

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.
Publisher URL: www.wireshark.org

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