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Should I remove Wireshark 64-bit?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
2% remove it98% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #31,075
United States Rank #31,788
Reach 0.0044%

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.8.0 100.00%

Typically installed together

Wireshark 1.8.0 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 main program executable is wireshark.exe. The software installer includes 46 files and is usually about 101.76 KB (104,198 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: 101.76 KB

Program filesFiles installed by Wireshark 1.8.0 64-bit

Program executable:wireshark.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\wireshark\wireshark.exe
MD5:f6d327e293d0f5731f864cb3534ea398
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
  • libexpat-1.dll
  • libpng14-14.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
  • libgcrypt-11.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgcrypt (Libgcrypt - The GNU Crypto Library)
  • 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
  • libGeoIP-1.dll
  • 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
  • libgnutls-26.dll
  • libgnutls-extra-26.dll
  • libgnutls-openssl-26.dll
  • libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
  • libgpg-error-0.dll (by g10 Code GmbH) - libgpg-error (libgpg-error - Common error codes)
  • libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
  • libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
  • libintl-8.dll (by Free Software Foundation) - libintl: accessing NLS message catalogs (LGPLed libintl for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 and Windows 95/98/ME)
  • libjasper-1.dll
  • libjpeg-8.dll
  • liblzma-5.dll (by The Tukaani Project ) - XZ Utils <http://tukaani.org/xz/> (liblzma data compression library)
  • libpango-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - Pango
  • libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoCairo
  • libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll - PangoFT2
  • libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll - PangoWin32
  • libpixman-1-0.dll
  • libpng15-15.dll
  • libsmi-2.dll
  • libtasn1-3.dll
  • libtiff-5.dll
  • libxml2-2.dll
  • lua5.1.dll (by Lua.org) - Lua - The Programming Language (Lua Language Run Time)

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 1.8.0 (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) 98%
Win 10 2%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 2%
Keep it 98%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#31,075

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 97.70%
Windows 10 2.30%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 34.12%
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.94%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.53%
Windows 7 Enterprise 4.71%
Windows 7 Ultimate N 1.18%
Windows 10 Pro 1.18%

Distribution by countryGeography

39.22% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 39.22%
  Germany 7.84%
  United Kingdom 7.84%
  France 6.86%
  Japan 4.90%
  Canada 4.90%
  Italy 3.92%
  Israel 2.94%
  Australia 1.96%
  Mexico 1.96%
  Indonesia 1.96%
  South Africa 0.98%
  Brazil 0.98%
  TN 0.98%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 36.76%
Dell 20.59%
GIGABYTE 8.82%
Acer 8.82%
Lenovo 8.82%
ASUS 7.35%
Toshiba 2.94%
Medion 1.47%
Samsung 1.47%
Sony 1.47%
MSI 1.47%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.17%
HP EliteBook 8560w 2.78%
HP EliteBook Revolve 810 ... 2.78%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.78%
Dell Latitude E6320 2.78%
Dell Dell System Vostro... 1.39%

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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