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In general this is not typically installed as a standalone product, though it can be. WinPcap as you have found is a capturing engine for capturing packets. There are a couple of free on-demand scanners such as MalwareBytes and Super Antispyware that we generally recommend as they do no interfere with NIS. It is also recommended to use a removal tool provided by that company to ensure all remnants of it are removed. It is highly recommended that you uninstall any other software which has a real-time component. I understand this is not the question you originally asked but bjm_ was correct to point this out. System performance can be adversely impacted and your protection can actually be lessened, as the two programs can seriously interfere with each other's proper functioning and blocking of malicious things that try to run on your PC.įirst, please take note of bjm_'s response that you should have have more than one security software installed if it has a real-time component.

In general it is never a good idea to have two real-time security applications in use simultaneously. Spybot does however offer old information regarding compatibilty with Norton Spybot's Immunize is passive protection and as such will not conflict with Norton Spybot's active real-time protection Tea Timer and SD Helper will/may conflict with Norton If anyone knows a bit more about this utility please enlighten me.Īd-Aware Free / Pro Internet Security and Total Security features real-time protection that will/may conflict with Norton While there was no hint that this WinPcap was either spyware or a form of malware, still I can't help but wonder how did it get installed on my PC.įor example, did it come in as one of Microsoft's updates (I'd just completed this month's (December) security updates) or did it come in via something else. However, when checking "Add or Remove Programs" in Control Panel I came across a small program/utility called "WinPcap 4.1.2", which surpised me because I did not download or install in, I did a bit of research and found out that it was a windows network capture utility that works with most versions of Windows O/S.

all kept scrupulously up to date and run regularly to ensure my PC is kept as clean as possible.

As a very security minded person, I use a number of security products such as NIS2011, Spybot, Ad-Aware, etc.