EchoTrail

NPFInstall.exe

by Npcap
Networking

Sources: 300M+ executions observed in the wild.

Summary

Npcap/WinPcap LWF and WFP driver installation tool for packet capture functionality

NPFInstall.exe is the 2442nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 179 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\Program Files\Npcap and it is most often launched by Uninstall.exe.

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2442nd
most commonly executed Windows program
179
observed endpoint executions

Behavior

Top Paths

  • C:\Program Files\Npcap72.63%
  • C:\Users\...26.82%
  • C:\Windows\Temp\...0.56%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 0560d98683343995d5f2dd5f2607f7298bd81be7746efa0d212481fbfa76788e55.87%
  • 380bad05429d5d673dbab972b0c7ace25d89ddbf542d204fe75d1475353ed35a9.5%
  • 844ba520498edcde6e8842515862793c9a969db2d48cc8f93907bae309c4ee159.5%
  • bcc84b09de8b21104e10068df8a49e12d325e10fb7cbce52bd0e69f49ba14e565.03%
  • 490eb09c378382e0faf973033cae9d46c7068448484c5e6fa4121517b0adf08d3.91%
  • b0272e501c8cc62364a04750cd2ff71e0989393bb876eaee08d3df4a8791b7733.35%
  • 1ff3be59299efacc4533e20fd8d9952b7e13557a06a7c88acd51bb37e3a830762.79%
  • e2be798f47277bd2967b9b79c61bbdb42358596e4562637885b943b357b7f8552.79%
  • 7fff84caebf445b099a738425f8c9483d3f7666d5d32df156c594e127bb96ed62.23%
  • 7b2495ccfdd27823a657caec81e82494da112142d74079637737c2bb767ec6b31.68%

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