When uninstalling Adobe Reader, I found a program called WinPcap listed in programs...
I had no idea what it was so I googled it and apparently it's a network monitoring tool. This site has someone in a similar predicament to me, he had no idea how it got on his computer:
Looking at the program's installed folder, it was running with rpcapd.exe, both apparently made by the same company.
The linked site has a comment that mentions that if it was malware that installed the program, it wouldn't be listed in control panel.
I've uninstalled it, but I wonder how it got on my pc and if I've lost any passwords or private details.
BTW-the only other apps installed on that date were Adobe AIR(?) -could that have installed it? Do I need Adobe AIR?
I had no idea what it was so I googled it and apparently it's a network monitoring tool. This site has someone in a similar predicament to me, he had no idea how it got on his computer:
Looking at the program's installed folder, it was running with rpcapd.exe, both apparently made by the same company.
The linked site has a comment that mentions that if it was malware that installed the program, it wouldn't be listed in control panel.
I've uninstalled it, but I wonder how it got on my pc and if I've lost any passwords or private details.
BTW-the only other apps installed on that date were Adobe AIR(?) -could that have installed it? Do I need Adobe AIR?
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