NPFInstall.exe

by Npcap
Networking

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.

2442nd
most commonly executed Windows program
179
observed executions
low
statistical confidence

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%

Process Ancestry

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Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.

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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.