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NirSoft Wireless Network Watcher

from NirSoft

What is NirSoft Wireless Network Watcher?

 (from NirSoft)

Wireless Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network. For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, MAC address, the company that…  

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Overview

NirSoft Wireless Network Watcher is a program developed by NirSoft. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. The main program executable is WNetWatcher.exe. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 736.92 KB (754,604 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 46% of users of NirSoft Wireless Network Watcher come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and MA.

Program details

URL:

www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html

Installation folder:

C:\Program Files\NirSoft\Wireless Network Watcher

Uninstaller:

“C:\Program Files\NirSoft\Wireless Network Watcher\uninst.exe”

Estimated size:

736.92 KB

Files installed by NirSoft Wireless Network Watcher

Program executable:

WNetWatcher.exe

Name:Wireless Network Watcher
Path:C:\Program Files\NirSoft\Wireless Network Watcher\WNetWatcher.exe
MD5:9e56af71186967d818ca32a5704067de

Additional files:

• WNetWatcher.exe

  – Wireless Network Watcher

• uninst.exe

Behaviors exhibited

Startup File (User Run)

• WNetWatcher.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named ‘Wireless Network Watcher’ and executes as

  C:\Program Files\NirSoft\Wireless Network Watcher\WNetWatcher.exe

  .

Resource utilization averages

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WNetWatcher.exe

Memory:3.73 MB

21.09 MB average

Total CPU:0.0037798786%

0.031193% average

Kernel CPU:0.00173728%

0.016088% average

User CPU:0.00204260%

0.015104% average

How do I remove NirSoft Wireless Network Watcher?

You can uninstall NirSoft Wireless Network Watcher 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

  .

• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click

  Uninstall

  .

• Windows XP: Click the

  Remove

  or

  Change/Remove

  tab (to the right of the program).

OS VERSIONS

Win 7 (SP1) 

52%

Win 10 0%

WHEN IT STARTS

Auto-starting? 

Yes

(Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 

5%

Keep it 

95%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 7
57.84%

Windows 10
33.60%

Windows XP
4.92%

Windows Vista
3.64%

Which OS releases does it run on?

Windows 7 Home Premium
25.08%

Windows 7 Ultimate
18.65%

Windows 7 Professional
10.96%

Windows 10 Home
9.00%

Windows 8.1
5.41%

Windows 10 Pro
5.11%

Geography

45.64% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

  United States
45.64%

  Germany
9.64%

  MA
3.91%

  DZ
3.50%

  Spain
2.99%

  Italy
2.76%

  United Kingdom
2.06%

  Egypt
2.02%

  IQ
1.98%

  Canada
1.93%

  France
1.70%

  Netherlands
1.66%

  Iran
1.27%

  Brazil
1.00%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Hewlett-Packard
28.42%

Dell
22.83%

Acer
18.05%

ASUS
8.38%

Toshiba
7.46%

GIGABYTE
6.17%

Lenovo
3.42%

Samsung
2.40%

Medion
1.08%

Intel
0.97%

American Megatrends
0.81%

Common models

HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook …
6.51%

HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P…
6.20%

HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook …
4.63%

Dell Inspiron N5110
3.54%

ASUS All Series
2.88%

Dell Inspiron 3521
2.05%

About

(from NirSoft)

NirSoft web site provides a unique collection of small and useful freeware utilities, all of them developed by Nir Sofer.

Publisher URL:

www.nirsoft.net