Re: npcap horror story

[nnposter <nnposter () users sourceforge net>]

On 7/28/16 2:00 PM, Rob Nicholls wrote:
> Mike, I see a similar “Error in OpenService” message twice if I run Nmap
> 7.25BETA1 after deleting the npcap service on my clean Windows 7 test
> VM. If I subsequently install WinPcap I only get the error message once.
> I presume the error occurs once checking for the npcap service and a
> second time looking for WinPcap (the npf service). It sounds like you
> may have uninstalled or deleted Npcap and left WinPcap installed if you
> only get it once.
>
>  
>
> It might make sense for someone to modify Nmap to only show that error
> if both npcap and npf are missing, or perhaps relegate it all to debug
> output? Otherwise anyone sticking with WinPcap will always see the error
> when Nmap checks for npcap.

Please see https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/465

Cheers,
nnposter
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