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I just installed Wireshark - cannot capture packets

asked 2023-09-29 12:55:52 +0000

allens gravatar image

I just installed Wireshark and when I try to start packet capture on Wifi, I get this error: "Child dumpcap process died: Access violation"

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On what operating system are you running?

Guy Harris gravatar imageGuy Harris ( 2023-09-29 20:11:58 +0000 )edit

Can you update the question with the output of wireshark -v or Help->About Wireshark:Wireshark tab.

Chuckc gravatar imageChuckc ( 2023-09-29 20:13:19 +0000 )edit
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answered 2023-09-29 18:23:09 +0000

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Could be many reasons. May seems, you may not have the rights to capture. Did you install NPCAP driver with default settings? You should! You need admin right to capture. By default, the driver is installed as admin and you can use it later as normal user. However, if you changed the options while installing NPCAP, you may switched this off.

Please try to run the Wireshark with admin rights.

Cheers Henrik

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Not recommended to run Wireshark elevated. Apart from being generally unnecessary, the code base consists of 2 million + lines of unaudited code that is possibly dissecting packets from external sources that could do anything.

grahamb gravatar imagegrahamb ( 2023-10-01 13:10:37 +0000 )edit
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