Nirsoft’s wnetwatcher_setup

UPDATE: Jan 22, 2024 – No info from anyone but Nirsoft saying it was a false alert. Well, that solved it for me – “not” installing the NIRSOFT software. They also could not tell me why that particular alert shows up as a Threat in Norton. So basically, ‘no answer/response’ – no install…. easy.

Anyone know why there is a Passwordrevealer in Nirsoft’s software…?

wnetwatcher_setup.exe

I’ve worked in cybersecurity and do not see why this home network scanner software needs to have a “passwordrevealer” included… I do not have the intent to gain someone else’s password, even if they are on my network – to hack into their network. Or…. is the software looking to find “my” passwords…?

Hence, no need for the passwordrevealer…. This piece is causing Norton 360 to block the installation of wnetwatcher_setup…

The purpose of wnetwatcher is see who ‘might’ is on your network and ‘maybe’ using your bandwidth illegally.