CySecTek
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Installing CySecTek

The installer, the MSI, and verifying what you downloaded before you run it.

There are two packages. The .exe is the one to use on your own machine: it installs per-user, so it does not need administrator rights. The .msi exists for fleet deployment through Intune or Group Policy.

Install it

  1. Download the installer from the download page.
  2. Check the hash before running it. The installer is not code-signed, so this is the step that actually tells you the file is ours. In PowerShell, run Get-FileHash .\CySecTek_x.y.z_x64-setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256 and compare the result against the value published on the download page. If they differ, delete it and download again.
  3. Run the installer. Windows SmartScreen will show “Windows protected your PC”. Choose More info, then Run anyway. This is Windows telling you the truth — nobody has vouched for the file — which is why the hash check above is not optional.
  4. Follow the installer. It takes a few seconds and does not ask any questions.

What gets installed

The application, roughly 45 MB, under your user profile. If the Microsoft Edge WebView2 runtime is missing, the installer fetches and installs it, which needs an internet connection during setup; on current Windows 11 and up-to-date Windows 10 it is already there.

Nothing is installed as a service and nothing runs at startup. The TFTP and DHCP servers only exist while the app is open and you have started them.

What is not installed

Npcap. Two features need it — Port Finder and Packet Capture — and it is a kernel driver, so installing it is a decision you should make deliberately rather than have made for you. See installing Npcap. Everything else works without it.

Next

First launch covers the app password, which you will be asked to set immediately and which cannot be recovered.

Next

First launch and the app password →