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== What's usbsnoop? ==
Usbsnoop log all data exchange between USB Device an its driver under a windows environement.
usbsnoop is a small but very useful utility program which can sniff/monitor, and log to file, all data exchange between an USB device and its driver under a Windows OS environment.

== Download ==
There are actually several such, highly related, utility programs and derivative works that are often casually referred to by the name "usbsnoop". Though such usage is technically incorrect, it is understandable due to their somewhat confusing and intertwined developments. An attempt to differentiate between these different apps, and illuminate their shared history is provided below.
=== If you are using a version of Windows that is earlier or equal XP ===

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Download '''32 bits''' [http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/sniff-bin-1.8.zip here]
==History==
Official homepage: http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/

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=== How to use Sniff v1.8?===
'''USB Snoopy''' was released, in April 2000, by "Tom and Roland" (from "wingmanteam.com"), as a small utility for monitoring a USB device's communications traffic under a Windows 98 environment (see [http://web.archive.org/web/20010429043148/http://www.jps.net/koma/ archived webpage]). The USB Snoopy release consisted of three parts:
* a simple GUI program, SniffUSB.exe, to install and remove the filter driver
* a filter driver, UsbSnoop.sys, that monitors the actual USB traffic
* A debug viewer, dgbview.exe, was included to catch the output from the filer driver. (dgbview was written by Mark Russinovich from Sysinternals, which later went on to become [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx a part of Microsoft])


Inspired by USB Snoppy, Benoit Papillault releases, in Mar 2001 '''usbsnoop''' v1.1, [http://web.archive.org/web/20010412024858/http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/speedtouch/sniff-2000.html], which he describes simply as an "USB sniffer for Windows 2000".


{{Note|This section is still a WIP. The following bullet points currently serve just as reminders to expand upon some other development milestone points and/or history -- to be cont'd}}
* Aug 28, 2001 - Roland registers the project "usbsnoop" at sourceforge
* Oct 07, 2001 - 0.13 [wingman] ... interesting comment about the spin off project
* Aug 19, 2002 - Roland puts [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=203960 SnoopyPro 0.20 on CVS at sourceforge]
* Jan 15, 2003 - usbsnoop Version 1.8, Benoit
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* Dec 27, 2006 - SniffUSB V2.0, Thomas F. Divine [http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/]

==Downloads==
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===usbsnoop===
Supports Windows 98 / 2000 / XP (32-bit only)
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* direct download of v1.8 from [http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/sniff-bin-1.8.zip here]

===SniffUSB 2.0===
Supports only Windows XP or later
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* 32-bit version - direct download from [http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/SniffUSB-x86-2.0.0006.zip here]
* 64-bit version - direct download from [http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/SniffUSB-x64-2.0.0006.zip here]

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== A brief "How to use usbsnoop" v1.8==
1) Make sure that your device and drivers are installed on Windows
1) Make sure that your device and drivers are installed on Windows
2) Start usbsnoop
2) Start usbsnoop
3) Plug your device and press refresh button in usbsnoop
3) Plug your device and press refresh button in usbsnoop
4) Select and install filters for your device in usbsnoop
4) Select and install filters for your device in usbsnoop
5) Reboot your Windows
5) Restart your Windows
6) Start TV application for some seconds, then stop the program. Uninstall the usbsnoop filters and close the program.
6) Start your favorite application for some seconds, then stop the program and close usbsnoop.

=== If you are using Windows XP or higher ===
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Download '''32 bits''' [http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/SniffUSB-x64-2.0.0006.zip here]
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Official homepage: http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://www.wingmanteam.com/usbsnoopy/ USB Snoopy homepage] -
[http://pvrusb2.dax.nu pvrusb website]
* [http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/usbsnoop/ usbsnoop homepage] - inspired by USB Snoopy, Benoit's usbsnoop is a Windows based USB sniffer utility which adheres to the WDM architecture
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[http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/usb-sniffing-on-windows Microdia website]
* [http://www.pcausa.com/Utilities/UsbSnoop/default.htm SniffUSB 2.0 Official homepage] - a derivative of Benoit's usbsnoop
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* [http://groups.google.com/group/microdia/web/usb-sniffing-on-windows Microdia project] - provides some information on using (Benoit's) usbsnoop or SniffUSB
* [http://pvrusb2.dax.nu historical pvrusb website] - has some info regarding the use of (Benoit's) usbsnoop
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/usbsnoop/ SnoopyPro (hosted on the usbsnoop sourceforge page)]; also see its related [http://usbsnoop.sourceforge.net/ usbsnoop homepage] - SnoopyPro is derivative of USB Snoopy, and also incorporated some of fuctionality Benoit had added to early versions of usbsnoop

[[category:Apps & Utilities]]

Latest revision as of 03:43, 24 December 2008

usbsnoop is a small but very useful utility program which can sniff/monitor, and log to file, all data exchange between an USB device and its driver under a Windows OS environment.

There are actually several such, highly related, utility programs and derivative works that are often casually referred to by the name "usbsnoop". Though such usage is technically incorrect, it is understandable due to their somewhat confusing and intertwined developments. An attempt to differentiate between these different apps, and illuminate their shared history is provided below.

History

USB Snoopy was released, in April 2000, by "Tom and Roland" (from "wingmanteam.com"), as a small utility for monitoring a USB device's communications traffic under a Windows 98 environment (see archived webpage). The USB Snoopy release consisted of three parts:

  • a simple GUI program, SniffUSB.exe, to install and remove the filter driver
  • a filter driver, UsbSnoop.sys, that monitors the actual USB traffic
  • A debug viewer, dgbview.exe, was included to catch the output from the filer driver. (dgbview was written by Mark Russinovich from Sysinternals, which later went on to become a part of Microsoft)


Inspired by USB Snoppy, Benoit Papillault releases, in Mar 2001 usbsnoop v1.1, [1], which he describes simply as an "USB sniffer for Windows 2000".


Note: This section is still a WIP. The following bullet points currently serve just as reminders to expand upon some other development milestone points and/or history -- to be cont'd
  • Aug 28, 2001 - Roland registers the project "usbsnoop" at sourceforge
  • Oct 07, 2001 - 0.13 [wingman] ... interesting comment about the spin off project
  • Aug 19, 2002 - Roland puts SnoopyPro 0.20 on CVS at sourceforge
  • Jan 15, 2003 - usbsnoop Version 1.8, Benoit
  • Dec 27, 2006 - SniffUSB V2.0, Thomas F. Divine [2]

Downloads

usbsnoop

Supports Windows 98 / 2000 / XP (32-bit only)

  • direct download of v1.8 from here

SniffUSB 2.0

Supports only Windows XP or later 

* 32-bit version - direct download from here
* 64-bit version - direct download from here

A brief "How to use usbsnoop" v1.8

 1) Make sure that your device and drivers are installed on Windows
 2) Start usbsnoop
 3) Plug your device and press refresh button in usbsnoop
 4) Select and install filters for your device in usbsnoop
 5) Restart your Windows
 6) Start your favorite application for some seconds, then stop the program and close usbsnoop.

External Links

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