What is snappy64.dll?

snappy64.dll is part of Snappy compression codec and developed by Robert Vazan according to the snappy64.dll version information.

snappy64.dll's description is "Snappy is a compression algorithm reaching over 250MB/s compression and 500MB/s decompression speeds"

snappy64.dll is usually located in the 'c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\snappy.net-1.1.1.8\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about snappy64.dll.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on snappy64.dll:

PropertyValue
Product nameSnappy compression codec
Company nameRobert Vazan
File descriptionSnappy is a compression algorithm reaching over 250MB/s compression and 500MB/s decompression speeds
Internal namesnappy64.dll
Original filenamesnappy64.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014 Robert Vazan
Product version1.1.1.7
File version1.1.1.7

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameSnappy compression codec
Company nameRobert Vazan
File descriptionSnappy is a compression algorithm re..
Internal namesnappy64.dll
Original filenamesnappy64.dll
Legal copyrightCopyright (C) 2014 Robert Vazan
Product version1.1.1.7
File version1.1.1.7

Digital signatures [?]

snappy64.dll is not signed.

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the snappy64.dll file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the snappy64.dll file.

Folder name variants

snappy64.dll may also be located in other folders than c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\temp\snappy.net-1.1.1.8\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD55f6b1906760afad625e139c2f8449d6a
SHA256a0bfd16e10abe379aa236d51b2242bec546164cce0d51b2883e62417f508015b

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

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-Robert- writes

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I don't know what this program is so please tell me how to remove it

# 1 Sep 2016, 7:24

Roger Karlsson writes

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Found this info on Snappy:

"Snappy is an extremely fast compressor (250MB/s) and decompressor (500MB/s). Snappy.NET is a P/Invoke wrapper around native Snappy, which additionally implements Snappy framing/streaming format."

Source: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Snappy.NET/

# 2 Sep 2016, 7:20

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