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Should I remove Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
6% remove it94% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #13,587
United States Rank #11,954
Reach 0.0221%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 6.76 days
199.30 days >
Average installed length: 104.71 days

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

Overview

Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians is a program developed by Threaks. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The main program executable is Beatbuddy.exe. The software installer includes 65 files and is usually about 1.09 GB (1,170,162,141 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 50% of users of Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians come from the United States, it is also popular in France and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: beatbuddy.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Beatbuddy
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/231040
Estimated size: 1.09 GB

Program filesFiles installed by Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians

Program executable:Beatbuddy.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Beatbuddy\Beatbuddy.exe
MD5:f8db9134045d9d291f71a9878f643dec
Additional files:
  • Beatbuddy.exe
  • crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll (by Valve)
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • streaming_client.exe
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • video.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.dll
  • uninstall.exe
  • v8.dll
  • AppOverlay.dll - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll
  • Assembly-CSharp.dll
  • Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll
  • Assembly-UnityScript.dll
  • Assembly-UnityScript-firstpass.dll
  • Boo.Lang.dll - boo - an extensible programming language for the CLI
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • d3dcompiler_46.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
  • d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (by Microsoft)
  • dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
  • libavcodec-55.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavformat-55.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavresample-1.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavutil-53.dll
  • libavutil-54.dll
  • libswscale-2.dll
  • libswscale-3.dll
  • mono.dll
  • Mono.Posix.dll
  • Mono.Security.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO CLI
  • mscorlib.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO Common language infrastructure
  • openvr_api.dll
  • steam_api.dll - Steam Client API (Steam Client API (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04))
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.json
  • System.Configuration.dll
  • System.Core.dll
  • System.dll
  • System.Security.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{5ED47F96-28F8-4042-BBBA-D463F16205D5}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1376238410-2669572290-3327323966-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
Startup File (All Users Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Steam' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programfiler\Steam\Steam.exe'.

How do I remove Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians?

You can uninstall Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 51%
Win XP 0%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 52.74%
Windows 10 46.58%
Windows Vista 0.46%
Windows XP 0.23%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.58%
Windows 8.1 17.74%
Windows 7 Ultimate 15.21%
Windows 8.1 Pro 11.06%
Windows 7 Professional 10.60%
Windows 10 Home 5.76%

Distribution by countryGeography

50.28% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 50.28%
  France 10.06%
  United Kingdom 7.97%
  Germany 3.42%
  Canada 3.04%
  Sweden 3.04%
  Netherlands 2.85%
  Australia 2.47%
  Belgium 2.09%
  Norway 1.33%
  Brazil 1.14%
  DK 1.14%
  Finland 0.95%
  Italy 0.95%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS 22.64%
Hewlett-Packard 19.81%
Dell 14.15%
Acer 11.79%
GIGABYTE 11.32%
Lenovo 9.43%
MSI 3.77%
Alienware 2.36%
Apple 1.42%
Intel 1.42%
Medion 0.94%
Toshiba 0.94%
Common models
ASUS All Series 12.72%
ASUSTeK G74Sx 2.31%
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 2.31%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.31%
MSI MS-7681 2.31%
MSI MS-7751 2.31%

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