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Should I remove Defiance?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Very good
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #15,584
United States Rank #11,728
Reach 0.0175%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 78.21 days
518.02 days >
Average installed length: 272.18 days

Defiance

What is Defiance?  (from Trion Worlds)

Defiance® is the first multi-platform massive online shooter video game that is also a ground-breaking entertainment experience, interconnecting with a global television program on Syfy. The game combines the intense action of a third-person shooter, with the persistence and scale of a massive online game, while its TV...  Read more

Overview

Defiance is a program developed by Trion Worlds. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 software installer includes 37 files and is usually about 545.57 MB (572,068,022 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 63% of users of Defiance come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.defiance.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Defiance
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/224600
Estimated size: 545.57 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Defiance

  • d3d9.dll
  • DefianceRuntimes.exe - Setup
  • dxgi.dll
  • unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
  • AppOverlay.dll (by Valve) - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll (by Valve)
  • crashhandler.dll - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll
  • 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)
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • GlyphDownloader.exe - Glyph (Glyph - Updater)
  • libavcodec-55.dll
  • libavformat-55.dll
  • libavresample-1.dll
  • libavutil-53.dll
  • libswscale-2.dll
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • 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
  • WriteMiniDump.exe - Win32 MiniDump Helper

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

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.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.

How do I remove Defiance?

You can uninstall Defiance 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 Defiance, 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 Defiance.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 66%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 68.70%
Windows 10 31.01%
Windows Vista 0.29%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 36.73%
Windows 7 Ultimate 23.91%
Windows 8.1 11.37%
Windows 7 Professional 7.87%
Windows 8 3.79%
Windows 8.1 Pro 3.79%

Distribution by countryGeography

62.56% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 62.56%
  United Kingdom 8.22%
  Canada 6.16%
  France 3.88%
  Germany 3.65%
  Australia 3.20%
  Sweden 1.83%
  Brazil 1.37%
  Finland 1.14%
  Netherlands 1.14%
  Russia 0.68%
  New Zealand 0.68%
  Chile 0.46%
  Belgium 0.46%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS 21.05%
GIGABYTE 17.54%
Hewlett-Packard 15.79%
Acer 15.20%
Dell 14.04%
Lenovo 4.68%
Alienware 3.51%
MSI 2.34%
Intel 1.75%
Toshiba 1.75%
Samsung 1.17%
American Megatrends 1.17%
Common models
ASUS All Series 6.30%
Dell Inspiron 7720 2.36%
Dell Inspiron 7520 2.36%
ASUSTeK G75VW 2.36%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.36%
MSI MS-7522 2.36%

About (from Trion Worlds, Inc.)

Trion Worlds is a leading publisher and developer of premium games for the connected era.
Publisher URL: www.trionworlds.com/en

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