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Penumbra: Necrologue

by CounterCurrent Games

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Overview

Penumbra: Necrologue is a program developed by CounterCurrent Games. Upon installation, it defines an auto-start registry entry which allows the program run on each boot for the user which installed it. 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 software installer includes 77 files and is usually about 2.77 MB (2,902,329 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 71% of users of Penumbra: Necrologue come from the United States, it is also popular in Canada and France.

Program details

URL: penumbranecrologue.ru

Help link: support.steampowered.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Amnesia The Dark Descent

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/346290

Estimated size: 2.77 MB

Files installed by Penumbra: Necrologue

Amnesia.exe
Launcher.exe
alut.dll
Amnesia_NoSteam.exe
BlackBox.dll
crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
crashhandler64.dll (by Valve)
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)
DevIL.dll (by Abysmal Software) - Developer's Image Library (DevIL) (DevIL: A portable image library in development)
fltkdll.dll
GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
glew32.dll - The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library
glut32.dll
hd.dll
HplLangTool.exe
icui18n.dll
icuuc.dll
ILU.dll (by Abysmal Software) - Developer's Image Utilities Library (ILU: A portable image library in development)
ILUT.dll - Developer's Image Utility Toolkit Library (ILUT: A portable image library in development)
jpeg.dll
keyhook.dll
LevelEditor.exe
libavcodec-57.dll
libavformat-57.dll
libavresample-3.dll
libavutil-55.dll
libogg.dll
libpng12.dll - LibPNG (PNG image compression library)
libpng13.dll
libswscale-4.dll
libtheora.dll
libvorbis.dll
libvorbisfile.dll
MapView.exe
MaterialEditor.exe
ModelEditor.exe
ModelView.exe
msvcp71.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio .NET (Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library)
msvcr71.dll - Microsoft® C Runtime Library
Newton.dll
OpenAL32.dll (by Portions (C) Creative Labs and NVIDIA) - Standard OpenAL(TM) Library (Standard OpenAL(TM) Implementation)
openvr_api.dll
ParticleEditor.exe
SDL.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
SDL_ttf.dll - SDL_ttf
SDL2.dll
Steam.dll
Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
steam_api.dll - Steam Client API (Steam Client API (buildbot_winslave01_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave01))
Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
steamclient.dll
steamclient64.dll
steamerrorreporter.exe
steamerrorreporter64.exe
SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E4710FF6-C400-44A1-B19D-7F87757BB33B}' (runs on registration).

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)

Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1478317967-2089768041-473047385-1001.

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.

2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs

Launcher.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\steam\SteamApps\common\Amnesia The Dark Descent\Launcher.exe'.
Amnesia.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\steam\SteamApps\common\Amnesia The Dark Descent\Amnesia.exe'.

How do I remove Penumbra: Necrologue?

You can uninstall Penumbra: Necrologue from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

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.

When you find the program Penumbra: Necrologue, 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).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Penumbra: Necrologue.

OS VERSIONS

Win 10 65%

Win Vista (SP2) 4%

WHEN IT STARTS

Auto-starting? Yes

(Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 1%

Keep it 99%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 10	65.22%
Windows 7	30.43%
Windows Vista	4.35%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home	30.43%
Windows 7 Home Premium	17.39%
Windows 8.1	17.39%
Windows 7 Professional	13.04%
Windows 10 Pro	8.70%
Windows 10 Home N	4.35%

Geography

70.97% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	70.97%
Canada	6.45%
France	6.45%
Belgium	3.23%
Germany	3.23%
Finland	3.23%
Russia	3.23%
Turkey	3.23%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Hewlett-Packard	25.00%
Acer	18.75%
ASUS	18.75%
Dell	12.50%
MSI	6.25%
Lenovo	6.25%
GIGABYTE	6.25%
Alienware	6.25%
Common models
MSI MS-7971	6.67%
Micro-Star Co., Ltd. GP60...	6.67%
LENOVO 2182	6.67%
HP-Pavilion VC863AA-UUW m...	6.67%
HP Pavilion 17 Notebook P...	6.67%
Hewlett-Packard 500-164	6.67%

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