Small Tanks
What is Small Tanks?
Small Tanks is a free casual video game distributed via the MyPlayCity installer (which will modify the user's browser homepage and default search provider to myplaycity.com within Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome). While the game itself is free to download, uninstalling it will not restore the changes made to the user's browser, although this can be done manually. The game also has some advertising popups when laoding as well as pops open a web page with ads after being played.
Overview
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 installer includes 27 files.
Program details
URL: www.MyPlayCity.com
Help link: www.MyPlayCity.com/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\MyPlayCity.com\Small Tanks\
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\MyPlayCity.com\Small Tanks\unins000.exe"
Files installed by Small Tanks
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PreLoader.exe
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Small Tanks.exe
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avcodec-53.dll
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avdevice-53.dll
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avformat-53.dll
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avutil-51.dll
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BlendThumb.dll - Blender (Blender Thumbnail Handler)
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BlendThumb64.dll
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engine.exe (by Blender Foundation)
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game.exe
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gnu_gettext.dll
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iconv.dll
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libsndfile-1.dll - libsndfile-1 DLL (A library for reading and writing audio files.)
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msvcm90.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2008 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
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msvcp90.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® C++ Runtime Library
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msvcr90.dll
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OpenAL32.dll (by Portions (C) Creative Labs and NVIDIA) - Standard OpenAL(TM) Library (Standard OpenAL(TM) Implementation)
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OpenImageIO.dll
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pthreadVC2.dll (by Open Source Software community project) - POSIX Threads for Windows32 Library
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python32.dll (by Python Software Foundation) - Python (Python Core)
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SDL.dll
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sqlite3.dll
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swscale-2.dll
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unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
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vcomp90.dll - Microsoft® C/C++ OpenMP Runtime
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wrap_oal.dll (by Creative Labs) - Creative Labs OpenAL32 (OpenAL32)
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zlib.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
Behaviors exhibited
2 Scheduled Tasks
- game.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EDD4F94E-6763-47F5-9822-C0C215B18740}' (runs on registration).
- Small Tanks.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FB97809E-91DD-4EF5-91CA-F62700D1A970}' (runs on registration).
How do I remove Small Tanks?
You can uninstall Small Tanks 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 Small Tanks, 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 Small Tanks.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 67%
Win 7 33%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 5%
Keep it 95%
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COUNTRY POPULARITY
62.50%
United States
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Geography
62.50% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
62.50% |
| India |
25.00% |
| Thailand |
12.50% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
66.67% |
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| Dell |
33.33% |
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Common models |
| O.E.M O.E.M |
33.33% |
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| Dell Inspiron 560s |
33.33% |
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| Dell Inspiron 3521 |
33.33% |
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Publisher URL: www.myplaycity.com