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Dangerous Golf

by Three Fields Entertainment

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Overview

Dangerous Golf is a program developed by Three Fields Entertainment. 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 Orlando.exe. The software installer includes 85 files and is usually about 8.01 MB (8,395,054 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 74% of users of Dangerous Golf come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Finland.

Program details

URL: www.dangerousgolf.com

Help link: support.steampowered.com

Installation folder: C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dangerous Golf

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/405500

Estimated size: 8.01 MB

Files installed by Dangerous Golf

Program executable:	Orlando.exe
Path:	C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Dangerous Golf\Orlando.exe
MD5:	58ca7a976002c516cf514e24bf112c3a

Additional files:

APEX_ClothingPROFILE_x64.dll
APEX_DestructiblePROFILE_x64.dll
APEX_LegacyPROFILE_x64.dll (by NVIDIA) - APEX Dynamic Link Library
ApexFrameworkPROFILE_x64.dll
crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
crashhandler64.dll (by Valve)
CrashReportClient.exe
CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
cudart64_70.dll (by NVIDIA) - NVIDIA CUDA 7.0.28 Runtime (NVIDIA CUDA Runtime, Version 7.0.28)
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)
dsetup32.dll
DXSETUP.exe
flexDebug_x64.dll
flexExtDebug_x64.dll
flexExtRelease_x64.dll
flexRelease_x64.dll
fmod64.dll (by Firelight Technologies) - FMOD (FMOD Sound System)
fmodstudio64.dll (by Firelight Technologies) - FMOD Studio Runtime
GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
icudt53.dll
icudtd53.dll
icui18n.dll
icuin53.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU I18N DLL)
icuind53.dll (by The ICU Project)
icuio53.dll - ICU I/O DLL
icuiod53.dll
icule53.dll - ICU Layout DLL
iculed53.dll
iculx53.dll - ICU Layout Extensions DLL
iculxd53.dll
icutu53.dll
icutud53.dll
icuuc.dll
icuuc53.dll - ICU Common DLL
icuucd53.dll
Leap.dll (by Leap Motion) - Leap Motion API
libavcodec-56.dll
libavcodec-57.dll
libavformat-56.dll
libavformat-57.dll
libavresample-2.dll
libavresample-3.dll
libavutil-54.dll
libavutil-55.dll
libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
libogg_64.dll
libswscale-3.dll
libswscale-4.dll
libvorbis_64.dll
libvorbisfile_64.dll
openvr_api.dll
Orlando.exe
Orlando-Win64-Shipping.exe
SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
Steam.dll

Behaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B6D81AEC-C691-4109-ACBA-39A635BBAF0E}' (runs on registration).

Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)

Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3837917440-1771750534-681917250-1001.

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:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.

How do I remove Dangerous Golf?

You can uninstall Dangerous Golf 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 Dangerous Golf, 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 Dangerous Golf.

OS VERSIONS

Win 10 93%

Win 7 (SP1) 7%

HOW IT STARTS

Automatically starts? Yes

(Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 6%

Keep it 94%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 10	93.33%
Windows 7	6.67%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Pro	53.33%
Windows 10 Home	33.33%
Windows 10 Home Single La...	6.67%
Windows 7 Home Premium	6.67%

Geography

74.19% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	74.19%
United Kingdom	12.90%
Finland	3.23%
France	3.23%
Kuwait	3.23%
Netherlands	3.23%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Intel	25.00%
Hewlett-Packard	25.00%
GIGABYTE	25.00%
Dell	25.00%
Common models
ASUS All Series	18.18%
Notebook P770ZM-G ...	9.09%
MSI MS-7817	9.09%
Microsoft Corporation Sur...	9.09%
HP HP Pavilion Notebook	9.09%
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7	9.09%

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