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A Game of Dwarves

Overview

A Game of Dwarves is a software program developed by Zeal Game Studio. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. 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 primary executable is named A Game Of Dwarves.exe. The setup package generally installs about 56 files and is usually about 1.55 GB (1,668,441,985 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 54% of users of A Game of Dwarves come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Netherlands.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.agameofdwarves.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\A Game of Dwarves
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/200370
Estimated size: 1.55 GB

Program filesFiles installed by A Game of Dwarves

Program executable:A Game Of Dwarves.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\A Game of Dwarves\A Game Of Dwarves.exe
MD5:88bf0ae1c97e8deae6f6b48fa807ef46
Additional files:
  • AppOverlay.dll (by Valve) - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll (by Valve)
  • crashhandler.dll - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll
  • 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
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • A Game Of Dwarves.exe
  • avutil-51.dll
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • curllib.dll
  • 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)
  • job_animation_player_win32_debug.dll
  • job_animation_player_win32_dev.dll
  • job_animation_player_win32_release.dll
  • job_vfc_oobb_win32_debug.dll
  • job_vfc_oobb_win32_dev.dll
  • job_vfc_oobb_win32_release.dll
  • libavcodec-55.dll
  • libavformat-55.dll
  • libavresample-1.dll
  • libavutil-53.dll
  • libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
  • libsasl.dll (by Carnegie Mellon University) - Carnegie Mellon University SASL (CMU SASL API v2)
  • libswscale-2.dll
  • nvtt.dll (by NVIDIA) - NVIDIA Texture Tools Dynamic Link Library
  • openldap.dll
  • PhysX3_x86.dll (by NVIDIA) - PhysX (PhysX3 32bit Dynamic Link Library)
  • PhysX3CHECKED_x86.dll
  • PhysX3Common_x86.dll - PhysX3Common 32bit Dynamic Link Library
  • PhysX3CommonCHECKED_x86.dll
  • PhysX3Cooking_x86.dll - PhysX3Cooking 32bit Dynamic Link Library
  • PhysX3CookingCHECKED_x86.dll
  • ssleay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/)
  • steam_api.dll - Steam Client API (Steam Client API (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04))
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • steamTmp.exe
  • streaming_client.exe
  • uninstall.exe
  • uninstall_sinep1.exe (by Ritual) - Uninstall SiN Episodes: Emergence
  • video.dll
  • WriteMiniDump.exe - Win32 MiniDump Helper

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

3 Scheduled Tasks
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0A7CD642-755B-4352-BD9E-064734827C0D}' (runs on registration).
  • GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{98D22EE8-FBCE-4B0A-A638-4A27C81582F5}' (runs on registration).
  • steamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0FA4F2B3-5879-4EB7-87D7-15A36952D352}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe.
  • steamTmp.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.
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Network connections
  • Steam.exe connects to a96-7-41-160.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (96.7.41.160 port 80).
  • Steam.exe connects to 208.78.164.14 (port 27018).
  • steamTmp.exe connects to cdn-178-79-196-253.pmo.llnw.net (178.79.196.253 port 80).
  • steamTmp.exe connects to 69.28.145.170 (port 27017).
  • steamTmp.exe connects to cm-04.lux.valve.net (146.66.152.15 port 27018).
  • steamTmp.exe connects to 80.239.194.142 (port 27030).
  • steamTmp.exe connects to VALVE-CORPO.car2.Philadelphia1.Level3.net (4.78.155.50 port 27031).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

GameOverlayUI.exe
Memory:21.35 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0004747990%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00032078%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00015402%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:16,959,400
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:35.45 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:3.3 KB
105.02 KB average
Steam.exe
Memory:151.98 MB
Total CPU:0.0003899617%
Kernel CPU:0.00015490%
User CPU:0.00023506%
CPU cycles/sec:41,366,072
Switches/sec:374
I/O reads/min:3.07 MB
I/O writes/min:1.78 MB
steamTmp.exe
Memory:230.39 MB
Total CPU:0.0025027453%
Kernel CPU:0.00142709%
User CPU:0.00107566%
CPU cycles/sec:28,069,388
Switches/sec:334
I/O reads/min:1.77 MB
I/O writes/min:2.18 MB

How do I remove A Game of Dwarves?

You can uninstall A Game of Dwarves 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 A Game of Dwarves, 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 A Game of Dwarves.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win 7 1%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 7%
Keep it 93%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 58.26%
Windows 10 40.87%
Windows Vista 0.87%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 29.57%
Windows 7 Ultimate 18.26%
Windows 8.1 15.65%
Windows 7 Professional 10.43%
Windows 10 Home 8.70%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.96%

Distribution by countryGeography

53.52% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 53.52%
  United Kingdom 9.15%
  Netherlands 5.63%
  Germany 4.23%
  Australia 3.52%
  Belgium 3.52%
  Norway 3.52%
  DK 2.82%
  Sweden 2.82%
  France 2.11%
  Ireland 2.11%
  Canada 1.41%
  Brazil 0.70%
  Spain 0.70%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 22.22%
ASUS 18.06%
GIGABYTE 13.89%
Hewlett-Packard 13.89%
Dell 12.50%
Lenovo 9.72%
MSI 2.78%
Medion 2.78%
Intel 1.39%
Apple 1.39%
Alienware 1.39%
Common models
ASUS All Series 4.35%
MSI MS-7752 2.17%
MSI MS-7750 2.17%
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 2.17%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE C55-A-1... 1.09%
TOSHIBA SATELLITE C55-A-1... 1.09%

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