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What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #15,407
United States Rank #10,538
Reach 0.0178%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 21.72 days
269.62 days >
Average installed length: 141.66 days
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ARK: Survival Of The Fittest
by Studio Wildcard
Overview
ARK: Survival Of The Fittest is a software program developed by Studio Wildcard. It adds registry entry for the current user which will allow the program to automatically start each time it is rebooted. 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 setup package generally installs about 88 files and is usually about 41.01 MB (43,004,846 bytes). The software utilizes the Nokia Qt cross-platforms C++ framework. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 67% of users of ARK: Survival Of The Fittest come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.
Program details
URL: www.playark.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\steam
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/407530
Estimated size: 41.01 MB
Files installed by ARK: Survival Of The Fittest
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uninstall.exe - Steam
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LocalizationManager.exe - LocalizationManager
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BEClient_x64.dll
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BEServer_x64.dll
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BEService_x64.exe
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crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
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crashhandler64.dll (by Valve)
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CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
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d3dcompiler_46.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
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d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (by Microsoft)
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dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
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DSETUP.dll - Direct driver preloader
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dsetup32.dll - DirectX Setup - 32-bit piece
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DXSETUP.exe - Microsoft DirectX Setup
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ExcelPackage.dll (by Open Source) - ExcelPackage
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GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
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GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
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GameOverlayUI.exe
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icudt51.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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icui18n.dll
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icuin51.dll (by The ICU Project) - ICU I18N DLL
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icuuc.dll
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icuuc51.dll - ICU Common DLL
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libavcodec-56.dll
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libavformat-56.dll
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libavresample-2.dll
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libavutil-54.dll
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libeay32.dll (by The OpenSSL Project, http://www.openssl.org/) - The OpenSSL Toolkit (OpenSSL Shared Library)
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libswscale-3.dll
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LocalizationManager.vshost.exe - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2013 (vshost.exe)
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msvcp110.dll - Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2012 (Microsoft® C Runtime Library)
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msvcp120.dll
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msvcr110.dll
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msvcr120.dll
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Newtonsoft.Json.dll (by Newtonsoft) - Json.NET (Json.NET .NET 4.0)
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openvr_api.dll
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procdump.exe (by Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com) - ProcDump (Sysinternals process dump utility)
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Qt5CLucene.dll (by Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies)) - Qt5 (C++ application development framework.)
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Qt5Core.dll (by Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies))
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Qt5Designer.dll
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Qt5Gui.dll
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Qt5Help.dll
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Qt5Network.dll
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Qt5OpenGL.dll
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Qt5Sql.dll
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Qt5Widgets.dll
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Qt5Xml.dll
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SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
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SequencerQtWidgets_MD.dll
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ShooterGame_BE.exe (by BattlEye Innovations) - BattlEye Launcher
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SimulBase_MD.dll
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SimulClouds_MD.dll
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SimulCrossPlatform_MD.dll
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SimulDirectX11_MD.dll
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SimulGeometry_MD.dll
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SimulMath_MD.dll
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SimulMeta_MD.dll
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SimulQtWidgets_MD.dll
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SimulSky_MD.dll
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SimulTerrain_MD.dll - SimulTer Dynamic Link Library
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steam.dll
Behaviors exhibited
2 Scheduled Tasks
- Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{49EF8F0A-7651-4181-A42E-9EC262A5AD94}' (runs on registration).
- DXSETUP.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{83EE4058-A0A8-44B6-A116-14CD927D91B6}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-4135473627-4071300382-3855353174-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
- Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam Client Bootstrapper' and executes as C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe.
Windows Firewall Allowed Program
- Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
How do I remove ARK: Survival Of The Fittest?
You can uninstall ARK: Survival Of The Fittest 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 ARK: Survival Of The Fittest, 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 ARK: Survival Of The Fittest.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 85%
Win 7 0%
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WHEN IT STARTS
Auto-starting? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
84.62% |
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| Windows 7 |
15.38% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 10 Home |
50.71% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
23.36% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
6.55% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.98% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
4.84% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
2.56% |
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Geography
66.73% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
66.73% |
| Germany |
6.05% |
| United Kingdom |
4.44% |
| France |
3.43% |
| Canada |
2.42% |
| Netherlands |
1.81% |
| Italy |
1.61% |
| Norway |
1.61% |
| Brazil |
1.41% |
| Belgium |
1.21% |
| DK |
1.01% |
| Australia |
0.81% |
| Switzerland |
0.81% |
| Austria |
0.60% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| ASUS |
23.70% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
22.22% |
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| Acer |
12.59% |
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| GIGABYTE |
10.37% |
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| Alienware |
6.67% |
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| Dell |
5.93% |
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| MSI |
5.19% |
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| Lenovo |
5.19% |
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| Toshiba |
5.19% |
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| Medion |
2.22% |
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| American Megatrends |
0.74% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
12.28% |
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| MSI MS-7693 |
4.68% |
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| MSI MS-7817 |
2.92% |
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| MSI MS-7917 |
2.92% |
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| Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 6.... |
2.34% |
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| Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 |
2.34% |
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