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Should I remove America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
14% remove it86% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Good
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How common is it?
Global Rank #15,490
United States Rank #12,788
Reach 0.0176%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 7.28 days
214.76 days >
Average installed length: 112.84 days

America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta

Overview

America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta is a software program developed by U.S. Army. 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 setup package generally installs about 132 files and is usually about 1.98 GB (2,123,065,183 bytes). 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 53% of users of America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta come from the United States, it is also popular in Italy and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: aapg.americasarmy.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\America's Army
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/203290
Estimated size: 1.98 GB

Program filesFiles installed by America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta

  • AAMissionEdCSharp.dll (by Army Game Studio) - Americas Army (AAMissionEdCSharp)
  • UnrealEdCSharp.dll (by Epic Games) - UnrealEngine3 (UnrealEdCSharp)
  • AAGameEditor.exe
  • AALauncher32.exe (by America's Army, US Army) - Americas Army Launcher (America's Army Launcher)
  • AAMissionEditor.exe
  • SteamSDKWrapper.dll
  • AAGame.exe
  • p4dn_x64.dll
  • AgentInterface.dll
  • amdcpusetup.exe (by Advanced Micro Devices) - AMD CPU Driver Installation Package
  • APEX_Clothing_Legacy_x64.dll (by NVIDIA) - APEX Dynamic Link Library
  • APEX_Clothing_Legacy_x86.dll (by NVIDIA)
  • APEX_Clothing_x64.dll
  • APEX_Clothing_x86.dll
  • APEX_ClothingSHIPPING_x64.dll
  • APEX_ClothingSHIPPING_x86.dll
  • APEX_Destructible_Legacy_x64.dll
  • APEX_Destructible_Legacy_x86.dll
  • APEX_Destructible_x64.dll
  • APEX_Destructible_x86.dll
  • APEX_DestructibleSHIPPING_x64.dll
  • APEX_DestructibleSHIPPING_x86.dll
  • APEX_Framework_Legacy_x64.dll
  • APEX_Framework_Legacy_x86.dll
  • ApexFramework_x64.dll
  • ApexFramework_x86.dll
  • ApexFrameworkSHIPPING_x64.dll
  • ApexFrameworkSHIPPING_x86.dll
  • AppOverlay.dll (by Valve) - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll (by Valve)
  • avcodec-52.dll
  • avformat-52.dll
  • avutil-50.dll
  • bink2w32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
  • bink2w64.dll (by RAD Game Tools)
  • binkw32.dll
  • binkw64.dll
  • crashhandler.dll - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • cudart32_30_9.dll - NVIDIA CUDA 3.0.9 Runtime (NVIDIA CUDA Runtime, Version 3.0.9)
  • cudart32_40_17.dll - NVIDIA CUDA 4.0.17 Runtime (NVIDIA CUDA Runtime, Version 4.0.17)
  • cudart64_30_9.dll
  • cudart64_40_17.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)
  • DSETUP.dll - Direct driver preloader
  • dsetup32.dll - DirectX Setup - 32-bit piece
  • DXSETUP.exe - Microsoft DirectX Setup
  • EasyHook32.dll
  • EasyHook64.dll
  • fmodex.dll (by Firelight Technologies) - FMOD Ex (FMOD Ex SoundSystem)
  • fmodex64.dll (by Firelight Technologies) - Firelight Technologies fmod EX (fmodex)
  • fmodexL.dll
  • FonixTtsDtSimpleFr.dll
  • FonixTtsDtSimpleGr.dll
  • FonixTtsDtSimpleIt.dll
  • FonixTtsDtSimpleLa.dll
  • FonixTtsDtSimpleSp.dll
  • FonixTtsDtSimpleUk.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D3EA269F-4E98-4921-81A1-14DFFB85A97F}' (runs on registration).
Startup File (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.
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 America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta?

You can uninstall America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta 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 America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta, 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 America's Army: Proving Grounds Beta.

OS VERSIONS
Win 10 54%
Win 7 1%
 
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 14%
Keep it 86%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 53.74%
Windows 7 46.26%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 24.57%
Windows 8.1 20.81%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.74%
Windows 8.1 Pro 10.69%
Windows 10 Home 8.67%
Windows 7 Professional 6.36%

Distribution by countryGeography

52.91% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 52.91%
  Italy 5.38%
  Canada 5.16%
  Germany 4.48%
  United Kingdom 4.48%
  Australia 3.81%
  France 2.24%
  Netherlands 2.24%
  Brazil 2.02%
  Belgium 2.02%
  Sweden 1.57%
  Norway 1.12%
  Finland 0.67%
  Austria 0.67%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS 19.77%
Hewlett-Packard 18.02%
Dell 16.28%
Acer 14.53%
GIGABYTE 12.21%
Alienware 6.98%
Lenovo 5.81%
MSI 3.49%
Samsung 1.16%
Toshiba 1.16%
American Megatrends 0.58%
Common models
ASUS All Series 15.03%
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 3.27%
MSI MS-7850 2.61%
Gigabyte EX58-UD5 1.96%
Dell Inspiron 660 1.96%
Alienware Alienware 17 1.96%

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