Counter-Strike
What is Counter-Strike?
Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification. The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike pits a team of terrorists against a team of counter-terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won by either completing the mission objective or eliminating the opposing force. Counter-Strike is a first-person shooter in which players join either the terrorist team, the counter-terrorist team, or become spectators. Each team attempts to complete their mission objective and/or eliminate the opposing team. Each round starts with the two teams spawning simultaneously.
Overview
During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. It adds a Browser Helper Object (BHO) to Internet Explorer. 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 setup package generally installs about 13 files and is usually about 2.23 MB (2,342,183 bytes). The installed file acrobatupdater.exe is the auto-update component of the program which is designed to check for software updates and notify and apply them when new versions are discovered.
Program details
URL: www.steampowered.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\valve\steam\steamapps
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{DF5A03CC-D5AA-43D8-B948-D9903F2AF94A}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 2.23 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Counter-Strike
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acrobatupdater.exe (by Adobe Systems) - Adobe Acrobat Updater
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acroiehelper.dll (by Adobe Systems) - AcroIEHelper Library (Adobe PDF Helper for Internet Explorer)
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acroiehelpershim.dll - AcroIEHelperShim Library
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acropdf.dll - Adobe PDF Browser Control (PDF Browser Control)
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adobe_updater.exe - Adobe Updater
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adobearm.exe - Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager
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adobearmhelper.exe - Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager Helper
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adobeextractfiles.dll - Adobe Extract Files Library
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adobeupdaterinstallmgr.exe - Adobe Updater Install Manager
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msiexecwatcher.exe
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pdfshell.dll - Adobe PDF Shell Extension (PDF Shell Extension)
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readerupdater.exe - Adobe Reader Updater
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uninstall_cs.exe - Uninstall Counter-Strike
Behaviors exhibited
2 Internet Explorer BHOs
- acroiehelper.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Adobe PDF Reader Link Helper' with the class of {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3}.
- acroiehelpershim.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Adobe PDF Link Helper' with the class of {18DF081C-E8AD-4283-A596-FA578C2EBDC3} (AcroIEHelperStub).
Scheduled Task
- adobearm.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Adobe Reader and Acrobat Manager' (runs weekly on Mondays at 10:00 AM).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- adobearm.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Adobe ARM.
Startup File (User Run)
- adobe_updater.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AdobeUpdater6' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Updater6\Adobe_Updater.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- adobearm.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'Adobe ARM' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\ARM\1.0\AdobeARM.exe".
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| adobearm.exe |
| Memory: | 4.47 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0086783630% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00489407% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00378429% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 638,512 | |
| Switches/sec: | 1 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 136.66 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 2.28 KB | |
How do I remove Counter-Strike?
You can uninstall Counter-Strike 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 Counter-Strike(TM), 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 Counter-Strike.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Counter-Strike you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 63%
Win XP 1%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 10%
Keep it 90%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
65.95% |
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| Windows 10 |
16.81% |
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| Windows XP |
9.48% |
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| Windows Vista |
7.76% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
39.83% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.05% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.09% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
6.93% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.06% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
6.06% |
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Geography
15.68% of installs come from France
Which countries install it?
| France |
15.68% |
| Germany |
13.98% |
| United States |
9.32% |
| Poland |
8.90% |
| Sweden |
8.05% |
| Portugal |
6.78% |
| Norway |
2.97% |
| Finland |
2.54% |
| Brazil |
2.12% |
| Spain |
2.12% |
| Taiwan |
1.69% |
| Switzerland |
1.69% |
| Russia |
1.69% |
| Israel |
1.69% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
22.22% |
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| Acer |
22.22% |
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| GIGABYTE |
16.67% |
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| ASUS |
15.87% |
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| Dell |
7.94% |
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| American Megatrends |
7.94% |
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| Samsung |
2.38% |
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| Intel |
1.59% |
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| Lenovo |
1.59% |
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| Toshiba |
1.59% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.54% |
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| Acer Aspire 5742G |
2.65% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.65% |
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| Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 |
1.77% |
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| Acer Aspire X3990 |
1.77% |
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| ASUS All Series |
1.77% |
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About Valve
Valve is a video game development and digital distribution company through Steam best known for its critically acclaimed product, Half-Life.
Publisher URL: www.valvesoftware.com