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What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
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How common is it?
United States Rank #35,551
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Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.3.183 34.62%

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EverQuest II 2

What is EverQuest II 2?  (from Sony Online Entertainment)

EverQuest II is the epitome of massively multiplayer gaming - the ultimate blend of deep features, heritage, and community. Explore an enormous online world where friends come together for adventure and community. Immerse yourself in the game's exciting locales, mysterious lands, intense battles, exciting quests and am...  Read more

Overview

EverQuest II 2 is a software program developed by Sony Online Entertainment. 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 51 files and is usually about 54.6 MB (57,255,648 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 86% of users of EverQuest II 2 come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Germany.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.soe.com
Installation folder: C:\everquest ii
Uninstaller: C:\EverQuest II\Uninstaller.exe
Estimated size: 54.6 MB

Program filesFiles installed by EverQuest II 2

  • EQ2Settings.exe - EverQuest II® Settings Utility (Settings tool for EverQuest II®)
  • EverQuest2.exe - EQ2 Client (EQ2 Client Application)
  • vistautils.dll - VistaUtils (Vista-only Utilities)
  • LaunchPad.exe - LaunchPad (Sony Online Entertainment LaunchPad)
  • assetdb.dll - AssetDB
  • Uninstaller.exe
  • icudt.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
  • libGLESv2.dll - ANGLE libGLESv2 Dynamic Link Library
  • libEGL.dll - ANGLE libEGL Dynamic Link Library
  • ambxrt.dll - amBX Redistributable Runtime
  • nspr4.dll (by Netscape Communications) - Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR Library)
  • nss3.dll (by Netscape Communications) - Network Security Services (NSS Base Library)
  • nssckbi.dll - NSS Builtin Trusted Root CAs
  • plc4.dll - PLC Library
  • plds4.dll - PLDS Library
  • smime3.dll - NSS S/MIME Library
  • softokn3.dll - NSS PKCS #11 Library
  • ssl3.dll - NSS SSL Library
  • EQ2VoiceService.exe (by Vivox) - Vivox Voice Service
  • mss32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Miles Sound System
  • binkw32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
  • steam_api.dll (by Valve) - Steam Client API (Steam Client API (buildbot_winslave01_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave01) (buildbot_winslave01_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave01))
  • LiveDriverSDK.dll (by Image Metrics) - Live Driver SDK
  • vivoxsdk.dll (by Vivox) - Vivox SDK 4.5 (Vivox Communications API)
  • Awesomium.dll (by Awesomium Technologies) - Awesomium (Awesomium Core)
  • awesomium_process.exe (by Awesomium Technologies) - Awesomium Render Process
  • gksvggdiplus.dll (by Mozilla Foundation) - XULRunner
  • libsndfile-1.dll - Soundfile
  • js3250.dll - NETSCAPE (Netscape 32-bit JavaScript Module)
  • vivoxoal.dll - OpenAL
  • avcodec-53.dll
  • avformat-53.dll
  • avutil-51.dll
  • EQ2.exe
  • EQ2IMEInputServer.exe
  • LaunchPad.dll
  • ortp.dll
  • QuadProg.dll
  • SequenceSound.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • LaunchPad.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{6E0D219C-BAF3-4F83-BCB8-A50082594BD5}' (runs on registration).
3 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • LaunchPad.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragon's Prophet\LaunchPad.exe'.
  • EQ2VoiceService.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Sony Online Entertainment\Installed Games\EverQuest II\EQ2VoiceService.exe'.
  • EQ2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\EQ2.exe'.

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

awesomium_process.exe
Memory:14.72 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0002452994%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00002812%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00021718%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:363,726
8,062,084 average
I/O reads/min:429 Bytes
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:2.59 KB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove EverQuest II 2?

You can uninstall EverQuest II 2 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 EverQuest II (2), 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 EverQuest II 2.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 54%
Win XP 4%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%
 
US RANK
#35,551

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 53.85%
Windows 10 38.46%
Windows Vista 3.85%
Windows XP 3.85%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Professional 23.08%
Windows 7 Home Premium 19.23%
Windows 7 Ultimate 11.54%
Windows 8.1 11.54%
Windows 8 7.69%
Windows 8.1 Pro 7.69%

Distribution by countryGeography

86.11% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 86.11%
  United Kingdom 8.33%
  Germany 2.78%
  Canada 2.78%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 35.29%
Hewlett-Packard 23.53%
GIGABYTE 11.76%
Acer 11.76%
ASUS 5.88%
Intel 5.88%
Samsung 5.88%
Common models
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 6.25%
MSI MS-7817 6.25%
HP Pavilion m6 Notebook P... 6.25%
HP Pavilion 17 Notebook P... 6.25%
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 6.25%
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 6.... 6.25%

About (from Sony Online Entertainment)

At SOE, we take pride in the fact that we are all gamers.
Publisher URL: www.soe.com

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