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6% remove it94% keep it
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Global Rank #24,807
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord

Overview

Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord is a program developed by Black Forest Games. Upon installation and setup, it defines an auto-start registry entry which makes this program run on each Windows boot for all user logins. 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 software installer includes 50 files and is usually about 1.63 GB (1,745,139,689 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 7 (SP1) as well as Windows 10. While about 44% of users of Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: gianasisterstwisteddreams.com/rise-of-the-owlverlord
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\GSTD - Rise of the Owlverlord
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/246960
Estimated size: 1.63 GB

Program filesFiles installed by Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord

  • GSGameExe.exe
  • GSGameExe_DX9.exe
  • crashhandler.dll (by Valve) - Steam Crash Handler Library
  • crashhandler64.dll (by Valve)
  • GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
  • GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
  • GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
  • SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
  • Steam.dll
  • Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • streaming_client.exe
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • AppOverlay.dll - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
  • AppOverlay64.dll
  • avutil-51.dll
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • 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)
  • icui18n.dll
  • icuuc.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavresample-1.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavutil-52.dll
  • libavutil-54.dll
  • libswscale-3.dll
  • openvr_api.dll
  • sdl.dll
  • steam_api.dll - Steam Client API (Steam Client API (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04))
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.json
  • SteamTmp.exe
  • uninstall.exe
  • v8.dll
  • video.dll
  • winh264.dll
  • WriteMiniDump.exe - Win32 MiniDump Helper

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

2 Scheduled Tasks
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{5ED47F96-28F8-4042-BBBA-D463F16205D5}' (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_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1376238410-2669572290-3327323966-1001.
2 Startup Files (User Run)
  • Steam.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.
  • 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.
3 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programfiler\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • GSGameExe_DX9.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Steam\steamapps\common\GSTD - Rise of the Owlverlord\GSGameExe_DX9.exe'.
Network connections
  • 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

SteamTmp.exe
Memory:230.39 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0025027453%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00142709%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00107566%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:28,069,388
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:334
70 average
I/O reads/min:1.77 MB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:2.18 MB
105.02 KB average

How do I remove Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord?

You can uninstall Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord 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 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord, 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 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 51%
Win XP 1%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 51.43%
Windows 10 47.14%
Windows Vista 0.71%
Windows XP 0.71%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.71%
Windows 8.1 18.57%
Windows 7 Ultimate 16.43%
Windows 8.1 Pro 10.00%
Windows 7 Professional 7.86%
Windows 8.1 Pro with Medi... 6.43%

Distribution by countryGeography

43.90% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 43.90%
  Germany 10.37%
  United Kingdom 8.54%
  France 7.32%
  Canada 4.27%
  Switzerland 3.66%
  Australia 3.05%
  Netherlands 1.83%
  Sweden 1.83%
  Belgium 1.22%
  Brazil 1.22%
  Finland 1.22%
  Italy 1.22%
  Norway 1.22%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.08%
Acer 21.54%
Dell 12.31%
ASUS 10.77%
GIGABYTE 9.23%
Lenovo 7.69%
Alienware 7.69%
MSI 4.62%
Medion 1.54%
American Megatrends 1.54%
Common models
ASUS All Series 11.36%
Dell XPS 8300 2.27%
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H 2.27%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 2.27%
MSI MS-7693 2.27%
MSI MS-7821 2.27%

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