Should I remove Guardians of Middle-earth?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
What do people think about it?
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How common is it?
Global Rank #14,975
United States Rank #11,573
Reach 0.0187%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 116.56 days
338.42 days >
Average installed length: 177.81 days
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Guardians of Middle-earth
from Zombie Studios
What is Guardians of Middle-earth?
Guardians of Middle-earth is a fantasy video game.
About (from Zombie Studios)
A shadow grows over Middle-earth as the greatest armies of the Third Age prepare for the coming battle. Take up arms in the clash over Middle-earth as the most powerful heroes and villains from the greatest fantasy epic of all time.
Guardians of Middle-earth delivers an authentic multiplayer online battle arena (... Read more
Overview
Guardians of Middle-earth is a program developed by Zombie Studios. 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 54 files and is usually about 3.78 MB (3,964,910 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 60% of users of Guardians of Middle-earth come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.
Program details
URL: www.guardiansofmiddleearth.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\steam
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/111900
Estimated size: 3.78 MB
Files installed by Guardians of Middle-earth
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AppOverlay.dll (by Valve) - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
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AppOverlay64.dll (by Valve)
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SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
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tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
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tier0_s64.dll
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crashhandler.dll - Steam Crash Handler Library
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crashhandler64.dll
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GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
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GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
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Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
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SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
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GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
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Steam.dll - Steam Client Engine
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steamclient.dll
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steamclient64.dll
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steamerrorreporter.exe
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steamerrorreporter64.exe
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streaming_client.exe
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vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
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vstdlib_s64.dll
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libavresample-1.dll
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libavutil-53.dll
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video.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F35A2E97-15EC-4841-9B6B-C6C3A034D451}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1362717348-4269181746-3423203767-1001.
Startup File (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.
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'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
Steam.exe |
Memory: | 57.52 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0004700060% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00038533% | |
User CPU: | 0.00008468% | |
GameOverlayUI.exe |
Memory: | 19.21 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0020147051% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.00175589% | |
User CPU: | 0.00025881% | |
How do I remove Guardians of Middle-earth?
You can uninstall Guardians of Middle-earth 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 Guardians of Middle-earth, 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 Guardians of Middle-earth.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 57%
Win 10 0%
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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 3%
Keep it 97%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
59.08% |
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Windows 10 |
39.57% |
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Windows Vista |
0.81% |
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Windows XP |
0.54% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.07% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.16% |
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Windows 8.1 |
12.81% |
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Windows 8.1 Pro |
11.17% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
10.08% |
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Windows 10 Home |
4.09% |
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Geography
60.39% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
60.39% |
United Kingdom |
8.23% |
Canada |
4.55% |
France |
3.25% |
Australia |
2.81% |
Brazil |
2.60% |
Germany |
2.60% |
Norway |
1.95% |
DK |
1.52% |
Finland |
1.52% |
Netherlands |
1.30% |
Ireland |
1.08% |
Czech Republic |
0.87% |
Turkey |
0.87% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
ASUS |
19.54% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
18.97% |
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GIGABYTE |
15.52% |
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Acer |
15.52% |
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Dell |
12.64% |
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Alienware |
6.90% |
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Lenovo |
5.17% |
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American Megatrends |
1.15% |
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Intel |
1.15% |
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MSI |
1.15% |
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Sony |
1.15% |
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Toshiba |
1.15% |
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Common models |
ASUS All Series |
10.67% |
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MSI MS-7821 |
5.33% |
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MSI MS-7751 |
3.33% |
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Dell XPS 8300 |
2.67% |
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Alienware Aurora-R4 |
2.67% |
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HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.67% |
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