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Mandagon

Overview

Mandagon is a program developed by Blind Sky 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 main program executable is Mandagon.exe. The software installer includes 62 files and is usually about 163.42 MB (171,354,851 bytes). In comparison to the total number of users, most PCs are running the OS Windows 10 as well as Windows 7 (SP1). While about 80% of users of Mandagon come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.

Program detailsProgram details

Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Mandagon
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/461560
Estimated size: 163.42 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Mandagon

Program executable:Mandagon.exe
Path:C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Mandagon\Mandagon.exe
MD5:b6dc4babc5ae36dc0ecf121b360e6864
Additional files:
  • Mandagon.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
  • steamclient.dll
  • steamclient64.dll
  • steamerrorreporter.exe
  • steamerrorreporter64.exe
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.dll
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.dll
  • SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library
  • streaming_client.exe
  • tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library
  • tier0_s64.dll
  • video.dll
  • vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
  • vstdlib_s64.dll
  • CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
  • uninstall.exe
  • Assembly-CSharp.dll
  • Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll
  • CSteamworks.dll (by Riley Labrecque) - CSteamworks (A C ABI wrapper for Steamworks)
  • 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
  • libav_h264-56.dll
  • libavcodec-56.dll
  • libavcodec-57.dll
  • libavformat-56.dll
  • libavformat-57.dll
  • libavresample-2.dll
  • libavresample-3.dll
  • libavutil-54.dll
  • libavutil-55.dll
  • libswscale-3.dll
  • libswscale-4.dll
  • libx264-142.dll (by x264 project) - x264 (H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoder library)
  • mono.dll (by Unity Technologies) - libmono (Unity Technologies fork of mono runtime)
  • Mono.Security.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO CLI
  • mscorlib.dll (by MONO development team) - MONO Common language infrastructure
  • network_config.json
  • openvr_api.dll
  • steam_api.dll - Steam Client API
  • steam_api64.dll
  • Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer.json
  • SteamOverlayVulkanLayer64.json
  • System.Core.dll
  • System.dll
  • UnityEngine.dll
  • UnityEngine.Networking.dll (by Unity Technologies) - UnityEngine.Networking
  • UnityEngine.UI.dll - guisystem
  • v8.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Scheduled Task
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{FC00CA45-1860-406A-8344-694C99E1FBAD}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-30861170-2331759260-2506817206-1001.
Startup File (User Run)
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Power2GoExpress8' 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'.

How do I remove Mandagon?

You can uninstall Mandagon 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 Mandagon, 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 Mandagon.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 83%
Win 7 1%
  
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
  
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 1%
Keep it 99%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 10 83.16%
Windows 7 16.84%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 10 Home 46.32%
Windows 10 Pro 23.16%
Windows 7 Home Premium 10.53%
Windows 8.1 5.26%
Windows 7 Ultimate 4.21%
Windows 10 Home Single La... 3.16%

Distribution by countryGeography

80.42% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 80.42%
  United Kingdom 6.29%
  Canada 2.10%
  Spain 2.10%
  Australia 1.40%
  Austria 0.70%
  Belgium 0.70%
  Germany 0.70%
  DK 0.70%
  Finland 0.70%
  Ireland 0.70%
  Italy 0.70%
  MQ 0.70%
  Mexico 0.70%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer 21.05%
Hewlett-Packard 21.05%
ASUS 15.79%
Lenovo 15.79%
Dell 14.04%
Toshiba 5.26%
MSI 3.51%
Samsung 3.51%
Common models
ASUS All Series 5.56%
HP HP Notebook 4.17%
ASUSTeK X555LAB 4.17%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.78%
TOSHIBA Satellite C55Dt-A 1.39%
TOSHIBA Satellite C55-C 1.39%

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