Steam
What is Steam?
Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute games and related media online, from small independent developers to larger software houses; Valve expanded the service to include non-gaming software. Steam provides the user with installation and automatic management of software across multiple computers, community features such as friends lists and groups, cloud saving, and in-game voice and chat functionality. The software provides a freely available application programming interface, Steamworks, that developers can take advantage of to integrate many of Steam's functions within their software products, including copy protection, networking and matchmaking, in-game achievements and micro-transactions, and support for user-created content through Steam Workshop. Steam's primary service is to allow its users to download games and other software that they have in their virtual software library to their local computers.
About (from Valve)
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Overview
- Starts automatically
- Connects to the Internet
- Adds a Windows Service
Program details
URL: www.steampowered.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\eraserdropportable
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{048298C9-A4D3-490B-9FF9-AB023A9238F3}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 1.53 MB
Language: English (United States)
Files installed by Steam
| Program executable: | eraserdropportable.exe |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\eraserdropportable\eraserdropportable.exe |
| MD5: | 1b0ba6d8ebb651941bf137a57c4bb8e4 |
Additional files:
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steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
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steamservice.exe - Steam Client Service
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AppOverlay.dll - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
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AppOverlay64.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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GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
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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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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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vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll
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Steam.dll
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vstdlib_s64.dll
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streaming_client.exe
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SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
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video.dll
Behaviors exhibited
4 Scheduled Tasks
- steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F379847F-E7EF-4084-9B2F-B87B28202FA4}' (runs on registration).
- SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).
- GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{98D22EE8-FBCE-4B0A-A638-4A27C81582F5}' (runs on registration).
- steamservice.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{AD106B72-8BAD-448A-A141-14F1E728DB6C}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam 2.
Service
- steamservice.exe runs as a service named 'Steam Client Service' (Steam Client Service) "Steam Client Service monitors and updates Steam content".
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:\giochi\Steam\Steam.exe'.
- steamservice.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\bin\SteamService.exe'.
- SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Network connections
- steam.exe connects to 58.215.54.121 (port 27017).
- Steam.exe connects to a96-7-41-160.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (96.7.41.160 port 80).
- Steam.exe connects to 208.78.164.14 (port 27018).
- steam.exe connects to unknown.hwng.net (209.197.29.197 port 27017).
- steam.exe connects to VALVE-CORPO.edge4.London2.Level3.net (212.187.192.162 port 80).
- steam.exe connects to 68.142.91.36 (port 27017).
- steam.exe connects to PROGRESS-TE.edge3.NewYork1.Level3.net (4.26.35.154 port 27031).
- steam.exe connects to 65.119.212.110 (port 27019).
- steam.exe connects to 208-64-200-203.steampowered.com (208.64.200.203 port 27019).
- steam.exe connects to 146.66.155.9 (port 27017).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| steam.exe |
| Memory: | 135.83 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0002740424% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00018112% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00009292% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 21,119,105 | |
| Switches/sec: | 655 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 15.66 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 110.91 KB | |
| steamservice.exe |
| Memory: | 8.59 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0000065717% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00000131% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000526% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 1,256,532 | |
| Switches/sec: | 8 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 446 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
| GameOverlayUI.exe |
| Memory: | 21.35 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0004747990% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00032078% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00015402% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 16,959,400 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 35.45 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 3.3 KB | |
How do I remove Steam?
You can uninstall Steam 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 Steam, 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 Steam.
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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GLOBAL RANK
 #26
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
49.64% |
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| Windows 7 |
47.72% |
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| Windows Vista |
1.62% |
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| Windows XP |
1.02% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.01% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
24.93% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
13.95% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
13.70% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
13.43% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.62% |
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| Windows 10 Pro |
6.33% |
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Geography
50.22% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
50.22% |
| United Kingdom |
5.56% |
| Germany |
5.45% |
| France |
4.46% |
| Canada |
3.55% |
| Italy |
2.14% |
| Brazil |
2.11% |
| Australia |
2.10% |
| Netherlands |
1.79% |
| Sweden |
1.59% |
| Spain |
1.09% |
| DK |
1.09% |
| Poland |
1.06% |
| Norway |
0.97% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
22.17% |
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| ASUS |
18.04% |
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| Acer |
16.21% |
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| Dell |
14.51% |
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| Lenovo |
7.52% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.51% |
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| Toshiba |
4.85% |
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| Alienware |
3.04% |
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| Samsung |
2.79% |
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| MSI |
2.56% |
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| Intel |
0.81% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
12.20% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.98% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
4.09% |
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| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
2.86% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.76% |
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| LENOVO 20378 |
1.84% |
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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