Should I remove Super Meat Boy?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

6% remove it94% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Good

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How common is it?

Global Rank #2,608

United States Rank #2,227

Reach 0.2360%

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

< 27.73 days

597.50 days >

Average installed length: 313.94 days

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Super Meat Boy

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What is Super Meat Boy?

Super Meat Boy is an independent video game designed by Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes and developed by Team Meat. Super Meat Boy is a platform game in which players control a small, dark red, cube-shaped character named Meat Boy, who must save his girlfriend Bandage Girl from Dr. Fetus. The game is divided into chapters, which together contain over 300 levels. The player can jump and run on platforms, and can jump off or slide down walls. The core gameplay requires fine control and split-second timing, and has been compared to, regarding both gameplay and level of difficulty.

Overview

During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. 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 primary executable is named SuperMeatBoy.exe. The setup package generally installs about 45 files and is usually about 262.8 MB (275,563,644 bytes).

Program details

URL: www.supermeatboy.com

Help link: support.steampowered.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Super Meat Boy

Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/40800

Estimated size: 262.8 MB

Files installed by Super Meat Boy

Program executable:	SuperMeatBoy.exe
Path:	C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Super Meat Boy\SuperMeatBoy.exe
MD5:	9de9b684b8b2e028d55e3808a7325d54

Additional files:

AppOverlay.dll (by Valve) - Steam Application Overlay Renderer (Steam Application Overlay)
AppOverlay64.dll (by Valve)
crashhandler.dll - Steam Crash Handler Library
crashhandler64.dll
GameOverlayRenderer.dll - Steam Game Overlay Renderer
GameOverlayRenderer64.dll
GameOverlayUI.exe - Steam
Steam.dll - Steam Client Engine
Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper (Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04))
steamclient.dll - Steamclient.dll (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)
steamclient64.dll - Steamclient.dll (buildbot_winslave05_steam_steam_rel_client_win64@winslave05)
steamerrorreporter.exe - steamerrorreporter.exe (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)
steamerrorreporter64.exe - steamerrorreporter.exe (buildbot_winslave05_steam_steam_rel_client_win64@winslave05)
SteamUI.dll - SteamUI Dynamic Link Library (SteamUI Dynamic Link Library (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04))
tier0_s.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library (tier0_s Dynamic Link Library (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04))
tier0_s64.dll - tier0_s Dynamic Link Library (buildbot_winslave05_steam_steam_rel_client_win64@winslave05)
vstdlib_s.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)
vstdlib_s64.dll - vstdlib_ s.dll (buildbot_winslave05_steam_steam_rel_client_win64@winslave05)
SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
streaming_client.exe
xinput1_3.dll (by http://x360ce.googlecode.com) - XBOX 360 Controller Emulator
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)
fumes_api.dll
libavcodec-55.dll
libavformat-55.dll
libavresample-1.dll
libavutil-52.dll
libavutil-53.dll
libswscale-2.dll
libx264-138.dll (by x264 project) - x264 (H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) encoder library)
steam_api.dll - Steam Client API (Steam Client API (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04))
Steam2.dll
steamTmp.exe
SuperMeatBoy.exe
SuperMeatBoyControlStation.exe - WindowsApplication1
unins000.exe - Setup/Uninstall
video.dll
WriteMiniDump.exe - Win32 MiniDump Helper
x360ce.exe (by TocaEdit) - X360 Controller Emulator
XInput9_1_0.dll - XNA Common Controller

Behaviors exhibited

4 Scheduled Tasks

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (runs on registration).
SuperMeatBoy.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{6696D4D7-2FE9-4B71-9BC4-B5D35767907A}' (runs on registration).
GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{98D22EE8-FBCE-4B0A-A638-4A27C81582F5}' (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.

2 Startup Files (User Run)

Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe.
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

SuperMeatBoy.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program\Steam\steamapps\common\Super Meat Boy\SuperMeatBoy.exe'.
Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.

Network connections

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).
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).

Resource utilization averages
Show technical details

Steam.exe
Memory:	150.65 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0024978529%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00132835%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00116950%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	169,644,115	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	1,059	70 average
I/O reads/min:	1.14 MB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	163.79 KB	105.02 KB average
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
steamTmp.exe
Memory:	230.39 MB
Total CPU:	0.0025027453%
Kernel CPU:	0.00142709%
User CPU:	0.00107566%
CPU cycles/sec:	28,069,388
Switches/sec:	334
I/O reads/min:	1.77 MB
I/O writes/min:	2.18 MB

How do I remove Super Meat Boy?

You can uninstall Super Meat Boy 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 Super Meat Boy, 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 Super Meat Boy.

OS VERSIONS

Win 10 53%

Win Vista 0%

HOW IT STARTS

Automatically starts? Yes

(Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS

Uninstall it 6%

Keep it 94%

Windows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

Windows 10	52.95%
Windows 7	46.15%
Windows Vista	0.58%
Windows XP	0.32%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium	26.46%
Windows 8.1	19.29%
Windows 10 Home	12.49%
Windows 7 Ultimate	11.09%
Windows 7 Professional	7.69%
Windows 8.1 Pro	7.04%

Geography

56.72% of installs come from the United States

Which countries install it?

United States	56.72%
United Kingdom	7.00%
France	6.33%
Canada	5.33%
Germany	3.10%
Australia	2.59%
Netherlands	1.61%
Brazil	1.56%
Sweden	1.44%
DK	1.36%
Norway	1.25%
Finland	1.01%
Belgium	0.98%
Spain	0.86%

PC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

ASUS	19.89%
Hewlett-Packard	19.57%
Acer	14.20%
Dell	12.49%
Lenovo	9.79%
GIGABYTE	8.00%
Toshiba	4.85%
Alienware	4.10%
MSI	3.42%
Samsung	2.74%
Intel	0.60%
Apple	0.36%
Common models
ASUS All Series	16.41%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ...	3.76%
MSI MS-7821	3.14%
MSI MS-7850	2.15%
ASUSTeK G75VW	2.07%
MSI MS-7752	1.99%

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