Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
What is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2? (from Ubisoft)
Defend US soil from a cross-border attack, taking the fight to all-new locations -- from Juarez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas. Command lethal air strikes with jet fighters, gain mobile cover for otherwise impassable situations and replenish armaments on the battlefield using an unmanned artillery MULE. Players can now heal... Read more
Overview
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 is a program developed by Ubisoft. 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 46 files and is usually about 121.96 MB (127,884,047 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 56% of users of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and United Kingdom.
Program details
URL: www.ghostrecon.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/13510
Estimated size: 121.96 MB
Files installed by Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
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um.dll - Ubisoft UM (ALL_ALL_GLOBAL)
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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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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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SDL2.dll - Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)
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Steam.dll
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Steam.exe - Steam Client Bootstrapper
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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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SteamTmp.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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vstdlib_s64.dll
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avutil-51.dll
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binkw32.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
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CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
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d3dcompiler_46.dll (by Microsoft) - Microsoft® DirectX for Windows® (Direct3D HLSL Compiler)
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d3dcompiler_46_64.dll (by Microsoft)
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dbghelp.dll - Debugging Tools for Windows(R) (Windows Image Helper)
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ghost_recon_advanced_warfighter_2_1.00_to_1.05.exe
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graw2.exe - Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter® 2
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graw2_dedicated.exe
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libavcodec-55.dll
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libavformat-55.dll
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libavresample-1.dll
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libavutil-53.dll
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libcurl.dll
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libswscale-2.dll
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nxcooking.dll - PhysXCooking Dynamic Link Library
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nxextensions.dll
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openal32.dll (by Portions (C) Creative Labs and NVIDIA) - Standard OpenAL(TM) Library (Standard OpenAL(TM) Implementation)
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physxloader.dll - PhysXLoader Dynamic Link Library
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Steam2.dll - Steam Client Engine
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streaming_client.exe
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video.dll
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wrap_oal.dll (by Creative Labs) - Creative Labs OpenAL32 (OpenAL32)
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WriteMiniDump.exe - Win32 MiniDump Helper
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wxmsw270_vc_custom.dll (by wxWidgets development team) - wxWidgets (wxWidgets for MSW)
Behaviors exhibited
2 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).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam 2.
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.
4 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
- graw2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ghost recon advanced warfighter 2\graw2.exe'.
- SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
- graw2_dedicated.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2\graw2_dedicated.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).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| GameOverlayUI.exe |
| Memory: | 36.47 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0126768236% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00708749% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00558933% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 30,822,598 | |
| Switches/sec: | 194 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 633.64 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 29.26 KB | |
| Steam.exe |
| Memory: | 8.92 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0004169355% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00031635% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00010058% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 216,352 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 3 Bytes | |
| I/O writes/min: | 0 Bytes | |
| 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 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2?
You can uninstall Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 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 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, 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 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 75%
Win Server 2003 1%
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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 5%
Keep it 95%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
77.39% |
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| Windows 10 |
19.13% |
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| Windows XP |
2.61% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.87% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
41.59% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.35% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
15.04% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.19% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
3.54% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
3.54% |
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Geography
56.46% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
56.46% |
| Germany |
9.52% |
| United Kingdom |
7.48% |
| Australia |
4.76% |
| Canada |
4.76% |
| France |
2.04% |
| Netherlands |
2.04% |
| DK |
1.36% |
| Spain |
1.36% |
| Finland |
1.36% |
| Norway |
1.36% |
| Chile |
0.68% |
| Croatia |
0.68% |
| Ireland |
0.68% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| GIGABYTE |
28.00% |
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| ASUS |
24.00% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
16.00% |
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| Acer |
16.00% |
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| Dell |
10.00% |
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| American Megatrends |
4.00% |
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| Alienware |
2.00% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
4.17% |
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| BIOSTAR Group TA970 |
2.78% |
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| ASUS All Series |
2.78% |
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| HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC |
2.78% |
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| MSI MS-7673 |
2.78% |
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| MSI MS-7681 |
2.78% |
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About Ubisoft
Ubisoft is a video game publisher and developer whos knonw brands include Assassin's Creed, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Beyond Good & Evil,Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Far Cry and Rayman.
Publisher URL: www.ubi.com