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What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,441
United States Rank #5,828
Reach 0.0565%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 14.17 days
417.87 days >
Average installed length: 219.56 days
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Tribes: Ascend
Overview
Tribes: Ascend is a program developed by Hi-Rez 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 80 files and is usually about 35.05 MB (36,752,192 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 61% of users of Tribes: Ascend come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Australia.
Program details
URL: www.tribesascend.com
Help link: support.steampowered.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Tribes
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/17080
Estimated size: 35.05 MB
Files installed by Tribes: Ascend
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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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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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libavresample-1.dll
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SteamTmp.exe
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streaming_client.exe
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uninstall.exe
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AgentInterface.dll
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APEX_Clothing_Legacy_x86.dll (by NVIDIA) - APEX Dynamic Link Library
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APEX_Clothing_x86.dll (by NVIDIA)
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APEX_Destructible_Legacy_x86.dll
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APEX_Destructible_x86.dll
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ApexFramework_x86.dll
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Autoreporter.exe (by Epic Games) - AutoReporter
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Autoreporter.XmlSerializers.dll
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avcodec-52.dll
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avformat-52.dll
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avutil-50.dll
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avutil-51.dll
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Awesomium.dll (by Khrona) - Awesomium v1.6.5
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Awesomium_d.dll (by Khrona)
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AwesomiumProcess.exe
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binkudk.dll (by RAD Game Tools) - Bink and Smacker (RAD Video Tools)
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binkw32.dll (by RAD Game Tools)
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CSERHelper.dll - CSER Helper (Debug Helper Routines)
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cudart.dll
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cudart32_30_9.dll - NVIDIA CUDA 3.0.9 Runtime (NVIDIA CUDA Runtime, Version 3.0.9)
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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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EasyHook32.dll (by Christoph Husse) - EasyHook32
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FonixTtsDtSimpleFr.dll
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FonixTtsDtSimpleGr.dll
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FonixTtsDtSimpleIt.dll
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FonixTtsDtSimpleLa.dll
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FonixTtsDtSimpleSp.dll
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FonixTtsDtSimpleUk.dll
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FonixTtsDtSimpleUs.dll
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FreeImage.dll (by FreeImage) - FreeImage (FreeImage library)
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FxGraphLayout.dll (by OC3 Entertainment) - FxGraphLayout
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HirezBridge.exe - HirezProxyLaunch
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icudt42.dll (by IBM and others) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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Interop.XDevkit.1.0.dll - Assembly imported from type library 'XDevkit'.
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libavcodec-55.dll
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libavformat-55.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Google Chrome Plugin
- NPSWF32.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'NPSWF32.dll'.
Mozilla Plugin
- NPSWF32.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name 'Adobe Flash Player' with a plugin key of '@adobe.com/FlashPlayer'.
3 Scheduled Tasks
- Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (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).
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.
2 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- 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).
- Steam.exe connects to 146.66.155.9 (port 27017).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| AwesomiumProcess.exe |
| Memory: | 12.04 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0602152084% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00177740% | |
| User CPU: | 0.05843781% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 595 | |
| Switches/sec: | 5 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 23 Bytes | |
How do I remove Tribes: Ascend?
You can uninstall Tribes: Ascend 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 Tribes: Ascend, 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 Tribes: Ascend.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Tribes: Ascend you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 10 52%
Win XP 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 8%
Keep it 92%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 10 |
51.71% |
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| Windows 7 |
47.76% |
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| Windows Vista |
0.36% |
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| Windows XP |
0.18% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
28.11% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
21.44% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.08% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
8.92% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.57% |
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| Windows 8 |
5.68% |
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Geography
60.94% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
60.94% |
| United Kingdom |
7.48% |
| Australia |
3.71% |
| Canada |
3.71% |
| France |
3.35% |
| Germany |
2.28% |
| Norway |
1.57% |
| Brazil |
1.28% |
| Sweden |
1.21% |
| Netherlands |
1.14% |
| Belgium |
1.07% |
| DK |
1.07% |
| Italy |
0.86% |
| Russia |
0.78% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
21.65% |
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| ASUS |
16.84% |
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| Dell |
12.71% |
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| Acer |
12.37% |
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| Lenovo |
9.62% |
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| GIGABYTE |
9.45% |
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| Alienware |
7.56% |
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| Toshiba |
3.78% |
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| MSI |
2.75% |
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| Samsung |
2.23% |
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| Apple |
0.52% |
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| Intel |
0.52% |
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Common models |
| ASUS All Series |
11.17% |
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| MSI MS-7821 |
3.30% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.79% |
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| MSI MS-7850 |
2.79% |
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| HP Pavilion 15 Notebook P... |
2.28% |
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| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
2.28% |
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About (from Hi-Rez Studios)
Our talented development team consists of industry-proven concept, character, environment, and technical artists, animators, designers, and programmers.
Publisher URL: www.hirezstudios.com