What is BioShock 2?

BioShock 2 is software application developed by 2K Games. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 79.65% of installations running this operating system. BioShock 2's installer is typically 24.00 MB in size and installs around 47 files. The most common release is 1.00.0000 with 49.93% of all installations currently using this version.

BioShock 2 is most popular in the United States with 54.05% of installations residing in this country.

BioShock 2 adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, BioShock 2 is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

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'.
Bioshock2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\2K Games\BioShock 2\MP\Builds\Binaries\Bioshock2.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9650EB78-B574-4493-81F7-DD675D4BF214}' (runs on registration).
SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:

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.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.2kgames.com

Support:

https://www.2kgames.com/bioshock2/support

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\2K Games\BioShock 2

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{4A8B461A-9336-4CF9-98F4-14DD38E673F0}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly

Size:

24.00 MB

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