The Howler

The Howler

by Antanas Marcelionis

What is The Howler?

The Howler is software application developed by Antanas Marcelionis. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 76.36% of installations running this operating system. The Howler's installer is typically 78.00 MB in size and installs around 44 files.

The Howler is most popular in the United States with 57.14% of installations residing in this country.

The Howler adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, The Howler is known to create 2 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'.
  • Howler.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Howler\Howler.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B6D81AEC-C691-4109-ACBA-39A635BBAF0E}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3837917440-1771750534-681917250-1001.
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.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.howler.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Howler
Uninstaller:
"C:\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/306040
Size:
78.00 MB
Language:
English

The Howler Executable Details

Primary executable:
Howler.exe
Name:
The Howler
Path:
C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Howler\Howler.exe
MD5:
4939ebe21933b79c0ba2b0a66b5c9fea
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by The Howler
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
8449ae80411c62a4cbb73f34b9fb1ab0
DLL
af26e4c37e9d95523cfc3823e64bb5fe
DLL
b7285ed6a0fc0e0690e2ef0f0cf0f506
EXE
4939ebe21933b79c0ba2b0a66b5c9fea