What is ShowBiz?

ShowBiz is software application developed by ArcSoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 62.22% of installations running this operating system. The most common release is 5.0.1.420 with 69.63% of all installations currently using this version.

ShowBiz is most popular in the United States with 50.59% of installations residing in this country.

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

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

uTorrent.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe'.
ts3client_win32.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\TeamSpeak 3 Client\ts3client_win32.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

fraps.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BED28474-5171-4CCF-86CF-F50B8322E9EA}' (runs on registration).
ts3client_win32.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{922CB199-F0D4-4C2D-9120-1AAB24AF1835}' (runs on registration).
uTorrent.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{8FFF16D5-3A4C-40D5-8811-E9DC73779949}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

fraps.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named FRAPS.

Registry entries:

fraps.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Fraps' and executes as C:\PROGRAM FILES\FRAPS\FRAPS.EXE.
ts3client_win32.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'TeamSpeak 3 Client' and executes as "C:\Program Files\TeamSpeak 3 Client\ts3client_win32.exe".
uTorrent.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'uTorrent' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Roaming\uTorrent\uTorrent.exe" /MINIMIZED.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.arcsoft.com

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Progjes\Showbiz5\

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{9D41D2EF-2D33-4CFD-8A3E-C7E6FCC3303B}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly

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