What is Ares?

Ares is software application developed by Ares Development Group. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 72.95% of installations running this operating system. Ares's installer is typically 8.00 MB in size and installs around 49 files. The most common release is 2.2.5 with 30.66% of all installations currently using this version.

Ares is most popular in the United States with 19.08% of installations residing in this country.

Ares 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, Ares is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • chatServer.exe runs as a service named 'Ares Chatroom server' (AresChatServer) "Hosts your chatroom on the Ares network.".
Firewall:
  • chatServer.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ares\chatServer.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • chatServer.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{37D3EC0A-6273-4D20-8CE2-CC6294CAA141}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • Ares.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ares' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Ares\Ares.exe" -h.
  • chatServer.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AresChatServer' and executes as C:\Program Files\Ares\ChatServer.exe.
  • chatServer.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'AresChatServer' and executes as C:\Program Files\Ares\chatServer.exe.

Software Details

URL:
https://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\ares
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Ares\uninstall.exe"
Size:
8.00 MB
Language:
English

Ares Executable Details

Primary executable:
Ares.exe
Name:
Ares
Path:
C:\Program Files\ares\Ares.exe
MD5:
69e967f3ff9e3df41f4228440fbd43ae
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Ares
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
cc04069d56ded2dbd54d8240b44c9f5c
EXE
1b69e22d65a0523be83aac6c36215c2a
DLL
38473d7a84ab44517dec3d9327764cc9
DLL
fd5abedf547602eaa107ddbeba50cdc7
DLL
404a637a73a7b493f3c9e811dd667eec
EXE
4de88673d26a596a65f0dff2dcc9cd8c
EXE
70e82d770eb1345b55d9698081752b98
EXE
bb593163384d119a5bc14543ec45bd74
EXE
10c60a7857c4c1d6cb10cc81ce994551
EXE
c835d90c105b2085ff7f1a1d17185ac5