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
69e967f3ff9e3df41f4228440fbd43ae
EXE
70f5a585d3267819712933d72861b677
EXE
eb7319da35fff406c2afd912f8268f4c
EXE
fe23aed4b75898527b103cb0830091d3
DLL
86a1311d51c00b278cb7f27796ea442e
EXE
e092445c0c9f2626ae6dfd405f5cbd4e
OCX
3ea338cbc5afaa327003b09feccdb0f2
EXE
24dc922a9bed99c6a644b67288e17d9a
EXE
58a40b78d31e7c314351437384339b6c
EXE
50a726644a86cf0d66861c401f128b9f