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:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\ares

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Ares\uninstall.exe"

Size:

8.00 MB

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