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
f064bb38051762af2ac9545e38fb5bdd
EXE
845e9d6700274d5ba76d81f4e71be797
EXE
7a03508e3ced937c5f82edd5db9a5c92
EXE
aa73d3cc13074e297e2c740876acffc0
EXE
a56867ccf7ec483c94324689d7142a66
EXE
2714e73d51000d9380ab62f3d15a1317
EXE
df6c26c3872eff82582a00ada77f65e8
EXE
af42717a0fdac191d710cb31d880eab9
EXE
b623099b2e7f4fc790acda596ef48a8c
EXE
15acce381a54c040441bd66910377a32