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
c9ec7dab78d775a3644b19ee0d37a3ee
EXE
3fbb9beda8778f1d0334a0c79770b229
EXE
315612cf1a304187909415f6730eac3c
EXE
250eb6281650626d18363bc19ee97224
EXE
6ffdb5306957269b44f669969c7f8a82
EXE
3f7d0c89b91c39b4eeca371b1aebe238
EXE
bbfd33c144ec2804b716878eb52cb081
EXE
706aedb06877d3434225a6b09639518d
EXE
2365160ea96434b885846bbc932e6a20