The Showdown Effect

The Showdown Effect

by Arrowhead Game Studios AB

What is The Showdown Effect?

The Showdown Effect is software application developed by Arrowhead Game Studios AB. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.63% of installations running this operating system. The Showdown Effect's installer is typically 432.00 MB in size and installs around 61 files.

The Showdown Effect is most popular in the United States with 49.91% of installations residing in this country.

The Showdown Effect adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, The Showdown Effect is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Elliot\Lollollol !\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • showdown.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Showdown\binaries\showdown.exe'.
  • SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam 2.
Registry entries:
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent.
  • SteamTmp.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.theshowdowneffect.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Showdown
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/204080
Size:
432.00 MB
Language:
English

The Showdown Effect Executable Details

Primary executable:
video.dll
Name:
The Showdown Effect
Path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Showdown\video.dll
MD5:
ba1b99452a6cd11ee6e503db957c96a9
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by The Showdown Effect
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
ba1b99452a6cd11ee6e503db957c96a9
DLL
07bd29949a72f6ba0c34382694584d45
EXE
ae87cfbb5d3473efce489320514634e0
DLL
a7af3ad4283bf00e578f410514a10c77
DLL
7ad08f3c0babeb4952f120ed7dd52806
DLL
32a6a4d86674c5c097b33e117f9606ff
DLL
89e1d36687e373869a1b961a629744bf
DLL
98d57126e0711113e130300a44cd38ff
DLL
570ddf027b3006370470d3f34b4b140c
EXE
8a7c220a18123753a7eeacaf9b33833b