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
EXE
113edcbc142cba10d6b4923070610dbc
DLL
392459e02527be26751716927515502a
DLL
b38d78e83fdc4ab1358b7623bd24de05
EXE
f59deb152217667d463c569a4e9d8506
DLL
ee91ec5d64cfc052e3bff102cef52c1d
DLL
004f65741249a98088ddd91871ee9633
DLL
255b0213d9f88021e4cbc7b3d0a91af3
DLL
6752712d6bcdd97d719a6fa406d04f6a
DLL
a5dacb15991fe6e3a904cfeb43b77bd3
DLL
af479904846e5cef30f482ee71acc022