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
c368ea4e7312af32fad85967777121f4
DLL
173c217e677c4b0c4f8a6d54ba13bf9b
DLL
c18caa9ba4f06a5d226a892df6dc1d72
DLL
52a41f0e49b2208df75609699fc7254c
DLL
a5274542d4c1f0f0f507f0130b7ab019
DLL
4a8aeda4fad0814f63f525cbd352b609
DLL
5eb1c4385d8b0185a39dbc54fd415e1b
DLL
2db14d7b6400a4abd74cf85f2106ee9c
DLL
a57642859ad916250cd5d914d4cbb664
DLL
0cb42117358c76a68b6321ddbe4d65a7