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
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DLL
bc4e79380d7c60eef9bc71a9ad62bc17
DLL
620523a171500a4553e3212554cd3708
DLL
ed6eaaf23a5999db8695d7295841bf66
DLL
cb2acd687205edec00839e3621804276
DLL
2b7fb3f3fe7b5d25d37a45a9325f142a
DLL
eea5e428ce63804f9b12d21c97b5968f
DLL
70f7e276a5f8c4cdda263ba7f0f20455
DLL
2ccb27ed49706e5967b7d15aac9d214c
DLL
73ce5e07bf8f06237ddd873fbee8fd8b