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
6ee8ddad321ee8bd64acbba8c7825218