Cheat Engine
by Dark Byte
What is Cheat Engine?
Cheat Engine is software application developed by Dark Byte. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.62% of installations running this operating system. Cheat Engine's installer is typically 27.00 MB in size and installs around 38 files. The most common release is 6.3 with 35.61% of all installations currently using this version.
Cheat Engine is most popular in the United States with 28.31% of installations residing in this country.
Cheat Engine adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Cheat Engine is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
About Cheat Engine?
Cheat Engine, often referred to as CE, is an open source memory scanner, hex editor, and debugger initially developed by Eric Heijnen (also known as "Dark Byte") for the Windows operating system. Primarily used for enhancing gaming experiences, Cheat Engine provides users with the ability to view and modify the disassembled memory of a process, granting advantages such as unlimited health, time, or ammunition. Moreover, it offers Direct3D manipulation tools that enable features like the ability to see through walls and zoom in or out, with advanced configurations allowing the software to move the mouse to align a certain texture on the screen, commonly used for creating aimbots. It is important to note that Cheat Engine can inject code into other processes, although such actions may lead to the software being flagged by antivirus programs as a potential threat. However, there are versions available that mitigate this risk by sacrificing some features that rely on code injection.
Software Behaviors
- Firewall:
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- Cheat Engine.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Cheat Engine 6.2\Cheat Engine.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- Cheat Engine.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B77260A3-5CA4-4264-B640-31069351FC30}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Registry entries:
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- Cheat Engine.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Cheat Engine' and executes as C:\Program Files\Cheat Engine 6.2\Cheat Engine.exe.
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.cheatengine.org
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\Cheat Engine 6\
- Uninstaller:
- "C:\Program Files\Cheat Engine 6\unins000.exe"
- Size:
- 27.00 MB
- Language:
- English
Cheat Engine Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- Cheat Engine.exe
- Name:
- Cheat Engine
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\Cheat Engine 6\Cheat Engine.exe
- MD5:
- 0cac11e12d3a28bed00432d8245595ea
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
| File Type | Filename | MD5 |
|---|---|---|
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EXE
|
4f36efc443e0ff4316f8b70ddbd58a92 | |
|
EXE
|
14589506a2be12e3dca6997e180e2d6b | |
|
DLL
|
3460a1850aea8c8460331d3dd63e74fa | |
|
DLL
|
7a92872cd6eaeab35a84c997997d0027 | |
|
DLL
|
ad018a87881e5e12be4d377a51a38dba | |
|
DLL
|
8810727961eb2f99ef6fa494b34028be | |
|
EXE
|
8565db9e633061e4efed03af2d361150 | |
|
DLL
|
3ef6f308ffe54348d284f3b9de0e3352 |