What is The Cave?

The Cave is software application developed by Double Fine Productions, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 80.66% of installations running this operating system. The Cave's installer is typically 1.00 GB in size and installs around 31 files.

The Cave is most popular in the United States with 53.42% of installations residing in this country.

The Cave 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 Cave is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Cave.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\TheCave\Cave.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 '{CAFF26E2-9FA1-4ACF-B4A7-EA2C003CD31C}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0FA4F2B3-5879-4EB7-87D7-15A36952D352}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

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.thecavegame.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\TheCave
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/221810
Size:
1.00 GB
Language:
English

The Cave Executable Details

Primary executable:
Cave.exe
Name:
The Cave
Path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\TheCave\Cave.exe
MD5:
522cc9ab19c81ab57c88056d1bf0886a
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by The Cave
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
3b23069c1c4136fad714c77f7c70965d
EXE
1032f20938e6b0fcdc4cf00250e6eac0
DLL
57ddc5bd815195b6a0b8dafa65fe518d
DLL
006fef858a8bec53774da088910890b0
DLL
b3a1f5011e683bde9de8d148d4c8c69f
DLL
b2324bc45fa6b3968715d63e234ccf36
DLL
11601f88671221319dd0d405a96f0a0a
DLL
a31e4c83fc9ca7812c97ef0d0ac8c8e9
EXE
e7cde174ef330a854678dee6dd6c1120
EXE
1339b187b44e191fce0385a78a61d479