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
6cc1ee2829da1bb664e367182adf6cc6
DLL
0a845a5dd1998d0c5734bb2401a59721
EXE
5ff412cef01fcb8ba05eb006a88d84ea
DLL
c62a9ff64308fda2a2c39f94d21cad8a
DLL
79949e6da4090b12c1d6b9c6293cc18c
DLL
26b708a0a0a27603c0f108235a5ee8e2
DLL
44cbfd1003363e012b70c4ebd7d0d308
DLL
260cdfe6951e68ee7cdc19e53b81ebdc
DLL
b262a0a087219ed1e5b7ac5bf955d51b
EXE
408aab75e2dd3bb306c144c2a2b945c3