What is PunkBuster Services?

PunkBuster Services is software application developed by Even Balance, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 58.36% of installations running this operating system. PunkBuster Services's installer is typically 75.00 MB in size and installs around 293 files. The most common release is 0.993 with 45.39% of all installations currently using this version.

PunkBuster Services is most popular in the United States with 36.62% of installations residing in this country.

PunkBuster Services adds 6 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, PunkBuster Services is known to create 6 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About PunkBuster Services?

PunkBuster is a sophisticated anti-cheating software solution specifically designed for online gaming. The program utilizes cutting-edge technology to scan and monitor the memory contents of a user's local machine to detect any cheating software. Any computer found to be using cheats may be banned from connecting to protected servers, ensuring a fair and legitimate gaming environment for all players. Developed and published by Even Balance, Inc., PunkBuster is continuously updated to adapt to new cheating methods and maintain a high level of protection for online gaming communities.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

FC3Updater.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Games\FarCry3\bin\FC3Updater.exe'.
BFP4f.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Battlefield Play4Free\BFP4f.exe'.
BFHeroes.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield Heroes\BFHeroes.exe'.
FC3Editor.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Games\Far Cry 3\bin\FC3Editor.exe'.
farcry3_d3d11.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Games\Far Cry 3\bin\farcry3_d3d11.exe'.
farcry3.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Games\Far Cry 3\bin\farcry3.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

bf3.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C6364798-1C7D-46CD-B4EA-BA9E52A8C1D9}' (runs on registration).
farcry3.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CF7FEAD0-B381-4FCC-BC16-DCCBA9777DBF}' (runs on registration).
bf4_x86.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{402C8839-80B0-48EF-AD0F-97939C6D83C1}' (runs on registration).
bf4.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E319CD9C-D846-421E-B559-D60E77A1F7F7}' (runs on registration).
BFP4f.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D116BB2D-1F9B-4133-82BC-EA2BCBD9853B}' (runs on registration).
farcry3_d3d11.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B35348CA-7F19-4590-9926-B041CF674307}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:

https://www.evenbalance.com/index.php?page=pbsvcfaq.php

Support:

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Installation path:

C:\Program Files\bfp4

Uninstaller:

C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield Play4Free\pbsvc_p4f.exe -u

Size:

75.00 MB

Language:

English

PunkBuster Services Executable Details

Primary executable:

pbsvc_p4f.exe

Name:

PunkBuster Services

Path:

C:\Program Files\bfp4\pbsvc_p4f.exe

MD5:

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SHA-1:

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SHA-256:

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File Type

Filename

MD5

EXE

battlelog-web-plugins_2.1.2_106.exe

b03de3725d8b57fbc95df32df0fdcb6e

EXE

BF3_CJScdkeys_languagechange.exe

794b00f2222f23560802ae36e883bd16

EXE

bfh.exe

a0c9d1e2f0e1b78036c3d078fe0784ef

DLL

atiags.dll

cac458f0163d0622e27307b864801d48

EXE

pbsvc_hos.exe

165edeed8a0fbe3dca86d823c4516081

DLL

BulkLog32_d.dll

bbf4f5228cb51fa954dfb8abcf0193c3

DLL

BulkLog32.dll

fd58fd464f527eef6b64b7924a31d5af

EXE

APB_Gecko.exe

f2125e34f79b41f3b273427c65599cc7

DLL

DXTCompressor.dll

78014cdeade1cf02ee9ebc8f8c11e32f

EXE

pbsvc_apb.exe

fe528ba30f82ece97995f7793751103b