What is DEFCON?

DEFCON is software application developed by Introversion Software. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 61.37% of installations running this operating system. DEFCON's installer is typically 58.00 MB in size and installs around 39 files.

DEFCON is most popular in the United States with 59.04% of installations residing in this country.

DEFCON adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, DEFCON 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:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
defcon.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\defcon\defcon.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

Defcon.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{70D7DEB5-D992-4E47-865A-F1D209343102}' (runs on registration).
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 '{E7D265B4-59BF-47D6-AE89-982082F40E03}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:

Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam Login.

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.introversion.co.uk/defcon

Support:

https://support.steampowered.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Defcon

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/1520

Size:

58.00 MB

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