What is Uplink?

Uplink is software application developed by Introversion Software. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 61.20% of installations running this operating system. Uplink's installer is typically 23.00 MB in size and installs around 60 files.

Uplink is most popular in the United States with 59.82% of installations residing in this country.

Uplink 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, Uplink is known to create 2 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'.
Uplink.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Uplink\Uplink.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (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 Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)' and executes as C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe.

Software Details

URL:

https://www.introversion.co.uk/uplink

Support:

https://support.steampowered.com

Installation path:

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

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/1510

Size:

23.00 MB

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