What is Need for Speed Most Wanted?

Need for Speed Most Wanted is software application developed by Electronic Arts. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 67.48% of installations running this operating system. Need for Speed Most Wanted's installer is typically 11.00 MB in size and installs around 101 files.

Need for Speed Most Wanted is most popular in the United States with 17.63% of installations residing in this country.

Need for Speed Most Wanted 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, Need for Speed Most Wanted is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Need for Speed Most Wanted?

Developed by Criterion Games and published by Electronic Arts, Need for Speed: Most Wanted is a 2012 open-world racing video game that takes on the gameplay style of the first Most Wanted title in the Need for Speed franchise. Players can select their car and compete in various events including Sprint races, Circuit races, Speed runs, and Ambush races where they must evade police pursuit. Cops are integrated into certain racing sessions, using vehicles and tactics to stop the player's car and arrest them. At each event, players can unlock two upgrades for their cars by finishing in at least second place or winning the race.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

speed.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Games\EA Games\Need for Speed Most Wanted\speed.exe'.
Texmod.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Tomb Raider\TombRaider.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

speed.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{2413972D-5BBA-43EF-8A63-75B3FA32CD51}' (runs on registration).
nfs.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F39A8100-1969-4E0C-8A35-B297DF6EB03F}' (runs on registration).
NFS13.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{4AB820E3-82D0-40AC-8F22-BAB9E22DB0E3}' (runs on registration).
nfsmwres.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D9D76A4A-65B8-46FE-A348-87CC32004DF6}' (runs on registration).
speed_old.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{75B7768B-65A2-438C-A6A8-3058001594AF}' (runs on registration).
eauninstall.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{28615B1E-7883-4265-8A4A-8F2C32F5051E}' (runs on registration).