Darkspore

Darkspore

by Maxis

What is Darkspore?

Darkspore is software application developed by Maxis. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 84.85% of installations running this operating system.

Darkspore is most popular in the United States with 65.91% of installations residing in this country.

Darkspore adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Darkspore is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Darkspore.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Darkspore\DarksporeBin\Darkspore.exe'.
  • 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'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CBE023F5-9D76-4358-A84B-A82A47A8BF8E}' (runs on registration).
  • GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{98D22EE8-FBCE-4B0A-A638-4A27C81582F5}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0FA4F2B3-5879-4EB7-87D7-15A36952D352}' (runs on registration).
  • Darkspore.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C9B2C3EF-E966-4392-A64F-B4A9B2E74F43}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam.
Registry entries:
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe.
  • 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:
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\darkspore
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/99890
Size:
0.00 B
Language:
English

Darkspore Executable Details

Primary executable:
Darkspore.exe
Name:
Darkspore
Path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\darkspore\Darkspore.exe
MD5:
b11343edb1087583af9923f0fdc257bc
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Darkspore
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
a5ac34b53d106de5bf5709ebe035c906
DLL
944c18064019c5ac7a10421a5ed19cb3
DLL
124ee234c271311acdda8442e06c26c7
EXE
79479690c9660101b8658e2385fda0c8
DLL
4ed79574734c106e31e15caab0ffeb7f
DLL
8ebfaa0f800dd02d437b87ecde99e60b
DLL
1357d59904107ab468d29208fb6e0aca
DLL
b7724ff35500e1adc4d484a0615be6ec
DLL
15bc3ac993d178d02d8ec13d16d9ef6e
DLL
acd6b8e14425466d8565fdb0e3c9af49