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
1c10324f2d829b2820b8e626f5ca9445
DLL
173c217e677c4b0c4f8a6d54ba13bf9b
DLL
c18caa9ba4f06a5d226a892df6dc1d72
DLL
52a41f0e49b2208df75609699fc7254c
DLL
a7532e66ea2f168a0970e829d8986423
DLL
c6b57bc6559f86b3e34d8ab0fbb628d5
EXE
ee57dfa8cde83118e8745be09d5e8259
DLL
f293d94beaf54f091e400363c689e1b4
DLL
f987a8ebcf7e616f64efddbbc7faf169
DLL
4d03ca609e68f4c90cf66515218017f8