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
DLL
15bccba1b948ae07b8717e553684787f
EXE
f4b71bcd811926deda7dcfd5f1c16dd2
DLL
fba45e993ce862d7c1bc459b66b3f2fc
DLL
3f899c1cf1d9e426e418a12aecfd5595
DLL
8f83e1a2b5d40f34b243347e1b378fdd
DLL
89e01c77c7b4c9bdf8ca91411c60a5d3
EXE
8eea000d805c2d0bf119963a8d99440a
DLL
8e977f03f39c4f8c9f7cc62d1dc42742
EXE
4b2e4040eb1c5e8eb5ae10eed9c124e5
EXE
b11343edb1087583af9923f0fdc257bc