Spore

Spore

by Maxis

What is Spore?

Spore is software application developed by Maxis. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 64.40% of installations running this operating system. Spore's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 296 files.

Spore is most popular in the United States with 66.50% of installations residing in this country.

Spore 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, Spore is known to create 3 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'.
  • runme.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\Dark Messiah Might and Magic Multi-Player\runme.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 '{35064B2B-D7EC-4CD0-8082-7FF0A045A53A}' (runs on registration).
  • GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{53A5942C-5A7A-4AB5-9C1F-F565B301E40A}' (runs on registration).
  • runme.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{1738D29F-AD06-41C0-8F3D-48CC503CF638}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1644325836-3703884036-2840225829-1001.
Registry entries:
  • Steam.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.
  • 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:
https://www.spore.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Spore
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/17390
Size:
4.00 MB
Language:
English

Spore Executable Details

Primary executable:
runme.exe
Name:
Spore
Path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Spore\runme.exe
MD5:
f4e45ed69171226fbde0ef3cc475bb63
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Spore
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
33538338223dc5da44b072da22b2474d
DLL
ae4b74913e7e879a101f137d7a63aa28
EXE
63294ddb7727c53f445eae9105816e67
DLL
459166c833b7a8b9aee22e75f23224d3
DLL
4b432c3f1ed127cb059f1df419a950f2
DLL
a6f58f01872f44e81773968f2cb0d28b
DLL
935ede13ceb6c2cc76be6c04a5402868
DLL
d6210c0b98c6f82ac1f2857229dd649b
DLL
697d0d0d9ca3ec878cfebb3c97591e5b
EXE
2d411f847eef8ec7c545c09ab28b65c9