What is Aion?

Aion is software application developed by NCsoft Corporation, Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 74.34% of installations running this operating system. Aion's installer is typically 9.00 MB in size and installs around 12 files. The most common release is 1.5.0.0 with 14.16% of all installations currently using this version.

Aion is most popular in the United States with 69.96% of installations residing in this country.

Aion adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Aion is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • _Launcher.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NCSoft\Launcher\_Launcher.exe'.
  • NCLauncher.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NCsoft\Launcher\NCLauncher.exe'.
  • NCAccess.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\NCsoft\Launcher\NCAccess.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • NCLauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DFDBE8ED-4244-4A39-9094-6A961B9773AD}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • NCLauncher.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'NCsoft Launcher' and executes as C:\Program Files\NCSoft\Launcher\NCLauncher.exe /Minimized.

Software Details

URL:
https://us.ncsoft.com
Support:
https://support.ncsoft.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\NCsoft\Aion
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\NCSoft\Launcher\NCLauncher.exe" /Uninstall=Aion
Size:
9.00 MB
Language:
English

Aion Executable Details

Primary executable:
Eternal-Dream.exe
Name:
Aion
Path:
C:\Program Files\NCsoft\Aion\Eternal-Dream.exe
MD5:
ce3e5d76ed781ed74889b5dac1cf794b
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Aion
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
e791d01b7edfb6e775968aa40fc1f639
DLL
a9a19be0bb20a0d189727facce2beef5
EXE
03912807cef3b8e86f46cce2d4c83b03
DLL
65f987c336e2980f6d5b604f564acff3
EXE
50ae228a68af39a6b57fa931acecab3c
DLL
bd7ef9b87e181cb87b49fba635d6e9f8
EXE
1ad35e9435a99596ea970cb8392521a2
EXE
5ddbf3bf595c76bc62299ca7710a2352
EXE
1264137e3d01557ac1a1c6005c512102
EXE
067c6687d9fb8596b805f3e47a981cbe