ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

by Studio Wildcard

What is ARK: Survival Evolved?

ARK: Survival Evolved is software application developed by Studio Wildcard. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 75.16% of installations running this operating system. ARK: Survival Evolved's installer is typically 23.00 MB in size and installs around 60 files.

ARK: Survival Evolved is most popular in the United States with 59.83% of installations residing in this country.

ARK: Survival Evolved adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, ARK: Survival Evolved is known to create 2 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'.
  • ShooterGame.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\ShooterGame\Binaries\Win64\ShooterGame.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B6D81AEC-C691-4109-ACBA-39A635BBAF0E}' (runs on registration).
  • DXSETUP.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{83EE4058-A0A8-44B6-A116-14CD927D91B6}' (runs on registration).
  • Contig.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F082F9FD-9203-48FE-8914-C7D26B851ADE}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-3837917440-1771750534-681917250-1001.
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.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.playark.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/346110
Size:
23.00 MB
Language:
English

ARK: Survival Evolved Executable Details

Primary executable:
Contig.exe
Name:
ARK: Survival Evolved
Path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\ARK\Contig.exe
MD5:
a0b73982f48399e2b9fc99d54a2dc493
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by ARK: Survival Evolved
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
22ae80823fb465f7fd55c5a0781032e8
DLL
b1b2f4b9311335d1671ed415444b0613
DLL
e9ebfa71ef72bf89d765986ba20cf103
DLL
fc79f85cdd7cea1cf7ff09ff39d94967
DLL
be9312f72ab68fc7cd38f5bc7fc6fe35
DLL
d5b1c7d694c725b15e41683ed543e8e1
DLL
4a59bd5fc5c0e0f106e3ecb5c3c7301f
DLL
3ae6add74b0ad9c81ae2c7e69a494e73
EXE
5b413beadc23c9d182f7ec09c10441fa
DLL
1543145387cae26baf5c221ab98af1e5