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
EXE
dab9bc6781706f4a3ec4ff63a25992f7
DLL
5d6609ca645ecb6db56debf6d6d7911f
EXE
8ab7926ff36e932e257b90c725be0a00
EXE
cfa2695f97b101de1b763a9e0fb8bd63
DLL
fdb6f53fa1e0126b491ef8cf09248a94
DLL
ed727e5d70dd3f395f55023eb67b3d49
DLL
84d6c17d08934383d38de41fe6221eb5
DLL
1d94a23e99d20a1f2806d455d701fd85
DLL
0f8630450ddc19feb1aead53dcd7e187
DLL
f02987ca341befd322f0de97e89283c1