What is Dear Esther?

Dear Esther is software application developed by thechineseroom & Robert Briscoe. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 52.27% of installations running this operating system. Dear Esther's installer is typically 132.00 MB in size and installs around 38 files.

Dear Esther is most popular in the United States with 57.78% of installations residing in this country.

Dear Esther adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Dear Esther is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Steam.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 '{0A7CD642-755B-4352-BD9E-064734827C0D}' (runs on registration).
  • GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{98D22EE8-FBCE-4B0A-A638-4A27C81582F5}' (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.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.dear-esther.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Dear Esther
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/203810
Size:
132.00 MB
Language:
English

Dear Esther Executable Details

Primary executable:
dearesther.exe
Name:
Dear Esther
Path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Dear Esther\dearesther.exe
MD5:
02ad7cb903012fbc6930aeba197af3fd
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Dear Esther
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
fba45e993ce862d7c1bc459b66b3f2fc
DLL
3f899c1cf1d9e426e418a12aecfd5595
DLL
8f83e1a2b5d40f34b243347e1b378fdd
DLL
89e01c77c7b4c9bdf8ca91411c60a5d3
DLL
7ba23c436a3988ea839d4b43d4d124ae
EXE
4635143bd168e558331faeba9e1dc7ef
DLL
aece5124143140eac5c4412baf558cdd
EXE
02ad7cb903012fbc6930aeba197af3fd