What is Watch_Dogs?

Watch_Dogs is software application developed by Ubisoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 56.12% of installations running this operating system. Watch_Dogs's installer is typically 5.00 MB in size and installs around 65 files. The most common release is 1.00 with 0.34% of all installations currently using this version.

Watch_Dogs is most popular in the United States with 36.10% of installations residing in this country.

Watch_Dogs adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Watch_Dogs is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

UbisoftGameLauncher.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\UbisoftGameLauncher.exe'.
UplayService.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\UplayService.exe'.
Uplay.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\Uplay.exe'.

Scheduled tasks:

watch_dogs.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{BF72A3E4-89B2-4194-9BCB-7FA7FFAAE777}' (runs on registration).
Uplay.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{6325695F-095E-48BB-A26D-E16C9DC82680}' (runs on registration).
DXSETUP.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{83EE4058-A0A8-44B6-A116-14CD927D91B6}' (runs on registration).
UplayService.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B9FF8EE9-7A83-438F-9F1D-D3BF01EDFB1A}' (runs on registration).
UbisoftGameLauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7DDF20BA-DBF3-449F-B6D7-AA6D3E0B530C}' (runs on registration).