What is Half-Life?

Half-Life is software application developed by Valve Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 52.72% of installations running this operating system. Half-Life's installer is typically 24.00 MB in size and installs around 94 files. The most common release is 2.00.9 with 0.19% of all installations currently using this version.

Half-Life is most popular in the United States with 66.20% of installations residing in this country.

Half-Life adds 4 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Half-Life is known to create 4 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Half-Life?

Half-Life is a highly acclaimed science fiction first-person shooter video game developed and published by Valve. Players assume the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist, as they navigate through a gripping and immersive narrative.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:

hl.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programe\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life\hl.exe'.
Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
hltv.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Niku\Games\Steam\SteamApps\common\Half-Life\hltv.exe'.
SteamTmp.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 '{F379847F-E7EF-4084-9B2F-B87B28202FA4}' (runs on registration).
hl.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{74BA383D-93A0-4C1E-8379-2E2295BB2DB6}' (runs on registration).
SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{694711D6-27A0-4D68-8836-D5F25B163A59}' (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 2.

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.
SteamTmp.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.steampowered.com

Support:

https://support.steampowered.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\steam

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/70

Size:

24.00 MB

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