What is Portal?

Portal is software application developed by Valve Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 56.24% of installations running this operating system. Portal's installer is typically 142.00 MB in size and installs around 61 files.

Portal is most popular in the United States with 64.70% of installations residing in this country.

Portal 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, Portal is known to create 4 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Portal?

Portal is a first-person puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation, featuring a series of puzzles that require players to solve by utilizing the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device, a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes. Players control the protagonist, Chell, navigating through various rooms using the portal gun, which can create two distinct portal ends, orange and blue, to visually and physically connect two different locations in three-dimensional space. Initially released as part of The Orange Box for Microsoft Windows, Portal has also inspired a modding community, allowing users to create their own test chambers and in-game modifications.

Software Behaviors

Services:

Unwise32.exe runs as a service named 'Browser System Enahncer' (671c50b0).

Firewall:

hl2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Portal\hl2.exe'.
Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program\Valve\Steam\Steam.exe'.
steamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Gamerelated\steamXP\Steam.exe'.
Unwise32.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files1\Yahoo!\MESSEN~1\UNWISE.EXE'.

Scheduled tasks:

Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{CC29CBDA-1EA3-44CC-882F-AFADB7D351AB}' (runs on registration).
Unwise32.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F71A9918-1861-4EFE-AE94-530BDDE46DD4}' (runs on registration).
SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C595049B-AAB0-4C64-8971-CFB8A1A5FDD3}' (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.half-life2.com

Support:

https://support.steampowered.com

Installation path:

C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\lordsandman\portal

Uninstaller:

"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/400

Size:

142.00 MB

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