Steam
What is Steam?
Steam is software application developed by Valve Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 64.93% of installations running this operating system. Steam's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 118 files.
Steam is most popular in the United States with 25.44% of installations residing in this country.
Steam adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Steam is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
About Steam?
Valve Corporation has developed a robust digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer, and communications platform called Steam. This platform serves as a leading means for distributing games and related media online, catering to both independent developers and larger software houses. One of the primary features of Steam is the ability for users to easily download games and other software from their virtual library to their local computers. Games integrated with Steam are stored as single non-compressed archive files with the extension .gcf. Steam optimizes the allocation of space on the user's hard disk for .gcf files to reduce fragmentation, improve performance during downloading and disk access, and aid in making games more portable. This also prevents accidental overwriting of important files, facilitates easy modification of resources, and allows for content validation. Furthermore, Steam offers digital rights management (DRM) for software titles through "custom executable generation," which creates unique executable files for each user. This allows users to install software on multiple computing devices via Steam or through software backups without limitations, while requiring initial authentication while connected to the Internet. Alternatively, users can set up an "offline" mode with their credentials stored locally to play without an Internet connection. Steam also includes a digital storefront known as the Steam Store, providing users with the ability to conveniently purchase computer games digitally.
Software Behaviors
- Firewall:
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- steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F379847F-E7EF-4084-9B2F-B87B28202FA4}' (runs on registration).
Startup Entries
- Startup tasks:
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- steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam Login.
- Registry entries:
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- 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:
- MsiExec.exe /X{048298C9-A4D3-490B-9FF9-AB023A9238F3}
- Size:
- 4.00 MB
- Language:
- French
Steam Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- steam.exe
- Name:
- Steam
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe
- MD5:
- de7f11c59789ad6616f2381bbc48a97f
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –
File Type | Filename | MD5 |
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DLL
|
9b6f9a04d919869ff45f703d8f8c1938 | |
DLL
|
07bd29949a72f6ba0c34382694584d45 | |
EXE
|
232b3fe455e40ccb3ada040f11eee02d | |
DLL
|
00b863f2d8366a5bd5e340595f9bd1cf | |
DLL
|
2c7f8e76c7715df658db7ea44d0b9069 | |
DLL
|
c50f9cec69c907dff45bfc7e83255fa2 | |
DLL
|
c6cda85b2137d1d2d81572398ae630ad | |
DLL
|
ae6fac1335f253dacb6836b3fd35df88 | |
DLL
|
2f36484e310a1cbf7d7068778578a665 | |
EXE
|
9aaab8451da4d04926c9f73c289c282c |