What is FEAR?

FEAR is software application developed by Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 65.35% of installations running this operating system. FEAR's installer is typically 22.00 MB in size and installs around 60 files.

FEAR is most popular in the United States with 44.68% of installations residing in this country.

FEAR 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, FEAR is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • FEARMP.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Games\FEAR\FEARMP.exe'.
  • FEAR.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Games\FEAR\FEAR.exe'.
  • FEARServer.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Sierra\FEAR\FEARServer.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • FEARMP.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{C880E370-8797-4D43-A17F-1DE6C98F5E5F}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://support.vugames.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Sierra\FEAR
Uninstaller:
RunDll32 C:\Program Files2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\PROFES~1\RunTime\11\00\Intel32\Ctor.dll,LaunchSetup "C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{2
Size:
22.00 MB
Language:
English

FEAR Executable Details

Primary executable:
vstdlib_s.dll
Name:
FEAR
Path:
C:\Program Files\Sierra\FEAR\vstdlib_s.dll
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by FEAR
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
196921c91c44f410f76f5ba28a136770
DLL
e858255d08e3d638a451a7dae042042e
DLL
ff09fa6ddac456d2abd0e0a9cd7b1e79
DLL
40ca1879e437dafb614d53fc54383a81
DLL
7541a924dcc750612472d315a7d1dffd
DLL
8b0a5c98ce1bde8af742777023d9b427
EXE
c803eaf9e3bbf742027e1b646495e749
DLL
d8b8846d405e40d640566a1eb1949724
DLL
db3548c8d2774ddb5b7c8f8a1d8748a5
EXE
5629d3c1a4d6ed32617025fbcb0933d6