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
4e1299c2af1180189fc5eadc7ea9511b
DLL
e475b4fd4a0ef2b1b9605b55296a1156
DLL
cafdd5852a45ad51f64a1358093ab135
EXE
4b51555c76ba210e42d06c04105e13b8
EXE
62240b3d3429e3f19caf2e9639b5f500
DLL
f6d63769547ac273b83a45038f67a958
DLL
f2306d307a21a96d4093ae6aefb840e6
DLL
d919c67b06d34f2bad28e59f4614cc8b
EXE
ce429c883f7ac768d904c898c3ad776b
DLL
0c75e866f8fbbaaa2e2d33719507cd13