steam.exe

Steam Client Bootstrapper by Valve (Signed)

Remove steam.exe
Version:   01.88.56.76
MD5:   12f7274eff53bd6aa89d7608cfe1d678
SHA1:   9af767a72e435db1fc30f7d795f6a711bdc4464f
SHA256:   c5c3d251fd3a6374dd84c02d74654ab93d4f0532199a66d28219261530a7290f

Overview

steam.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges usually within the context of Windows Explorer. It is set to be run when the PC boots and the user logs into Windows (added to the Run registry key for the current user). It has been configured with a firewall exception which allows both inbound and outbound network communication without being blocked. It is installed with a couple of know programs including Steam published by Valve Corporation, Company of Heroes from Relic and Company of Heroes by Relic.

DetailsDetails

File name:steam.exe
Publisher:Valve Corporation
Product name:Steam Client Bootstrapper
Description:Steam Client Bootstrapper (buildbot_winslave04_steam_steam_rel_client_win32@winslave04)
Typical file path:C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe
File version:01.88.56.76
Product version:01.00.00.01
Size:1.73 MB (1,811,880 bytes)
Build date:8/28/2013 1:30 PM
Certificate
Issued to:Valve
Authority (CA):VeriSign
Effective date:Thursday, September 27, 2012
Expiration date:Monday, November 23, 2015
Digital DNA
File packed:No
.NET CLR:No
More details

ResourcesPrograms

The following programs will install this file
Adobe Systems Incorporated
11% remove
Adobe Shockwave (formerly Macromedia Shockwave) is a multimedia platform used to add animation and interactivity to web pages. It allows Adobe Director applications to be published on the Internet and viewed in a web browser on any computer which has the Shockwave plug-in installed. Shockwave movies are authored in the Adobe Director environment. While there is support for including Flash movies inside Shockwave files, authors often cho...
Bethesda Softworks
6% remove
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role-playing open world video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action role-playing video game series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Skyrim's main story revolves around the player character's efforts to defeat Alduin, a Dragon who is prophesied to destroy the world.
Bethesda Softworks
3% remove
Dishonored is a stealth action adventure video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. Set in the fictional, plague-ridden industrial city of Dunwall, Dishonored follows Corvo Attano, the Empress's legendary bodyguard. The game is played from a first-person perspective and allows the player to undertake a series of assassination missions in a variety of ways with an emphasis on player choice. Missions can ...
CAPCOM
7% remove
City Interactive
7% remove
Sniper: Ghost Warrior is an interactive video game published and distributed by CI Games.
GearBox Software
4% remove
The Premiere Club is a DLC pack available exclusively to those who pre-ordered Borderlands 2. The contents were soon all released as Downloadable Content.
ISOTX
8% remove
March of War is an episodic free-to-play turn-based strategy online game. The game started the closed beta on April 1 2013 and its public Pilot was released on Steam and ISOTX.com June 28. March of War will be released for iOS and Android later this year. You can play the game across these platforms, so if you start a game on you PC you can continue it on you iPad. You will need to download a client to run the game. The client will down...
Martin v. Löwis
1% remove
Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools, comes with extensive standard libraries, and can be learned in a few days. Many Python programmers report substantial productivity gains and feel the language encourages the development of higher quality, more maintainable code.
PaCmAn_Packs
1% remove
Perfect World Entertainment Inc,
1% remove
Wage war with advanced weapons and technology in Blacklight: Retribution, a free-to-play, futuristic first-person shooter. Deploy devastating armored exoskeletons and utilize lethal hand-held weapons in vicious competitive modes. SUIT UP, SIGHT ON, FIRE AWAY The Hardsuit is the ultimate weapon.
Relic
4% remove
Company of Heroes is a real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment. Company of Heroes is set during World War II. In the single-player campaign the player commands two U.S. military units during the Battle of Normandy and the Allied liberation of France. Depending on the mission, the player controls either Able Company of the 29th Infantry Division, or Fox Company of the 101st Airborne's 506th PIR. The resource manage...
Valve Corporation
10% remove
Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute games and related media online, from small independent developers to larger software houses; Valve expanded the service to include non-gaming software. Steam provides the user with installation and automatic management of software across multiple computers, community features such a...
Valve Corporation
4% remove
Team Fortress 2 is a team-based first-person shooter (FPS) multiplayer video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a sequel to the original mod Team Fortress based on the Source engine. Team Fortress 2 is distributed online through the Steam system, while retail distribution was handled by Electronic Arts. Team Fortress 2 is the first of Valve's multiplayer games to provide detailed statistics for individual players.
Valve Corporation
8% remove
Counter-Strike: Source is a first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation. It is a complete remake of Counter-Strike using the Source game engine, as well as being the first game to use the engine. As in the original, Counter-Strike: Source pits a team of counter-terrorists against a team of terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round is won either by completing an objective (such as detonating a bomb or rescuing hosta...
Valve Corporation
4% remove
The Portal 2 Authoring Tools is designed for creating maps, viewing models and more.
Valve Corporation
6% remove
Portal is a first-person puzzle-platform video game developed by Valve Corporation. The game primarily comprises a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting the player's character and simple objects using "the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes. In Portal, the player controls the protagonist, Chell, from a first-person perspective as she is challen...
Valve Corporation
6% remove
Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification. The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Counter-Strike pits a team of terrorists against a team of counter-terrorists in a series of rounds. Each round ...
Valve Corporation
11% remove
Half-Life 2 the sequel to Half-Life, is a first-person shooter video game and a signature title in the Half-Life series. The game was developed alongside Valve's Steam software. It introduced the Source game engine and, because of Steam, is the first video game to require online product activation. Like its predecessor, Half-Life 2 is a single-player first-person shooter broken into chapters, permanently casting the player as Gordon Fre...
Valve Corporation
3% remove
Day of Defeat (DoD) is a team-based multiplayer World War II first-person shooter video game of the European Theatre of World War II. Day of Defeat is a 3D multiplayer shooter that simulates squad-level infantry combat between the adversaries of World War II's European Theatre; the Allies or the Axis Powers. The goal is to complete various mission objectives. Day of Defeat maps do not always require that both teams have the same objecti...
Valve Corporation
3% remove
Source SDK Base is a game/tool available to all Steam users which is locked to a particular engine branch. Compared to basing your mod on a "real" game, use of SDK Base massively increases your potential audience and prevents incompatible engine updates from breaking your code. There are currently two versions of SDK Base: the original Source 2006 version (AppID 215) and the newer Source 2007 version (AppID 218). The stock gamecode is a...

BehaviorsBehaviors

Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Steam' → "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent
Scheduled tasks
  • The task '{733C26E7-55C8-4774-BD2F-372F32A977E7}' runs on registration in the path '\{733C26E7-55C8-4774-BD2F-372F32A977E7}'
  • The job '{D6CF8D04-9D42-4FBD-A9E8-ECD261FD0840}' runs on registration in the path '\{D6CF8D04-9D42-4FBD-A9E8-ECD261FD0840}'
Windows firewall allowed programs
Exceptions allow programs to access to the Internet through an outbound connections
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\pttm caminho\Steam.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'
  • Firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'
Startup files (all users) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
  • 'Steam' → "C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" -silent
Network connections
Access through an approved Windows firewall exception
  • [UDP] listens on port 63622
  • [UDP] listens on port 55217

  • ResourcesResource utilization

    (Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
    Averages
     
    CPU
    Total CPU:0.00004070%
    0.028634%
    Kernel CPU:0.00003411%
    0.013761%
    User CPU:0.00000659%
    0.014873%
    Kernel CPU time:4,135,844,957 ms/min
    100,923,805ms/min
    CPU cycles:30,032,965/sec
    17,470,203/sec
    Context switches:1,666/sec
    284/sec
    Memory
    Private memory:206.03 MB
    21.59 MB
    Private (maximum):176.08 MB
    Private (minimum):24.11 MB
    Non-paged memory:206.03 MB
    21.59 MB
    Virtual memory:509.45 MB
    140.96 MB
    Virtual memory (peak):568.55 MB
    169.69 MB
    Working set:121.61 MB
    18.61 MB
    Working set (peak):216.29 MB
    37.95 MB
    Page faults:3,932,231/min
    2,039/min
    I/O
    I/O read transfer:28.87 KB/sec
    1.02 MB/min
    I/O read operations:30/sec
    343/min
    I/O write transfer:214.96 KB/sec
    274.99 KB/min
    I/O write operations:619/sec
    227/min
    I/O other transfer:166.62 KB/sec
    448.09 KB/min
    I/O other operations:35,929/sec
    1,671/min
    Resource allocations
    Threads:40
    12
    Handles:952
    600
    GUI GDI count:626
    103
    GUI GDI peak:634
    142
    GUI USER count:98
    49
    GUI USER peak:102
    71

    BehaviorsProcess properties

    Integrety level:Medium
    Platform:64-bit
    Command line:"C:\Program Files\steam\steam.exe" -silent
    Owner:User
    Parent process:explorer.exe (Windows Explorer by Microsoft Corporation)

    ResourcesThreads

    Averages
     
    Steam.exe (main module)
    Total CPU:0.07213643%
    0.272967%
    Kernel CPU:0.01726357%
    0.107585%
    User CPU:0.05487286%
    0.165382%
    CPU cycles:3,876,126/sec
    5,741,424/sec
    Context switches:49/sec
    79/sec
    Memory:2.23 MB
    1.16 MB
    ntdll.dll
    Total CPU:0.00001482%
    Kernel CPU:0.00001270%
    User CPU:0.00000212%
    CPU cycles:572/sec
    Memory:1.66 MB

    Common loaded modules

    These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.

    Windows OS versionsDistribution by Windows OS

    OS versiondistribution
    Windows 7 Home Premium 37.50%
    Windows 7 Ultimate 13.16%
    Windows 8 11.18%
    Windows 8 Pro 7.24%
    Windows 7 Professional 5.26%
    Microsoft Windows XP 5.26%
    Windows 8.1 3.95%
    Windows Vista Home Premium 3.29%
    Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center 1.97%
    Windows 7 Home Basic 1.97%
    Windows 8 Enterprise 1.97%
    Windows 8.1 Pro 1.32%
    Windows 8 Single Language 1.32%
    Windows Vista Ultimate 1.32%
    Windows 8 Pro with Media Center 1.32%
    Windows 8.1 Single Language 0.66%
    Windows 7 Enterprise 0.66%
    Windows 7 Starter 0.66%

    Distribution by countryDistribution by country

    United States installs about 45.39% of Steam Client Bootstrapper.

    OEM distributionDistribution by PC manufacturer

    PC Manufacturerdistribution
    Hewlett-Packard 19.63%
    Dell 17.18%
    ASUS 14.72%
    Acer 11.04%
    Lenovo 7.36%
    Sony 7.36%
    Toshiba 6.13%
    American Megatrends 3.07%
    Alienware 2.45%
    GIGABYTE 2.45%
    Intel 2.45%
    MSI 2.45%
    Samsung 1.23%
    Sahara 1.23%
    Apple 1.23%
    Should I remove It? Clean your PC of unwanted adware, toolbars and bloatware.

    Download it for FREE