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Launcher.exe
By Troy Technology Co. (Signed)
| Version: | 1.0.2669.20298 |
| MD5: | 301d59da6780d69be8526522afdc28bd |
| SHA1: | 7c863e51f16470301ec5422db2d49f806223a089 |
| SHA256: | 9d903bf14f34189f147b5df0b9bb971b731b45e7709ecde6136af6e88ad0e4d2 |
Overview
launcher.exe executes as a process with the local user's privileges typically within the context of its parent
Steam.exe (Steam by Valve). 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 is installed with a couple of know programs including Medieval II Total War published by SEGA, Medieval II: Total War from The Creative Assembly and Medieval II: Total War by The Creative Assembly. The assembly utilizes the .NET run-time framework (which is required to be installed on the PC). The file is digitally signed by Troy Technology Co. which was issued by the COMODO CA Limited certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | launcher.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\medieval ii total war\launcher.exe |
| File version: | 1.0.2669.20298 |
| Size: | 128 KB (131,072 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Troy Technology Co. |
| Authority (CA): | COMODO CA Limited |
| Expiration date: | Friday, June 6, 2014 |
| Digital DNA |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET |
| .NET CLR: | Yes |
| .NET NGENed: | No |
More details
Programs
The following programs will install this file
Medieval II: Total War is a game of turn-based strategic rounds and real-time tactically-oriented battles. Similar to previous titles of the Total War series, the game consists of two modes of play: battles and single-player campaign. Battles can be played in multiplayer, in user-defined scenarios, or in historical scenarios which simulate real battles such as the Battle of Arsuf or the Battle of Agincourt. Battles are also featured in ...
“Medieval II: Total War is a truly epic strategy game that puts you in charge of one of the powers of the middle ages, allowing you to lead your soldiers on the field of battle, as well as plan the expansion of your empire across the Old World. Unlike most other strategy games, Total War games separate the action of battle from managing your empire's affairs. These are the battle and campaign sides of the game respectively.
Medieval I...”
Behaviors
Startup files (user) run
Runs under the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run'
- 'FBDesktop' → C:\Program Files\Troy\FBDesktop\Launcher.exe
Network connections
[UDP] listens on port 60159
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.09951266% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.02487817% | |
| User CPU: | 0.07463450% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 82,984 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 5,821,588/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 27.11 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 58.82 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 53.78 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 27.11 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 314.17 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 375.39 MB | |
| Working set: | 58.65 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 63.21 MB | |
| Page faults: | 41,633/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 1.39 MB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 91/sec | |
| I/O write transfer: | 4.39 KB/sec | |
| I/O write operations: | 14/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 14 KB/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 1,171/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 21 | |
| Handles: | 556 | |
| GUI GDI count: | 30 | |
| GUI GDI peak: | 42 | |
| GUI USER count: | 25 | |
| GUI USER peak: | 66 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | Medium |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\medieval ii total war\launcher.exe" |
| Owner: | User |
| Parent process: | Steam.exe (Steam by Valve) |
Threads
Averages
| launcher.exe (main module) |
| Total CPU: | 10.11002199% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 2.16414208% | |
| User CPU: | 7.94587990% | |
| CPU cycles: | 229,682,115/sec | |
| Memory: | 144 KB | |
| wow64cpu.dll |
| Total CPU: | 0.00406764% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00406764% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00000000% | |
| CPU cycles: | 67,209/sec | |
| Memory: | 32 KB | |
Common loaded modules
These are modules that are typiclaly loaded within the context of this process.
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
50.00% |
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| Windows 8 |
50.00% |
|
Distribution by country
Turkey installs about 50.00% of launcher.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| GIGABYTE |
50.00% |
|
| Hewlett-Packard |
50.00% |
|
