Isthg Launcher.exe -

I disabled the task. I deleted the XML file from Windows\System32\Tasks . I deleted the ISTHG folder again. I ran sfc /scannow for good measure.

The uninstaller was broken. It removed the Steam files, but it left the launcher . The dev had coded his own anti-cheat/bootstrapper that ran at the kernel level (hence the SYSTEM task). The launcher was designed to pre-load the game's assets into RAM for "instant play." ISTHG Launcher.exe

Even though the game was gone, the launcher was still waiting. Every morning, at 8:00 AM, it tried to connect to a dead authentication server in Riga to check for updates to a game that didn't exist anymore. I disabled the task

I opened that folder. Inside save_data.sav wasn't a binary blob—it was plain text. I opened it in Notepad. I ran sfc /scannow for good measure

It was an obscure indie survival horror game, made by a solo dev in Latvia. I had installed it once, played for 20 minutes, gotten lost in a foggy forest, and uninstalled it.