ArcadeGiant

ArcadeGiant

Known Malware

by ArcadeYum LLC

What is ArcadeGiant?

ArcadeGiant is software application developed by ArcadeYum LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 52.74% of installations running this operating system. ArcadeGiant's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 4 files.

ArcadeGiant is most popular in the United States with 82.53% of installations residing in this country.

ArcadeGiant adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About ArcadeGiant?

This software is a web browser extension that presents various forms of banner ads and text-links as users navigate web pages. As per the Terms of Service, users can access Premium Games free of charge by installing the ArcadeGiant Software. Through the Software, third-party applications as well as text link, popup/under, transitional, and banner advertisements are displayed on the user's computer based on the information collected in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in ArcadeGiant.

agiantie.dll (MD5: c6a6426c1e8858832354ff3ac4becb8a) has been flagged by 21 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric
Kaspersky HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
McAfee Artemis!C6A6426C1E88
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!C6A6426C1E88
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.e6d
Symantec WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0612
VIPRE Antivirus GameVance (fs)
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.GameVance.BN
ALYac Adware.GameVance.BN
AVware GameVance (fs)
Bitdefender Adware.GameVance.BN
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Gamevance-47803
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.GameVance.BN (B)
F-Secure Adware.GameVance.BN
G Data Adware.GameVance.BN
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.ArcadeGiant.A
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.GameVance.BN
nProtect Adware.GameVance.BN
Sophos Arcade Giant
Vba32 AntiVirus suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ArcadeGiant Updater' (runs daily at 3:59 PM).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.arcadegiant.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\arcadegiant
Uninstaller:
C:\users\user\appdata\Local\ArcadeGiant\uninstaller.exe
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

ArcadeGiant Executable Details

Primary executable:
agiantie.dll
Name:
ArcadeGiant
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\arcadegiant\agiantie.dll
MD5:
c6a6426c1e8858832354ff3ac4becb8a
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by ArcadeGiant
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
195ff166352d6091ac373a2f3263b8c9
EXE
1e240c4b7546be50a35189f82af14844
EXE
4ab7d6fa9c9cdb679fc4093bdf810b45
DLL
c6a6426c1e8858832354ff3ac4becb8a