ArcadeGiants

ArcadeGiants

Known Adware

by ArcadeYum LLC

What is ArcadeGiants?

ArcadeGiants is software application developed by ArcadeYum LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 (SP1) with nearly ~99% of installations running this operating system. ArcadeGiants's installer is typically 14.00 MB in size and installs around 3 files.

ArcadeGiants is most popular in the United States with 100.00% of installations residing in this country.

ArcadeGiants adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About ArcadeGiants?

The software offers a collection of games provided at no cost in exchange for the user's consent to install the ArcadeGiant Software. Once installed, the Software enables the display of third-party applications, text links, pop-up/under, shopping, transitional, and banner advertisements on the user's computer, based on the information collected as outlined in the Privacy Policy.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in ArcadeGiants.

AgHelp.dll (MD5: 1c0fadf84e0d5f9a32406398843cfaf6) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Gen:Variant.Adware.GameVance.28
Bitdefender Gen:Variant.Adware.GameVance.28
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Gen:Variant.Adware.GameVance.28 (B)
G Data Gen:Variant.Adware.GameVance.28
MicroWorld-eScan Gen:Variant.Adware.GameVance.28

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • AgHelp.dll is scheduled as a task named 'AgSupport' (runs daily at 11:23 PM).
  • updater.exe is scheduled as a task named 'ArcadeGiant Updater' (runs daily at 7:23 AM).

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:
14.00 MB
Language:
English

ArcadeGiants Executable Details

Primary executable:
Updater.exe
Name:
ArcadeGiants
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\arcadegiant\Updater.exe
MD5:
d8338ec0d73fd7eb463c6106bfde2764
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by ArcadeGiants
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
1ed6020a0e940ca175842f6e328df1f9
EXE
d8338ec0d73fd7eb463c6106bfde2764
DLL
1c0fadf84e0d5f9a32406398843cfaf6