MacGuffin's Curse

MacGuffin's Curse

by Brawsome

What is MacGuffin's Curse?

MacGuffin's Curse is software application developed by Brawsome. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 56.25% of installations running this operating system.

MacGuffin's Curse is most popular in the United States with 55.00% of installations residing in this country.

MacGuffin's Curse adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, MacGuffin's Curse is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • macguffin.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\common\MacGuffin\macguffin.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{A14B6D8D-51FE-4C39-94B7-51FC1427939F}' (runs on registration).
  • GameOverlayUI.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Steam Overlaylol'.

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam_Reg_HKCURun_S-1-5-21-1646055978-2255025000-3107839011-1001.
Registry entries:
  • Steam.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Steam' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe" -silent.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.macguffinscurse.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\MacGuffin
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/58230
Size:
0.00 B
Language:
English

MacGuffin's Curse Executable Details

Primary executable:
macguffin.exe
Name:
MacGuffin's Curse
Path:
C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\MacGuffin\macguffin.exe
MD5:
4383a06724fdd2d54426fbe662544196
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by MacGuffin's Curse
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
e75c48f089e693aaacc7d4fad673a194
DLL
3cc424cfae49d4c1a88e9afc354615d8
DLL
3776437841c361b84850057370f691f9
EXE
4068bbfc2e4a28c39762326ea13626f7
DLL
0246c3acfe3ee406eed408ac186a4994
DLL
881a22e99da1db88e6474b489e038aa3
DLL
0e0840dc2f98d6106c5349a08ff02c43
DLL
e2f0c85af43fc9989d27afc7dac8ddea
DLL
86ced7690494a3b36e025b88879adbba
DLL
a98dc83f63f758e83079f99dd02ed92a