Cogs

Cogs

by Lazy 8 Studios

What is Cogs?

Cogs is software application developed by Lazy 8 Studios. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 76.19% of installations running this operating system. Cogs's installer is typically 136.00 MB in size and installs around 35 files.

Cogs is most popular in the United States with 66.42% of installations residing in this country.

Cogs 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, Cogs is known to create 3 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • Steam.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Programas\Steam\Steam.exe'.
  • cogs.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\cogs\cogs.exe'.
  • SteamTmp.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Steam\Steam.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • Steam.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{4695AF4D-997B-4413-8256-8EF413E8BECC}' (runs on registration).
  • SteamTmp.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{0FA4F2B3-5879-4EB7-87D7-15A36952D352}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • Steam.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Steam Startup.
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.
  • SteamTmp.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.cogsgame.com
Support:
https://support.steampowered.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\cogs
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Steam\steam.exe" steaC://uninstall/26500
Size:
136.00 MB
Language:
English

Cogs Executable Details

Primary executable:
cogs.exe
Name:
Cogs
Path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\common\cogs\cogs.exe
MD5:
a8aca2dafc7683beb516fbb98529370f
SHA-1:
–
SHA-256:
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Files installed by Cogs
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
video.dll
c7eb499ffa78a57c9c939f4ca498ce56
DLL
SDL2.dll
07bd29949a72f6ba0c34382694584d45
EXE
streaming_client.exe
93fa99fdc2a7d0ad0152f98430453f04
DLL
vstdlib_s64.dll
c0a775a3218a9cdbb940522b1dddb515
DLL
Steam.dll
19e7714c0e63ae5870676b17de9ee746
DLL
vstdlib_s.dll
8d53e878454e9fce41c0493e21825008
DLL
tier0_s64.dll
551d7a313821687e9f3a47f65ff10bcc
DLL
tier0_s.dll
58ae394df1e07e561c2c567b38a5b68d
DLL
SteamUI.dll
7e8fd5f6e2cbebf1f5fd53060a67ed15
EXE
steamerrorreporter64.exe
0d0aa0d84fb7f9366a9d75547af43628