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:
Files installed by Cogs
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
23d32016364a0226fd0e551e47ce2999
DLL
34f00f3810914322a924e4a1ca520e38
DLL
f84ed7a8922a1fa1d66516ce6aa440f3
EXE
e7689ac7202a8bce30c413153546b12c
DLL
80dfe500098c6de6804e4ee7192f7aa5
DLL
519ce3c25aa50b45f4a656860685b247
DLL
fc5b2742f85a939bc2b2e436732dfe2f
DLL
86258554df6d13d7936d62c8796a73af
DLL
c3960705d1ac3dec11e32d5044669bb8
DLL
5cb9e42e4e3fd51b61233de21cd2aaf6