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
c0b3668dbc1b93243648c0067aea2675
DLL
173c217e677c4b0c4f8a6d54ba13bf9b
DLL
c18caa9ba4f06a5d226a892df6dc1d72
DLL
52a41f0e49b2208df75609699fc7254c
DLL
a7532e66ea2f168a0970e829d8986423
DLL
c6b57bc6559f86b3e34d8ab0fbb628d5
EXE
ee57dfa8cde83118e8745be09d5e8259
DLL
4f7a89878b6761e26bf6cc8ffaa6e046
EXE
e3cd0a561f3aabe8607bf1474f4ae1dd
DLL
f9516209e964458e94168d50a4a0b33c