GamesLeap

GamesLeap

Known Malware

by Pinball Corporation

What is GamesLeap?

GamesLeap is software application developed by Pinball Corporation. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 87.50% of installations running this operating system. GamesLeap's installer is typically 1.00 MB in size and installs around 4 files. The most common release is 1.0.7.0 with 50.00% of all installations currently using this version.

GamesLeap is most popular in the United States with 90.91% of installations residing in this country.

GamesLeap adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About GamesLeap?

GamesLeap is a web browser plugin that is supported by advertisements, including banner and in-text link advertisements. It is distributed through multiple monetization platforms during installation. This browser extension offers a range of features that can adjust the default or custom settings of the browser, including the home page and search settings.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in GamesLeap.

GamesLeapUninstaller.exe (MD5: afcf820f4411fb2e29e370ed34b38d88) has been flagged by 33 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Shopper!7RbnrGzQB1w
Avira AntiVir TR/NSIS.Bar.A.9
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Shopper
avast! NSIS:HotBar-A [Adw]
AVG Zango
Bitdefender Adware.Generic.299792
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Shopper-11
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Adware.Shopper.302
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Generic.299792 (B)
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Shopper
F-Secure Adware.Generic.299792
G Data Adware.Generic.299792
IKARUS anti.virus not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper
Jiangmin AdWare/Shopper.dt
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Adware
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper.aad
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud)
McAfee Artemis!AFCF820F4411
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!AFCF820F4411
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Generic.299792
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.Shopper.bbgltk
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.RCBB1AG
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Shopper
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.Trojan.Win32.Generic
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.Hotbar (Not a Virus)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.HotBar.S
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/Hotbar
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Shopper.145920
Sophos Hotbar
gamesleapSAHook.dll (MD5: de295ec2a0b092d1f0282170a4079878) has been flagged by 28 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Shopper!0lZYGwG0xDM
Avira AntiVir Adware/Hotbar.GT.8
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Shopper
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.M
Bitdefender Adware.Hotbar.GT
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.Hotbar (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Adware.Shopper.299
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Hotbar.GT (B)
ESET-NOD32 a variant of Win32/Adware.HotBar.S
F-Secure Adware.Hotbar.GT
G Data Adware.Hotbar.GT
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.HotBar
Jiangmin AdWare/Shopper.cn
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Adware
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
McAfee Artemis!DE295EC2A0B0
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!DE295EC2A0B0
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/Hotbar
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Hotbar.GT
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.Shopper.baypfy
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Shopper.145920
Sophos Hotbar
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CCB01GG13
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Shopper
VIPRE Antivirus Hotbar
gamesleapSA.exe (MD5: 0f114ccdf94366240d4f35251480a817) has been flagged by 36 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Agnitum Outpost Adware.Agent
Avira AntiVir TR/HotBarBZ.A.6
avast! Win32:HotBar-BZ [Adw]
AVG Skodna.Generic_r.L
Bitdefender Application.Generic.438434
CAT-QuickHeal AdWare.Hotbar (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web Adware.Zango.15
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Application.Generic.438434
ESET-NOD32 probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions
F-Prot W32/180Solutions.D.gen
F-Secure Application.Generic.438434
G Data Application.Generic.438434
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Win32.HotBar
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Riskware
Kingsoft AntiVirus Win32.Malware.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes Adware.HotBar.CP
McAfee Artemis!0F114CCDF943
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!0F114CCDF943
Microsoft Security Essentials Adware:Win32/Hotbar
MicroWorld-eScan Application.Generic.438434
NANO AntiVirus Trojan.Win32.Zango.basiow
Sophos Hotbar
Symantec WS.Reputation
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.RCCCDDP
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.RCBH1LL
VIPRE Antivirus Pinball Corporation
Antiy-AVL AdWare/Win32.Shopper
Clam AntiVirus Win.Adware.Shopper-11
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/Shopper
Jiangmin AdWare/Shopper.dt
Kaspersky not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper.aad
Panda Antivirus Trj/CI.A
Vba32 AntiVirus AdWare.Shopper
nProtect Trojan-Clicker/W32.Shopper.145920

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • gamesleapSA.exe is scheduled as a task named 'RunAsStdUser Task' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • gamesleapSA.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'gamesleapSA' and executes as "C:\users\user\appdata\Local\gamesleapSA\bin\1.0.8.0\gamesleapSA.exe".

Software Details

URL:
https://www.gamesleap.com
Support:
https://www.gamesleap.com/support.html
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\gamesleapsa\bin\1.0.8.0
Uninstaller:
"C:\users\user\appdata\Local\gamesleapSA\bin\1.0.8.0\GamesLeapUninstaller.exe" Web
Size:
1.00 MB
Language:
English

GamesLeap Executable Details

Primary executable:
gamesleapSA.exe
Name:
GamesLeap
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\gamesleapsa\bin\1.0.8.0\gamesleapSA.exe
MD5:
0f114ccdf94366240d4f35251480a817
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by GamesLeap
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
f9c5e90a8fa8dae10a6c0d17009c3b19
EXE
afcf820f4411fb2e29e370ed34b38d88
DLL
de295ec2a0b092d1f0282170a4079878
EXE
0f114ccdf94366240d4f35251480a817