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ArcadeCake

Posted: March 23, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 876
First Seen: March 23, 2015
Last Seen: April 26, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

ArcadeCake is another Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that shows adware symptoms. ArcadeCake is a product by ArcadeCake LLC with its official website at arcadecake.com. At ArcadeCake's official website users can find a variety of free games that are available as soon as they download their software. The purpose of installing ArcadeCake software is to enable them to display advertising materials to the larger public. Ads by ArcadeCake may be in the shape of pop-ups, pop-unders, floating ads or inline text ads. If you check the Privacy Policy of ArcadeCake, you will see that the software collects information such as IP address, browser info, URLs, HTML and search queries. It is also stated that this information is later utilized for delivering more relevant third party advertisements.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{1DB40DA2-8201-49F4-9B1E-2BC45BCAFAB7}{2EDDF7F6-7C9B-4E6F-A303-CF49E39B3E09}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\AppDataLow\ArcadeCakeSoftware\Classes\ArcadeCake.ControlSoftware\Classes\ArcadeCake.Control.1SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{1DB40DA2-8201-49F4-9B1E-2BC45BCAFAB7}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.jobSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.job.fpSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.jobSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.job.fpSoftware\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\EXTENSIONS\{b5c30363-0acf-4017-9126-657f69bc0c47}SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.jobSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.job.fpSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.jobSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.job.fpSOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1DB40DA2-8201-49F4-9B1E-2BC45BCAFAB7}HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}ArcadeCake{2086694B-D5F0-41B9-95C9-B8355C9A0960}

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ArcadeCake%LOCALAPPDATA%\ArcadeCake%PROGRAMFILES%\ArcadeCake%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ArcadeCake
The following URL's were detected:
ArcadeCake
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