Emsisoft Malware-Info

Name: Adware.Win32.Cosmic Stacker

Risklevel: Low Risk

Company: Christmas Cosmic Stacker - http://www.gamehouse.com/

Description:

Cosmic Stacker is an adware bundler that installs Adware-TryMedia with itself.Trymedia may download and execute new software from a remote server. This new software may or may not be malicious.

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More details about this danger:

Characteristics:

  • It installs Adware-TryMedia with itself.
  • Trymedia may download and execute new software from a remote server. This new software may or may not be malicious.

Installation: Installed through EXE

Process: CosmicStacker.exe

Screenshots:

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Used folders:

  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia\data
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia\licenses
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\GameHouse
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\temp
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\lng
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse

Used files:

  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\Uninstall Cosmic Stacker.lnk
    [675 Bytes] Shortcut
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\Readme.lnk
    [750 Bytes] Shortcut
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\Cosmic Stacker.lnk
    [1695 Bytes] Shortcut
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\game.zxc
    [10702849 Bytes] ZXC File
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\eula.rtf
    [36220 Bytes] Rich Text Format
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\Demo.dat
    [143034 Bytes] DAT File
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\CosmicStacker.log
    [1158 Bytes] Text Document
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\CosmicStacker.exe
    [2006529 Bytes] Application
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\readme.txt
    [1749 Bytes] Text Document
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\lng\enu_10.lng
    [22252 Bytes] LNG File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia\data\{5F6B3A87-F747-6315-534E-0A8551A317F4}
    [132 Bytes] System file
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia\data\{5D6F2B5E-F7DB-358D-416B-8B3796E5256E}
    [132 Bytes] File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia\data\{25450A3F-244F-BC72-1176-AD6271CF51AD}
    [132 Bytes] File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia\data\{063CABAD-8033-5F17-A76B-51C815030341}
    [132 Bytes] File
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\temp\game.zxc
    [16425478 Bytes] ZXC File
  • C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Application Data\Trymedia\data\{CF1EADE3-BCE2-8BC3-3AB3-989A07904E3C}
    [132 Bytes] File
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\Players.dat
    [653 Bytes] DAT File
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\options.cfg
    [269 Bytes] Microsoft Office Outlook Configuration File
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\LoadingScreen.jpg
    [81512 Bytes] JPEG Image
  • C:\Program Files\GameHouse\Cosmic Stacker\GameParams.xml
    [338 Bytes] XML Document

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