ArcadeCake

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 374
First Seen: March 23, 2015
Last Seen: April 26, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The ArcadeCake Games platform may be popular among users that like to gamble online with the Vegas World game and go to an adventure in My Olympus. The ArcadeCake Games platform can be found at Arcadecake.com, and many of users may install it together with SpeedUpMyComputer and YellowSend. The ArcadeCake software is developed by the same people behind GamesRockit and JungleGamer. The ArcadeCake games platform may allow users to engage in puzzles and complete quests with their friends on Facebook, in exchange for their patience when video and audio commercials are presented on their screens. The ArcadeCake software is supported by advertisements and users may not be particularly fond of its activity. Security authorities do not advise users to install the ArcadeCake Games platform because it is not protected against cyber threats like the Flimkit Exploit Kit.

ArcadeCake is perceived as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may decrease your browser performance and change your new tab page layout to host advertisements. The ArcadeCake software provides access to entertaining applications on the Internet that are built on the Adobe Flash Framework and do not utilize encryption. Computer users that like to keep an eye on the processes currently running on their OSs may be surprised to see that ArcadeCake may demand a lot of processing power to operate. If you work with image and video manipulation software, then you may experience program crashes while the ArcadeCake platform is running in the background. The ArcadeCake software may not appear in the 'Programs and Features' panel and install its files in the hidden Program Data directory to obstruct manual removal. Fortunately, you can employ the services of a reliable anti-spyware instrument to find and delete the binary associated with ArcadeCake.

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Registry Details

ArcadeCake may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
CLSID
{1DB40DA2-8201-49F4-9B1E-2BC45BCAFAB7}
{2EDDF7F6-7C9B-4E6F-A303-CF49E39B3E09}
Software\AppDataLow\ArcadeCake
Software\Classes\ArcadeCake.Control
Software\Classes\ArcadeCake.Control.1
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Approved Extensions\{1DB40DA2-8201-49F4-9B1E-2BC45BCAFAB7}
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.job
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.job.fp
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.job
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.job.fp
Software\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\EXTENSIONS\{b5c30363-0acf-4017-9126-657f69bc0c47}
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.job
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeBake-Bush.job.fp
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.job
SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\ArcadeCakeMix-Bush.job.fp
SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{1DB40DA2-8201-49F4-9B1E-2BC45BCAFAB7}

Directories

ArcadeCake may create the following directory or directories:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\ArcadeCake
%LOCALAPPDATA%\ArcadeCake
%PROGRAMFILES%\ArcadeCake
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ArcadeCake

URLs

ArcadeCake may call the following URLs:

ArcadeCake

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