{"id":8170,"date":"2022-07-30T20:51:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hexacorn.com\/blog\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2022-07-30T20:51:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T20:51:59","slug":"week-of-data-dumps-part-4-games-related-strings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hexacorn.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/30\/week-of-data-dumps-part-4-games-related-strings\/","title":{"rendered":"Week of Data Dumps, Part 4 \u2013 games-related strings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This series got a bit delayed, because I got sick last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a bit counter-intuitive – why would you want to collect strings related to games?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, there was a time when games were targeted by malware authors a lot. Secondly, if you have a good list of games-related strings, you can quickly classify many samples. If you find these specific strings inside an executable it’s either a part of a game, or a crack for the game, or a malware targeting a game, or some 3rd party software dealing with games in bulk. Not too many options… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today there are many resources listing various game names, their executable names, etc. so instead of giving you the answer on the plate, I will list two decent sources I used in the past:<\/p>\n\n\n\n