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Details of Virus Zango

All details, description and effects of Zango

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Common names: Zango
Technical names:
Alias: 180Solutions,Zango Search Assistant,MetricsDirect,
   
Type: ADWARE
Size: 282624 KB
   

DETECTIONS
Number of sightings: 19940 times
Date first seen: August 24, 2004 at 00:00 AM
Country first seen in: Brazil
Country last seen in: United States
   
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Brief Description

Zango is an adware type program, which offers the application at the only cost of viewing a series of advertisements.

According to the company that created it, Zango is executed in the background and it displays information, offers and products according to keywords previously entered by the user while surfing the Internet. However, Zango downloads and displays advertisements, founding on the Internet usage habits.

Zango periodically redirects the browser Internet Explorer to websites belonging to its sponsors.

Effects

Zango carries out the following actions:

  • It is executed in the background and it displays information, offers and products according to keywords previously entered by the user while surfing the Internet.
  • It downloads and displays advertisements according to the Internet usage habits.
  • It creates shortcuts on the Windows Desktop and on the Start menu to the following website:

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