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Zango |
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180Solutions,Zango Search Assistant,Metr... |
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| Type: |
ADWARE |
| Size: |
282624 Bytes |
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DETECTIONS
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| Date first seen: |
August 24, 2004 at 00:00 AM |
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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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