Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5

Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5 is an adware bundler that installs several other software’s with itself Adware-SaveNow,Adware-WhenUSearch (WhenU) and the adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

General information:

Malware Name: Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5
Malware Type: Adware Bundler
Company Name: Acez Software LLC
Company URL: http://www.acez.com/
Threat Level: Low Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

Acez Software LLC provides you the software Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5 that provides you creepy 3D skulls, evil Jack-O-Lanterns, and scary ghosts fly around your screen while listening to spooky noises! Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5 supports different languages (including English).

Spyware Description:

Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5 is an adware bundler that installs several other software’s with itself Adware-SaveNow,Adware-WhenUSearch (WhenU) and the adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It installs several other software’s with itself like Adware-SaveNow,Adware-WhenUSearch (WhenU). -> The adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5
bing Search at Bing for Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5

Processes Running:

Halloween Haunting.scr

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5\Wish a friend happy Halloween!.lnk 1564 Shortcut
C:\WINDOWS\Halloween Haunting.scr 102400 Screen Saver
C:\WINDOWS\HalloweenEmail.exe 40960 Application

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.
C:\Program Files\Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5 DisplayVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5 HelpLink
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Halloween Haunting Screen Saver 2.5 Publisher