Battling Bones

Battling Bones is an adware bundler that installs several other software’s with itself Adware-NetPals (Favoriteman) and NDotNet (New.net) and the adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

General information:

Malware Name: Battling Bones
Malware Type: Adware Bundler
Company Name: gillsthemes.com
Company URL: http://www.gillsthemes.com/
Threat Level: High Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

gillsthemes.com provides you the software Battling Bones that is an animated screen saver. Original art by GillB.

Spyware Description:

Battling Bones is an adware bundler that installs several other software’s with itself Adware-NetPals (Favoriteman) and NDotNet (New.net) 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-NetPals (Favoriteman) and NDotNet (New.net). -> The adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for Battling Bones
bing Search at Bing for Battling Bones
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Battling Bones

Processes Running:

Battling Bones.scr

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\FileSubmit\Uninstall Battling Bones.lnk 1609 Shortcut
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Battling Bones1.mid 39056 MIDI Sequence
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Battling Bones2.gif 122381 GIF Image

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\FileSubmi

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Battling Bones
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Battling Bones Screen Saver DisplayName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Battling Bones Screen Saver UninstallString