Hangman

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

General information:

Malware Name: Hangman
Malware Type: Adware Bundler
Company Name: free-games.to
Company URL: http://www.free-games.to/
Threat Level: Moderate Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

free-games.to provides you the software Hangman that is a cool game for you to play over the web.

Spyware Description:

Hangman is an adware bundler that installs several other software’s with itself Adware-SaveNow,Adware-WhenUSearch (WhenU) , NDotNet. 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) and NDotNet. -> The adware that it installs with itself shows advertising and deceptive warnings.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for Hangman
bing Search at Bing for Hangman
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Hangman

Processes Running:

Hangman.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Hangman\License Agreement.lnk 584 Shortcut
C:\Program Files\Hangman\subjects.hng 5724 HNG File
desktop \FREE STUFF.lnk 1388 Shortcut

Folder information Created after Installation:

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

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hangman DisplayVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hangman HelpLink
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hangman Publisher