Haunted House

Haunted House is an adware bundler that uses aggressive, deceptive advertising. It may be installed without adequate notice and consent, often though exploits. It tracks browsing habits.

General information:

Malware Name: Haunted House
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 Haunted House that spooky Halloween screen saver will scare you silly! Stick around for floating ghosts, the screeching cat and if you are brave enough, wait to see what other surprises appear around the ominous haunted house. With spooky graphics and creepy sound effects, this haunted house screen saver is sure to please during the Halloween season.

Spyware Description:

Haunted House is an adware bundler that uses aggressive, deceptive advertising. It may be installed without adequate notice and consent, often though exploits. It tracks browsing habits.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It uses aggressive, deceptive advertising. -> It may be installed without adequate notice and consent, often though exploits. -> It tracks browsing habits.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for Haunted House
bing Search at Bing for Haunted House
yahoo Search at Yahoo for Haunted House

Processes Running:

Haunted House Horrors.scr

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\Haunted House Horrors Screen Saver 1.3\grabfreewallpaper.htm 189 HTM File
C:\WINDOWS\HauntedHouseEmail.exe 49152 Application
desktop \Wish a friend happy Halloween!.lnk 1567 Shortcut

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\Programs\Haunted House Horrors Screen Saver 1.

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Management\ARPCache\Haunted House Horrors 1.3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Haunted House Horrors 1.3 DisplayIcon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Haunted House Horrors 1.3 DisplayName