Hot Air 2

Hot Air 2 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: Hot Air 2
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 Hot Air 2 that could be the simplest and yet most addictive game in existence. You re up in the sky in your hot air balloon, and the aim is to dodge the planes whizzing by and stay alive for as long as possible. The longer you stay alive, the more points you get, and the faster the planes come.

Spyware Description:

Hot Air 2 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:

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Processes Running:

Hot Air 2.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Program Files\Hot Air 2\Hot Air 2.exe 1473952 Application
C:\Program Files\Hot Air 2\INSTALL.LOG 1845 Text Document
C:\Program Files\Hot Air 2\free.ICO 2238 Icon

Folder information Created after Installation:

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

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hot Air 2 DisplayIcon
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hot Air 2 DisplayName
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Hot Air 2 DisplayVersion