My Addicting Picture Puzzle

My Addicting Picture Puzzle is an adware that installs Adware-WinAd (WindUpdates) with itself. Adware-WinAd (WindUpdates) may display advertising on the desktop, usually pop-ups.

General information:

Malware Name: My Addicting Picture Puzzle
Malware Type: Adware Bundler
Company Name: MyAddictingGames.com
Company URL: http://www.myaddictinggames.com/
Threat Level: Moderate Risk
Operating System: WIN XP
Installation Type: Installed through EXE
Operation: Time of After Installation

Company Description:

MyAddictingGames.com provides you the software My Addicting Picture Puzzle that is a simple picture puzzle game that allows you to scramble and solve your own pictures.

Spyware Description:

My Addicting Picture Puzzle is an adware that installs Adware-WinAd (WindUpdates) with itself. Adware-WinAd (WindUpdates) may display advertising on the desktop, usually pop-ups.

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> It installs Adware-WinAd (WindUpdates) with itself. -> Adware-WinAd (WindUpdates) may display advertising on the desktop, usually pop-ups.

Additional information might be found here:

google Search at Google for My Addicting Picture Puzzle
bing Search at Bing for My Addicting Picture Puzzle
yahoo Search at Yahoo for My Addicting Picture Puzzle

Processes Running:

My Addicting Picture Puzzle.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location Size (Bytes) Type
C:\Documents and Settings\[USER]\Start Menu\My Addicting Picture Puzzle.lnk 724 Shortcut
C:\Program Files\WindUpdates\Info.txt 1720 Text Document
desktop \My Addicting Picture Puzzle.lnk 724 Shortcut

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\WindUpdate

Registry information Created after Installation:

Main Registry Key Sub Registry Key Key Value Name
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run WindUpdates
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\MyAddictingGames\My Addicting Picture Puzzle
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SOFTWARE\WindUpdates