Wind Words

It is a 'freeware' program from an adware vendor that bundles advertising software (adware) from the adware vendor itself. It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent.0

General information:

Malware Name:	Wind Words
Malware Type:	Adware
Company Name:	Zango
Company URL:	http://zango.com/
Threat Level:	Moderate Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

Zango is about giving users a free content experience on the Internet, while at the same time fueling an economy where content creators, web publishers and advertisers of any size can make money with time-shifted paid search. Zango's programs provide consumers free access to a large catalog of entertaining and informative content sponsored by time-shifted paid search. Its search assistant applications offer web publishers and content creators a legitimate and flexible means to monetize all types of content, including games and videos, and advertisers are able to increase their reach with new and highly targeted inventory.

Spyware Description:

It is a 'freeware' program from an adware vendor that bundles advertising software (adware) from the adware vendor itself. It includes Moderate risk threats that are often bundled with functionally unrelated software or installed without adequate notice and consent, and may display unwanted advertising on the user's desktop. Such threats may track users' online browsing habits and transmit non-personally identifying data back to a server in order to target advertising. These threats may be configured to start automatically with the operating system, use an auto-updater that the user cannot control, or install other functionally separate programs without adequate notice and consent.0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> Displays third-party advertising on the computer -> Tracks browsing habits -> Degrade the performance and stability of the computer. -> Bundled with other adware 0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for Wind Words
	Search at Bing for Wind Words
	Search at Yahoo for Wind Words

Processes Running:

words.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\Wind Words.lnk	1662	Shortcut
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Zango Programs\Wind Words\Wind Words.lnk	1680	Shortcut
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Wind Words\users\user0.dus	521	DUS File

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Wind Words\users

Registry information Created after Installation: