Yazzle Snowball Wars
Yazzle games are known to be installed through security exploits with no notice or consent as part of a large infestation of adware. The EULA indicates Yazzle products are from Click springt LC, makers of PurityScan, and the Outer Info Network client.
(http://www.yazzle.net/eula.php ). It also 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.0
General information:
| Malware Name: |
Yazzle Snowball Wars |
| Malware Type: |
Misc (General) |
| Company Name: |
Yazzle.Net |
| Company URL: |
http://yazzle.net/
|
| Threat Level: |
Moderate Risk |
| Operating System: |
WIN XP |
| Installation Type: |
Installed through EXE |
| Operation: |
Time of After Installation. |
Company Description:
Yazzle.Net provides various software for the entertainment of its customers such as ring tones, games and cool stuff. All of its software is free of cost and easy to download. One of its free games is Play Snowball Wars, the snowball in' action
game. The game starts out as a three vs. three battle, but as increase in level, the blue kids increase in number. Click and drag one of our kids into position so that we can get a good shot on the other team. Hold down the left mouse button to make
power meter go up. The more fill up power meter, the farther and harder kid will throw. If a kid gets hit, but not too hard, he will be stunned. He'll stand there shaking, and will be temporarily unable to move or throw. If a kid gets hit hard
enough, he'll fall down, and won't get up again until the next level.
Spyware Description:
Yazzle games are known to be installed through security exploits with no notice or consent as part of a large infestation of adware. The EULA indicates Yazzle products are from Click springt LC, makers of PurityScan, and the Outer Info Network client.
(http://www.yazzle.net/eula.php ). It also 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.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:
Processes Running:
SnowballWars.exe
File information Created after Installation:
| File Location |
Size (Bytes) |
Type |
| C:\Documents and Settings\User\Start Menu\Programs\Yazzle Snowball Wars\Uninstall Yazzle Snowball Wars.lnk |
697 |
Shortcut |
| C:\Documents and Settings\User\Start Menu\Programs\Yazzle Snowball Wars\Yazzle Snowball Wars.lnk |
702 |
Shortcut |
| C:\Program Files\Yazzle Snowball Wars\License.txt |
16917 |
Text Document |
Folder information Created after Installation:
| Folder Location |
| C:\Program Files\Yazzle Snowball Wars |
Registry information Created after Installation:
| Main Registry Key |
Sub Registry Key |
Key Value Name |
| HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start Menu2\Programs\Yazzle Snowball Wars |
Order |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
SOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallYazzle Snowball Wars |
DisplayName |
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE |
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Yazzle Snowball Wars |
UninstallString |
