Zango Astrology

.ZANGO.Astrology is bundled with ZANGO.SearchAssistant and displays pop-up advertisements based on browsing behaviors. It is software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter desktop and affect productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that might find inappropriate. The extra processing required tracking or to display advertisements can tax computer and hurt system performance.0

General information:

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

Company Description:

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. It 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.

Spyware Description:

.ZANGO.Astrology is bundled with ZANGO.SearchAssistant and displays pop-up advertisements based on browsing behaviors. It is software that displays advertisements. Some advertisers may covertly install adware on system and generate a stream of unsolicited advertisements that can clutter desktop and affect productivity. The advertisements may also contain pornographic or other material that might find inappropriate. The extra processing required tracking or to display advertisements can tax computer and hurt system performance.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 Zango Astrology
	Search at Bing for Zango Astrology
	Search at Yahoo for Zango Astrology

Processes Running:

ZangoAstrology.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Common\Libraries\CryptoAPI.dll	118784	Application Extension
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Common\Zango.ico	8302	Icon
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Zango Astrology\AstroSkin.dll	237568	Application Extension

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Common
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Common\Libraries

Registry information Created after Installation: