Zango TV Times

ZANGO TV Times is bundled with ZANGO.SearchAssistant and displays pop-up advertisements based on browsing behaviors. 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:	Zango TV Times
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 TV Times is bundled with ZANGO.SearchAssistant and displays pop-up advertisements based on browsing behaviors. 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 Zango TV Times
	Search at Bing for Zango TV Times
	Search at Yahoo for Zango TV Times

Processes Running:

ZangoTVTimes.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\Zango TV Times\TvSkin.dll	241664	Application Extension
C:\Program Files\Zango Programs\Zango TV Times\ZangoTVTimes.exe	319488	Application

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: