Tuesday, December 9, 2008

180Solutions ZangoSearch Adware

Removing 180Solutions ZangoSearch
Categories: Adware,BHO,Toolbar
Adware are programs that facilitate delivery for advertising content
to the user and in some cases gather information from the user's computer.

The BHO (Browser Helper Object) waits for the user to post personal information to a monitored website.
As this information is entered by the user, it is captured by the BHO and sent back to the attacker.
Toolbar presents itself as a helpful add-on for Internet Explorer but it is a real pest.
It replaces your start page, continuosly open a number of pop up windows and so on.

Visible Symptoms:
Files in system folders:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\ZangoToolbar\Bin\4.8.3.0\ZbHostIE.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\zango\zango.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\ZangoToolbar\Bin\4.8.3.0\ZbHostIE.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\zango\zango.exe

How to detect 180Solutions ZangoSearch:

Files:
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\ZangoToolbar\Bin\4.8.3.0\ZbHostIE.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\zango\zango.exe
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\ZangoToolbar\Bin\4.8.3.0\ZbHostIE.dll
[%PROGRAM_FILES%]\zango\zango.exe

Registry Keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{5CBE2611-C31B-401F-89BC-4CBB25E853D7}

Registry Values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Removing 180Solutions ZangoSearch:

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