Title: ZangoSearch

Type: Adware

Remove ZangoSearch. Removal instructions

Severity scale:

(31 / 100)

ZangoSearch is an advertising-supported program that installs free games and applications. However, it also monitors user Internet activity and opens partner web sites when it detects specific keywords that the user enters into the web browser's search field or shopping sites. ZangoSearch is able to restore silently restore itself if some of its components were removed. The program automatically runs on every Windows startup.

ZangoSearch properties:
• Connects itself to the internet
• Stays resident in background

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ZangoSearch manual removal:

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Kill processes:
installershell.exe, zangoinstaller.exe, zanu.exe

HELP:
how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\zanu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Zango [application name]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{E5B57AB3-15F8-43A2-ABAC-3E58A9C25818}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{21B4ACC4-8874-4AEC-AEAC-F567A249B4D4}
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\RAS Autodial\Control\LoginSessionDisable=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\[game name]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Zango [application name]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\zanu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\zanuHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\zanu

HELP:
how to remove registry entries

Delete files:
installershell.exe, zangoinstaller.exe, zanu.exe

HELP:
how to remove harmful files

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\ZangoClient
C:\Program Files\Zango Applications
C:\Program Files\Zango Games
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Application Data\Zango [application name]
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\Zango
C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Start Menu\Programs\Zango Games
Misc:
[application name] is a name of a program installed by ZangoSearch.
[game name] is a name of a computer game installed by ZangoSearch.

Information added: 2005-11-06 12:40:49
Information updated: 2011-04-26 05:04:22

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