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Zango

Publisher Information

Zango is a software developer located in Bellevue, Washington in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Zango, also known as 180solutions, Hotbar and ePIPO, is a adware publisher that now operates as Pinball Corporation. The software mostly consists of browser plugins that are difficult to remove. Thre are 4 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2007 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/13/2008 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Zango, OU=Zango, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Zango, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1bfd2bade8d6ba77bab6fa3c75f46631

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Zango (M), PUP.Zango.Installer (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
coresrv.dll (Zango by Zango)  (7b4f32982e235cb8c36360fdd552bfc6)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hostie.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (154032e163304496f63d3ae315ec0899)

1 / 68      (Adware)
uninstaller zango.exe (Zango, Inc. Uninstaller by Zango)  (cb72f57d5fca8bec9294d8e4e278d284)

1 / 68      (Adware)
vyssr6jn.exe (Setup by Zango)  (594cc5fc9d5d427c412a020ba26eec8e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
saif2.tmp (Zango by Zango)  (d15da47c17abca87d3786919446137c0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hhytsgfa.exe  (58d0dbda9d096a8b2e4e7ab8b882d7be)

1 / 68      (Adware)
npclntax_HotbarSA.dll (Hotbar Firefox Plugin by Zango)  (d8079d6edf894a681979c97b3548c12a)

1 / 68      (Adware)
WeSkin.DLL (Weather by Zango)  (684592b5c9a564fdae976ca11c6529b1)

1 / 68      (Adware)
wallpaper.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (dc0cbdb2eb9c85914b5543c3fd1239cf)

1 / 68      (Adware)
toolbar.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (b2e3973d486798f84420a13efa30d3f6)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hostol.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (96a0333190b89af9baeac17547d7dee1)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hostoe.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (79e5c44dc176deda49e6aaa4c9681454)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hostie.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (6fa458e8d304e21e5b3232d0c8bfaeed)

1 / 68      (Adware)
coresrv.dll (Zango by Zango)  (a513113c409b884620f7076498ab3f1e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
cml.exe (Hotbar by Zango)  (0a344dbd7f56ba74a9045e19e924da8e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
coresrv.dll (Zango by Zango)  (a667c62c89b14b83487fadc1c71f2ff1)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hostie.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (124fd5f279048540c55394a285bfdba3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hotbarsa.exe (Hotbar Search Assistant by Zango)  (096225294c1882c6f7053fddb0d35434)

1 / 68      (Adware)
toolbar.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (f7023898ebad71205270bb983c998f60)

1 / 68      (Adware)
coresrv.dll (Zango by Zango)  (ed1d22815eb345fae653cefde5f9c924)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hostie.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (d8ae13d951f984faa83c398d57d60a05)

1 / 68      (Adware)
npclntax_HotbarSA.dll (Hotbar Firefox Plugin by Zango)  (5106725bc6964d3d71bb4ef224f157c4)

1 / 68      (Adware)
WeSkin.DLL (Weather by Zango)  (36256943e3d315e4f72152797249ffb9)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Weather.EXE (Weather by Zango)  (c1fd9ede16dd0f048de5a97320ce4a26)

1 / 68      (Adware)
wallpaper.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (a0d0df449f90f2943f3073e56c1d33f7)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Resource.dll (Hotbar Resource DLL by Zango)  (c418ccb9151baf3917aebd5931e8f6b2)

1 / 68      (Adware)
launchhelp.dll (by Zango)  (8b32882863d79513f1b379f28f6b36ea)

1 / 68      (Adware)
toolbar.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (1b7642fb104e4270312455eda22de899)

1 / 68      (Adware)
srv.exe (Hotbar by Zango)  (c16d6207e306cd53dc88edd7ef86ea5d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
instie.dll (Hotbar by Zango)  (6bda0374915f4dbfc4a91032027cf53b)

 
Latest 30 of 75 files

The certificates below are also signed by Zango.

1CA00CAEA054614D44D3119B6DB48AD8  (Feb 14, 2008 to May 13, 2010)

7A9E3D20F0540AA46412FA66C233F5B8  (Mar 16, 2006 to May 10, 2007)

7F7BA710B2DE94E64618988A4FC1BDBD  (Apr 26, 2005 to Apr 27, 2006)

02A6ED914A18FFBC5CDE777EFF702F6A  (May 20, 2004 to May 21, 2005)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Zango by VeriSign, Inc. on March 20, 2007 with the serial number '1bfd2bade8d6ba77bab6fa3c75f46631'.
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