Ok so my nephews computer has Zango on it. How to remove?
 

All this talk about Zango and when I'm over at there house I drew a blank as to how to completely remove the piece of shit from their computer. Add/Remove programs is shady, it suggests that Zango is actually not installed when it really is and then asks if I wanted to remove Zango from the add/remove programs menu. God damn, I would have thought doing this would be something the FTC would have punished them for.

1) Is there any commercial product that would have protected them against the install?

2) What can I run to remove this? I don't have the attention span or time to do all the registry work that needs to be done.

Thanks in advance!

Brad

I thought the FTC settlement they entered into required them to make uninstallation as easy as possible?
WG

ZangoSearch manual removal:
Kill processes:
installershell.exe, zangoinstaller.exe, zanu.exe

how to kill malicious processes

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run\zanu
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run\Zango [application name]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\TypeLib\{E5B57 AB3-15F8-43A2-ABAC-3E58A9C25818}
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\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\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\[game name]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\Zango [application name]
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\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

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.

Thank you Ice! I'm surprised the FTC didn't make them put up a removal program. Ack.

Brad

It would just reinstall zango 30 days later, and they would say Opps. How did that happen.

format c:

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I prefer SpyBot S&D myself...

thx for the ref