I just noticed that an allegedly Zango Support personnel posted a comment on one of my published posts in BlogEngage where I was talking about how the Zango software posed as a threat. Just to give them the benefit of the doubt, I would like to post his comment:
Zango Support says:
In the above post Zango is listed as a threat.
We would like to correct this listing.
Zango is a safe and secure program which will not harm users’ computer.
We are certainly aware of the ever-growing number of harmful applications that have surfaced on the Web.
Please be assured that Zango, unlike such applications, will always make the user’s privacy our top priority. Zango is a safe and secure program which installs itself only upon user’s download and does nothing without the user’s consent.
Following are some clarifications on the function of Zango’s software:1. Zango does not build personal profiles.
2. Zango does not gather any data you enter in online forms.
3. Zango does not access any sensitive information entered while surfing, such as account details, passwords, credit card information, products you purchase online, etc.
4. Zango’s installation does not install any third party applications. In addition, Zango can be installed only through a standard download process initiated by the user from Zango’s websites and is easy to uninstall.
Unfortunately, it appears that some scanning applications have mistakenly included Zango on their lists. We are aware of this situation and our legal team is contacting these companies in order to be removed from their lists.
Zango is a user friendly program, and it is of paramount importance to us that our program will function properly and will be easily installed and removed
You can remove Zango from your computer via “Add\Remove programs” (Start -> Control Panel -> Add\Remove programs), you may use our uninstaller and you may also use the uninstall instructions we offer under the Zango component in the program’s list
To remove Zango from your computer, please do the following:
1. Close all open applications/programs/windows
2. Go to: ‘Start’ - ‘Settings’ - ‘Control Panel’ - ‘Add\Remove Programs’
3. Click on ‘Zango Browser and Wowpapers Tools’
4. Click ‘Change/Remove’ button
5. Check the components you wish to remove, click ‘Next’ and follow the on-screen instructions.
6. Restart your computer
Alternatively, you can use our uninstaller:
1. Click on the following link - http://installs.zango.com/downloads/Uninstaller/Uninstaller.exe
2. Click ‘Run’ and follow on-screen instructions
3. Restart your computer.
Zango support team can be easily contacted through our help site:
http://catalog.zango.com/destination/corporate/supportform.aspx
or directly at: zangocustomersupport@zango.com
Just few reminders before installing this software:
1. Zango software clearly states in their applications that “In exchange for free access to Zango Games (or any of their programs for that matter), users are shown 2-3 targeted Websites while browsing online.”
2. Symantec and McAfee, two of the reputable internet and computer security software companies, listed Zango as malicious software.
3. StopBadware.org lists a number of undesirable behaviors associated with Zango Easy Messenger, including “behaves as spyware”, “automatically runs on startup”, “displays pop-up advertisements”, “installs adware”, and “bundled software cannot be closed”. Wikipedia
4. Zango, formerly 180solutions and Hotbar, is listed at Wikipedia’s “Well-known adware programs”
5. A great discussion about “180solutions’s Misleading Installation Methods” was posted after several issues were raised about Zango.
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Feb 3, 2008 at 23:01:49
i’ve already added you to my roll, jam. thanks for dropping by on my page
Zang’s last blog post..Who dared search my name? Answer me!
Feb 5, 2008 at 01:39:51
I already added you to my Blogroll. http://blog.jammedph.com/links
Feb 22, 2008 at 06:41:23
does anyone knows if there is any other information about this subject in other languages?
Feb 22, 2008 at 06:47:02
What do you mean? Written in other languages? You may use a web page translator (http://google.com/translate_t).
Mar 2, 2008 at 17:01:11
est il availible en Francais, my English not good
Apr 14, 2008 at 19:29:05
Dear Zango:I do like your site because you have more games that are free to play and very enjoying to play.I do not like McAfee because it does not protect my computer.I have had the spy ware disk downloaded it and it did not help at all. So I had to go to FireFox spy ware and that is alot better. Iam going to check out Speed Up Windows XP http://www.ErrorSmart.com and see if this will speed up my system.I want to play your games.Thanks for you support but please do not give me McAfee Spyware.
Apr 14, 2008 at 19:33:33
Your free games that you offer to me to play are 100% in my book and I like them!
Apr 19, 2008 at 21:15:02
zango is a 100% pure spyware its just a renamed of 180solutions if you notice this that zango and 180solutions provide almost same content as zango lol and i hate it when they force people to install the software coz the site is blocked by them