How to remove the zango virus

Most antivirus programs identify zango.exe as malware, e.g. TrendMicro identifies it as ADW_ZANGO.AD or ADWARE_180SOLUTIONS.ZANGO, and Microsoft identifies it as Adware:Win32/ZangoSearchAssistant.
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Zango.exe file information

The process known as Zango belongs to software Zango Search Assistant or Zango by 180solutions (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zango_(company)) or Zango (www.zango.com).

Description: zango.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files". Known file sizes on Windows 7/XP are 867,328 bytes (69% of all occurrences), 752,128 bytes and 7 more variants.
There is an icon for this program on the taskbar next to the clock. The program has a visible window. There is no description of the program. File zango.exe is not a Windows core file. zango.exe is able to monitor applications. Therefore the technical security rating is 27% dangerous, however also read the users reviews.
The software vendor offers the option to uninstall Zango Search Assistant or Zango from your computer using the Control Panel applet "Add/Remove programs".

Recommended: Identify zango.exe related errors

External information from Paul Collins:

"zango" definitely not required. 180Solutions/N-Case adware variant

Important: Some malware camouflages itself as zango.exe, particularly when located in the c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folder. Therefore, you should check the zango.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. We recommend Security Task Manager for verifying your computer's security. This was one of the Top Download Picks of The Washington Post and PC World.

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User Comments

conected to 180solutions, which most products created by 180solutions are caught be spybot. this one isn't, but was created on computer by itself on internet. Was running along with Netdde (spyware)
Samantha D

Parasite
Samantha D (further information)

This is trojan downloader known by Microsoft Antispyware
Yaroslav Osadchyy

not much, but mysterious, hard to remove completely
sidonia

Tried to remove it. Slowed computer to a crawl. Constant 100% disk activity. Took a full day to get a virus scan done to remove last vestiges. It is crap and difficult to remove.
Dan G.

zango.windupdate freezes Spybot S&D
Joyhn Carswell

nothing much i run a program trend told me i had i virus called trojan i gooled it and i found this page and thats when i remembered i install something called zango but now its not in contrl panel and i dont know much/how to uninstall it!!!! email help to byronwright743@yahoo.com
byron

this zango was installed on my computer by my mom and it made pop ups also my spyware found it and deleated it then my other spyware found it and also deleated it but i think its still on my computer no more pop ups but my computers been running slow since then
JOsh

Pure spy-ware, I got it when I downloaded Xvid codec. Spy-bot gets rid of it no problem
Justin Yates

Summary: Average user rating of zango.exe: based on 19 votes with 9 reviews.

1 user think zango.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. 4 users think it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 12 users think zango.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 2 users doesn't grade zango.exe ("not sure about it").

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