Should I remove Cool Smilies for Facebook?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

81% remove it19% keep it

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How common is it?

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Version	Distribution
1.0.0.1	100.00%

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Cool Smilies for Facebook

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What is Cool Smilies for Facebook?

Plus Wink's Cool Smilies is an web browser advertisement injection extension that is designed with the core purpose of delivering ads to the user's web browser. Ads are in the form of banners (both static and videos) as well as context-hyper links. This adware is mostly bundled with 3rd party download managers that include a number of additional offers, all potentially unwanted programs (PUPs).

From the EULA: "When you use the Plugin with the bundled Monetization Platform, we may collect information about the websites you visit and the advertisements that you see on those websites, the searches you perform using search engines, the ways in which you use various Monetization Platform features (including whether the Monetization Platform is still installed on your computer), and the pages you view (especially social media pages)."

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We may offer search or other services that are powered or provided by another company. You can tell when a third party is involved in a given service offering, and, if you choose to use the service, we will share information related to your use of the service with that company. For example, the Monetization Platform ma... Read more

Overview

Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
Displays unwanted advertisements
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Cool Smilies for Facebook has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program details

Displayed publisher: Plus Winks

URL: www.pluswinks.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\cool smilies for facebook

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Cool Smilies for Facebook\uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 1.69 MB

Files installed by Cool Smilies for Facebook

Program module:	AddonsFramework.dll
Name:	Add-ons Framework
Path:	C:\Program Files\cool smilies for facebook\AddonsFramework.dll
MD5:	17eafe4b7dda044384423c875170210c

Additional files:

ScriptHost.dll (by Plus Winks) - Add-ons Framework (ScriptHost)
AddonsFramework.dll (by Besttoolbars)
BackgroundHost.exe - BackgroundHost
BackgroundHostPS.dll (by Besttoolbars)
ButtonSite.dll - ButtonSite
uninstall.exe

How do I remove Cool Smilies for Facebook?

You can uninstall Cool Smilies for Facebook from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

When you find the program Cool Smilies for Facebook, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Cool Smilies for Facebook.
If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.