Should I remove Face Theme?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
74% remove it26% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #34,024
United States Rank #19,166
Reach 0.0036%
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0 |
100.00% |
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Face Theme
from facetheme.com
What is Face Theme?
FaceTheme is a browser plug-ins for Internet Explorer and Firefox that provide themes for Facebook. By installing a FaceTheme, you can change the way your Facebook home pages and profiles look. The program will display a number of different ad formats by injecting the ads directly in the user's browser based on either the activity of the user's past and present behavior or based on the context of the web page. Ads are displayed as banners, text-links, search related adverts or in many cases malvertising in order to get a user to download and install additional software, mostly bundled adware. This adware will also track and report back the user's surfing behavior including web pages and domains visited as well as the advertisements displayed and clicked.
About (from facetheme.com)
Facebook is just about the hottest site nowadays. I mean, where else can you go to check in with your buddies, share cool stuff with them from your pics to your thoughts and opinions to videos you find, see what they are up to, AND play killer games like Plants Vs. Zombies? No other social network site can offer you al... Read more
Overview
- Possible malware installed by this program
- Loads into the web browser
- Injects advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Generally known to have a low reputation
- The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Face Theme.
bho_project.dll (7dd559e8b888f5fde1fd29e5925d3292) has been flagged by the following 11 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Avira AntiVir |
7.11.33.64 |
Adware/Gen.A.62 |
AVG |
2014.0.3483 |
Generic5 |
CAT-QuickHeal |
6.13.12.00 |
Trojan.Agent.nj |
Emsisoft Anti-Malware |
8.13.06.30.02 |
AdWare.Gen.A!IK |
IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.1.118.0 |
AdWare.Gen.A |
K7 AntiVirus |
13.144.7074 |
Riskware |
ESET NOD32 |
7228 |
probably a variant of Win32/Adware.Facetheme.A |
PC Tools |
2013 |
Adware.Gen!rem |
Symantec |
6/30/2013 rev. 1 |
Adware.Gen |
VIPRE Antivirus |
12070 |
Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
VirusBuster |
15.0.58.0 |
Riskware.Adware!sNicI5hkid8 |
Program details
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\object
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Object\facetheme_uninstall.exe
Files installed by Face Theme
Program module: | bho_project.dll (Malware detected) |
Name: | FaceTheme |
| Change your FB background |
Path: | C:\Program Files\object\bho_project.dll |
MD5: | 7dd559e8b888f5fde1fd29e5925d3292 |
Additional files:
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer BHO
- bho_project.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'Facetheme' with the class of {66D8FBA6-D90F-40A9-AC55-84896F79CA69} (BHO Project).
How do I remove Face Theme?
You can uninstall Face Theme 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 Face Theme, 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 Face Theme.
- 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.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Face Theme you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 51%
Win 7 3%
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 74%
Keep it 26%
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GLOBAL RANK
#34,024
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
53.52% |
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Windows Vista |
29.58% |
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Windows XP |
8.45% |
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Windows 10 |
8.45% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
46.38% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
27.54% |
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Windows 10 Home |
8.70% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
7.25% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
5.80% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
1.45% |
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Geography
98.25% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
98.25% |
Italy |
0.88% |
MA |
0.88% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
42.62% |
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Acer |
21.31% |
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Dell |
19.67% |
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Intel |
8.20% |
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Toshiba |
6.56% |
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Gateway |
1.64% |
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Common models |
Dell Inspiron 1545 |
3.33% |
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eMachines ET1331G |
3.33% |
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HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
3.33% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite L655D |
1.67% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite L645D |
1.67% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite L505D |
1.67% |
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