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Should I remove Funmoods?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
70% remove it30% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
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How common is it?
Global Rank #7,701
United States Rank #12,509
Reach 0.0534%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 27.98 days
825.42 days >
Average installed length: 433.70 days

Funmoods

What is Funmoods?

FunMoods toolbar gives no or little satisfaction to its users, but a profound desire to get rid of FunMoods browser extension is in place. The toolbar is but a part of the problem as occasional but inevitable redirects in the course of browser search leading to the toolbar related website burden users even more. Installs a Mindspark toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Mindspark so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar. Funmoods installs a plug-in into your browser wich modifies search results and uses aggressive marketing strategies to try and make users paid customers of their products or third products they are affiliated with through ad interjection.

About  (from Volonet Ltd)

Funmoods is a free add-on for social networks Chat that gives you a huge collection of smileys, winks, text effects and more! Get funmoods smileys for social networks and start sending amazing, fun messages to all of your friends! Like the default smileys for any social network, funmoods emoticons represent human emoti...  Read more
Overview
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Typically distributed through a pay-per-install bundle
  • Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Funmoods.
funmoodssrv.exe (c076c8e973da52b34f79f646072e5868) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Dr.Web 9.0.0.0143 Adware.Funmoods.1
ESET-NOD32 7.8356 Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods
Malwarebytes v2013.05.23.08 PUP.FunMoods
Sophos 4.89 Funmoods Toolbar
uninstall.exe (fc7acf05a4677ecef25a09ac8080d6c8) has been flagged by the following 6 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Commtouch SDK 5.3.2.6 W32/Dropper.I.gen!Eldorado
F-Prot 4.6.5.141 W32/Dropper.I.gen!Eldorado
K7 AntiVirus 9.158.8156 Riskware
McAfee-GW-Edition 2012.1 Heuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.K
NANO AntiVirus 0.22.8.49711 Trojan.Win32.Delf.bchlje
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.RC1H1AR
escorTlbr.dll (5757860dc188218396fe9e5d1d7d0f58) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Dr.Web Adware.Funmoods.1
eSafe 7.0.17.0 Win32.Trojan
ESET-NOD32 8504 Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.FunMoods
Sophos 4.90.0 Funmoods Toolbar
UpdateTask.exe (16cc30a248a08a50b7a79692629b2a22) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.DealPly.40
ESET-NOD32 9460 a variant of Win32/DealPly.O
Qihoo-360 1.0.0.1015 HEUR/Malware.QVM05.Gen
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700-1001 TROJ_GEN.F47V0213
escortEng.dll (5c8cbd98a90e5b8007be9e63720d38a5) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Dr.Web Adware.Funmoods.1
ESET-NOD32 9110 Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.FunMoods
Sophos 4.95.0 Funmoods Toolbar
escortApp.dll (c635c31ac95e139a1fddd314c3cb3776) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Dr.Web Adware.Funmoods.1
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.FunMoods
Sophos 4.88.0 Funmoods Toolbar
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.F47V0301
FunmoodsUpdate.exe (3448e0ccc4b4b4aa91ed8402415ad8d7) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
ESET-NOD32 9176 a variant of Win32/InstallCore.BD
Kingsoft AntiVirus 2013.04.09.267 Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
ViRobot 2011.4.7.4223 JS.A.Iframe.85504.F
escortShld.dll (337ea7bb94f14aa9faa39059f3abfdc0) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Dr.Web Adware.Funmoods.1
ESET-NOD32 9141 Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods
       View all 32 all detections
Funmoods has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.funmoods.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\funmoods\1.5.23.22
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Funmoods\1.5.23.22\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1.08 MB

Program filesFiles installed by Funmoods

Program executable:funmoodssrv.exe (Malware detected)
Name:Funmoods
Path:C:\Program Files\funmoods\1.5.23.22\funmoodssrv.exe
MD5:c076c8e973da52b34f79f646072e5868
FunMoods toolbar installs a Mindspark toolbar in your Web browser that collects and stores information about your web browsing habits and sends this information to Mindspark so they can suggest services or provide ads via the toolbar.
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) uninstall.exe - Funmoods
  • (Malware detected) UpdateTask.exe
  • (Malware detected) escortApp.dll
  • (Malware detected) escortEng.dll
  • (Malware detected) escorTlbr.dll
  • (Malware detected) escortShld.dll
  • (Malware detected) FunmoodsUpdate.exe
  • Sqlite3.dll

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer Extension
  • escorTlbr.dll is installed as an Internet Explorer extension using the class {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263}.
Internet Explorer Toolbar
  • escorTlbr.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Savevid Toolbar powered by Search-Results' with the class of {13be918c-a6b4-40d3-9b2a-04920e8755ed}.
2 Scheduled Tasks
  • UpdateTask.exe is scheduled as a task named 'At5' (runs weekly on Thursdays at 7:20 PM).
  • FunmoodsUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Searchya' (runs daily at 10:59 PM).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

funmoodssrv.exe
Memory:1.32 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0501228615%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.04418501%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00593785%
0.015104% average
FunmoodsUpdate.exe
Kernel CPU:0.00003676%

How do I remove Funmoods?

You can uninstall Funmoods from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. 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.
  2. When you find the program Funmoods, 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).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Funmoods.
  4. 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 Funmoods you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 62%
Win 7 0%
 
HOW DOES IT RUN?
Plugs into Internet Explorer
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 70%
Keep it 30%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 77.40%
Windows XP 8.74%
Windows 10 8.07%
Windows Vista 5.79%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 32.09%
Windows 7 Ultimate 26.17%
Microsoft Windows XP 8.60%
Windows 7 Professional 8.02%
Windows 7 Home Basic 5.92%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 3.92%

Distribution by countryGeography

21.47% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 21.47%
  Brazil 16.48%
  Germany 6.75%
  Iran 3.77%
  India 3.51%
  United Kingdom 2.72%
  France 2.37%
  Portugal 2.37%
  Turkey 2.28%
  Italy 2.28%
  Russia 2.02%
  Israel 1.75%
  Spain 1.67%
  Netherlands 1.67%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 24.48%
Acer 20.64%
Dell 17.60%
ASUS 8.48%
Toshiba 8.16%
Samsung 7.68%
GIGABYTE 6.40%
Lenovo 3.36%
American Megatrends 1.12%
Sahara 1.12%
Intel 0.96%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 4.78%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.07%
HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... 2.73%
Samsung 300E4C/300E5C/300... 2.73%
Semp Toshiba Informatica ... 2.73%
Positivo Positivo MO... 2.39%

About (from Volonet Ltd)

Volonet develops, designs, and markets highly engaging software that adds rich content to social networks communication channels, and is enjoyed by millions of daily active users.
Publisher URL: www.volo-net.com

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