Should I remove Facemoods Toolbar?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
80% remove it20% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #5,129
United States Rank #10,697
Reach 0.0980%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 16.93 days
499.45 days >
Average installed length: 262.42 days
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Facemoods Toolbar
What is Facemoods 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.
About (from Facemoods)
Facemoods is a free add-on for Facebook Chat that gives you a huge collection of smileys, winks, text effects and more! Get Facemoods smileys for Facebook and start sending amazing, fun messages to all of your friends!
Overview
During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. The program adds a toolbar to Microsoft Internet Explorer. The primary executable is named facemoodssrv.exe. A majority of users end up uninstalling this less than a week of it being installed. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 1.77 MB (1,860,369 bytes).
- Malware detected in the program
- Starts automatically
- Integrates into the web browser
- Delivered through a thrid-party offer
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Facemoods Toolbar.
| uninstall.exe (09ab7d453a2a46ba9dab8e6361f87b09) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
| avast! |
2014.9-140108 |
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
| Dr.Web |
9.0.0.08 |
Adware.Funmoods.2 |
| Symantec |
1/8/2014 rev. 4 |
WS.Reputation |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.8 |
HV_ZYX_CA2203ED.TOMC |
| facemoodssrv.exe (e83686c5f2273f8a7561897dd5f4e570) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| Dr.Web |
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Adware.Funmoods.3 |
| eSafe |
7.0.17.0 |
Win32.Trojan |
| ESET-NOD32 |
8978 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.A |
| Sophos |
4.94.0 |
Funmoods Toolbar |
| facemoodsApp.dll (582b370e077dd9412daa10e8b7ac9015) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
| Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
| ESET-NOD32 |
9087 |
a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.A |
| Sophos |
4.95.0 |
Funmoods Toolbar |
Facemoods Toolbar 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
URL: home.funmoods.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\facemoods.com\facemoods\1.4.17.7
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\facemoods.com\facemoods\1.4.17.11\uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 1.77 MB
Files installed by Facemoods Toolbar
| Program executable: | facemoodssrv.exe |
| Name: | facemoods |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\facemoods.com\facemoods\1.4.17.7\facemoodssrv.exe |
| MD5: | 65ed705de0a073566bef1e5335275476 |
Additional files:
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facemoodsApp.dll - facemoods
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facemoodsEng.dll
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facemoodsTlbr.dll
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uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- facemoodsTlbr.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'facemoods Toolbar' with the class of {DB4E9724-F518-4dfd-9C7C-78B52103CAB9}.
Startup File (All Users Run)
- facemoodssrv.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'facemoods' which loads as "C:\Program Files\facemoods.com\facemoods\1.4.17.10\facemoodssrv.exe" /md I.
How do I remove Facemoods Toolbar?
You can uninstall Facemoods Toolbar 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 Facemoods Toolbar, 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 Facemoods Toolbar.
- 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 Facemoods Toolbar 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) 69%
Win 7 0%
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HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 80%
Keep it 20%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
78.54% |
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| Windows XP |
9.62% |
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| Windows Vista |
7.96% |
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| Windows 10 |
3.88% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
46.80% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
18.79% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
9.47% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
7.03% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
6.56% |
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| Windows 7 Home Basic |
2.81% |
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Geography
18.63% of installs come from Germany
Which countries install it?
| Germany |
18.63% |
| United States |
15.88% |
| Iran |
5.83% |
| Israel |
5.15% |
| Italy |
5.15% |
| Brazil |
4.41% |
| Spain |
4.36% |
| United Kingdom |
3.19% |
| France |
3.14% |
| Japan |
2.60% |
| Mexico |
2.01% |
| Austria |
1.72% |
| Canada |
1.42% |
| Sweden |
1.32% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
23.81% |
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| Acer |
22.77% |
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| Dell |
16.68% |
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| ASUS |
7.50% |
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| GIGABYTE |
7.40% |
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| Toshiba |
5.25% |
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| Medion |
4.59% |
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| Lenovo |
3.19% |
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| Samsung |
2.91% |
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| Intel |
2.91% |
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| American Megatrends |
2.06% |
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| Sahara |
0.94% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
7.85% |
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| HP G62 Notebook PC |
3.42% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
3.42% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5010 |
3.22% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
3.22% |
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| Acer Aspire 5738 |
2.41% |
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About (from Facemoods)
Like the default smileys for Facebook, Facemoods emoticons represent human emotions, facial gestures, tone of voice, and body language.
Publisher URL: www.facemoods.com