Should I remove Facicons?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
70% remove it30% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Reach 0.0013%
Versions
Version | Distribution |
1.0.1 |
100.00% |
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Facicons
What is Facicons?
Installs the Facicons Toolbar, an adware program that integrates into the user's web browsers (IE, Chrome, Firefox) and will perform a number of functions mostly designed to generate advertising supported or affiliate revenue. In order to do so 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 the publisher)
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Overview
- Loads into the web browser
- Installed as part of a co-bundle
- Displays advertisements unassociated with the underlying web page
- Many experts agree, if you don't use it you should remove it!
Facicons 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: www.facicons.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\facicons
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Facicons\uninstaller.exe
Estimated size: 3.43 MB
Files installed by Facicons
Program module: | facicons.dll |
Path: | C:\Program Files\facicons\facicons.dll |
MD5: | a38c85c4155a7600e83286a00f42e213 |
Additional files:
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uninstaller.exe
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remote.exe (by UltraVnc) - UltraVncSC (UltraVnc Self-Extract Setup)
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TbCommonUtils.dll - IE Toolbar (IE Toolbar Common Utils)
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tbcore3.dll - IE Toolbar Engine
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tbhelper.dll - IE Toolbar Helper Module
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TbHelper2.exe - Toolbar Helper (Toolbar Helper Module)
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uninstall.exe - IE Toolbar Uninstall
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update.exe - IE Toolbar Updater
Behaviors exhibited
2 Internet Explorer BHOs
- facicons.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'SBCONVERT Class' with the class of {A1056498-D09A-41E4-864B-505EDD640D9E} (SBCONVERT).
- tbcore3.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'TBSB02843 Class' with the class of {22E4A387-EBFC-442B-B46A-4E7957176FE0} (TBSB02843).
Internet Explorer Toolbar
- tbcore3.dll is loaded as Internet Explorer Toolbar with the name 'Facicons' with the class of {7124C800-B6B8-4A2E-BEC0-8B9ECCEA2149}.
Internet Explorer Web Browser
- tbcore3.dll installs an IE Web Browser in Internet Explorer named 'Facicons' with a class of {7124C800-B6B8-4A2E-BEC0-8B9ECCEA2149}.
How do I remove Facicons?
You can uninstall Facicons 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 Facicons, 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 Facicons.
- 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 Facicons 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) 54%
Win 10 4%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Internet Explorer
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 70%
Keep it 30%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
61.54% |
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Windows Vista |
19.23% |
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Windows XP |
15.38% |
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Windows 10 |
3.85% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.77% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
19.23% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
15.38% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
15.38% |
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Windows 10 Home |
3.85% |
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Windows 7 Enterprise |
3.85% |
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Geography
52.63% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
52.63% |
Israel |
18.42% |
Egypt |
5.26% |
BA |
2.63% |
BG |
2.63% |
Canada |
2.63% |
United Kingdom |
2.63% |
Malaysia |
2.63% |
Norway |
2.63% |
Philippines |
2.63% |
PS |
2.63% |
Saudi Arabia |
2.63% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Acer |
20.00% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
20.00% |
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Dell |
16.00% |
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Toshiba |
12.00% |
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GIGABYTE |
8.00% |
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Lenovo |
8.00% |
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American Megatrends |
4.00% |
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ASUS |
4.00% |
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Samsung |
4.00% |
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Intel |
4.00% |
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Common models |
Dell Inspiron 1525 |
9.09% |
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Compaq-Presario WC774AA-U... |
4.55% |
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ASUSTeK F80Q |
4.55% |
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Acer Aspire 5738 |
4.55% |
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Acer Aspire 5536 |
4.55% |
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TOSHIBA Satellite L505D |
4.55% |
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