Should I remove Funmoods?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
87% remove it13% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #7,526
United States Rank #10,282
Reach 0.0555%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 42.98 days
1268.00 days >
Average installed length: 666.24 days
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Funmoods
What is Funmoods?
From the license: "In order to provide you with the services, Funmoods may install browser add-ons, plugins or widgets to any and all of your browsers."
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 plugin into your browser which 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.
- Modifies the user's search engine and search provider.
- Changes the user's browser home page.
- Adds search functionality from the address bar.
- Displays contextual search advertising.
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
- Hijacks the web browser's home page
- Hijacks the browser's default search provider
- The experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Funmoods.
updatetask.exe (a925619f4c2ad42acc252a710713b23a) has been flagged by the following 3 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
ESET-NOD32 |
7.8579 |
a variant of Win32/InstallCore.BD |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.8 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0212 |
Vba32 AntiVirus |
3.12.20.2 |
Signed-Adware.InstallCore |
escorTlbr.dll (5757860dc188218396fe9e5d1d7d0f58) has been flagged by the following 5 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
Dr.Web |
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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 |
escortEng.dll (5c8cbd98a90e5b8007be9e63720d38a5) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
Dr.Web |
|
Adware.Funmoods.1 |
ESET-NOD32 |
9110 |
Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods |
Malwarebytes |
1.75.0.1 |
PUP.FunMoods |
Sophos |
4.95.0 |
Funmoods Toolbar |
funmoodssrv.exe (c076c8e973da52b34f79f646072e5868) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
Dr.Web |
|
Adware.Funmoods.1 |
ESET-NOD32 |
8356 |
Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods |
Malwarebytes |
1.75.0.1 |
PUP.FunMoods |
Sophos |
4.89.0 |
Funmoods Toolbar |
escortApp.dll (e31194cd38b2da193d0130a1abced783) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
Dr.Web |
|
Adware.Funmoods.1 |
ESET-NOD32 |
9110 |
Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods |
Malwarebytes |
1.75.0.1 |
PUP.FunMoods |
Sophos |
4.95.0 |
Funmoods Toolbar |
escortShld.dll (337ea7bb94f14aa9faa39059f3abfdc0) has been flagged by the following 2 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Software version | Detection |
Dr.Web |
|
Adware.Funmoods.1 |
ESET-NOD32 |
9141 |
Win32/Toolbar.Funmoods |
View all 22 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 details
URL: www.funmoods.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Funmoods\
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Funmoods\1.5.23.22\uninstall.exe
Estimated size: 2.73 MB
Files installed by Funmoods
Program executable: | updatetask.exe (Malware detected) |
Path: | C:\users\user\appdata\roaming\funmoods\updateproc\updatetask.exe |
MD5: | a925619f4c2ad42acc252a710713b23a |
Additional files:
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uninstall.exe (by Setup ©) - Setup© (Setup)
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(Malware detected) escortApp.dll - Funmoods
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(Malware detected) escortEng.dll
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(Malware detected) escorTlbr.dll
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(Malware detected) escortShld.dll
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(Malware detected) funmoodssrv.exe
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Sqlite3.dll
Behaviors 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}.
Scheduled Task
- UpdateTask.exe is scheduled as a task named 'At5' (runs weekly on Thursdays at 7:20 PM).
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
funmoodssrv.exe |
Memory: | 1.32 MB | |
Total CPU: | 0.0501228615% | |
Kernel CPU: | 0.04418501% | |
User CPU: | 0.00593785% | |
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.
- 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 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).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Funmoods.
- 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
- 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) 70%
Win 7 0%
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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 87%
Keep it 13%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
79.52% |
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Windows XP |
9.87% |
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Windows Vista |
6.03% |
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Windows 10 |
4.57% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
42.56% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
20.68% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
9.83% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
7.81% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.14% |
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Windows 7 Home Basic |
4.04% |
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Geography
28.20% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
28.20% |
Germany |
6.03% |
Brazil |
5.79% |
Iran |
5.30% |
Italy |
4.48% |
Israel |
4.07% |
Japan |
3.18% |
United Kingdom |
2.44% |
Canada |
2.28% |
India |
1.63% |
Portugal |
1.63% |
MA |
1.55% |
Belgium |
1.47% |
France |
1.30% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
29.79% |
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Acer |
21.09% |
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Dell |
19.32% |
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GIGABYTE |
7.08% |
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ASUS |
6.93% |
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Samsung |
4.87% |
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Toshiba |
4.13% |
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Lenovo |
2.65% |
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Intel |
2.51% |
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NEC |
0.88% |
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American Megatrends |
0.74% |
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Common models |
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
8.56% |
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HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
6.12% |
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Dell Inspiron N5110 |
5.20% |
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HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
2.75% |
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Dell Inspiron 1545 |
2.45% |
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HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.45% |
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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