Facemoods
Facemoods Description
Facemoods is a toolbar that provides Facebook emoticons and other text enhancements. Although Facemoods hasn’t been classified as a form of malware by the majority of PC security brands, SpywareRemove.com malware research team has found that Facemoods contains many characteristics of malicious software, such as installing features and the entire toolbar without your consent, changing your browser settings, avoiding easy deletion, hijacking your web browser and harvesting confidential information. Facemoods may not be as dangerous as a Banker Trojan or a rootkit, but overall, its attributes are primarily negative, and removing Facemoods is encouraged to insure the safety and privacy of your PC.
Facemoods is promoted at the facemoods.com website in the form of a useful emoticon-enabling tool for Facebook and other forms of text-based communication. Even though facemoods.com makes Facemoods sound both harmless and handy, Facemoods has a number of traits that make Facemoods mildly to moderately malicious. Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of Facemoods that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have noted is its tendency to install itself without your consent. If you’ve had any contact with facemoods.com or other websites with poor reputations, you may be the victim of drive-by-download script attacks that install Facemoods.
Other issues that SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have found with Facemoods include:
Because Facemoods is a recently-classified threat as of August 2011, many forms of security software haven’t identified Facemoods as a definitive threat. However, some software may classify Facemoods, rather mildly, as a variant of Win32/SweetIM.B or as a ‘potentially unwanted application.’ Regardless of what type of anti-malware program you’re using, keeping your software up-to-date for threat definitions will help you delete Facemoods and its various components.
Until this is accomplished, it’s strongly suggested that you avoid using links that are related to Facemoods browser hijacks, since these links may contain malware of their own or be hostile to your PC in other ways.
Why the Look on Your Face Should Be a Frown After Facemoods Attacks
Facemoods is promoted at the facemoods.com website in the form of a useful emoticon-enabling tool for Facebook and other forms of text-based communication. Even though facemoods.com makes Facemoods sound both harmless and handy, Facemoods has a number of traits that make Facemoods mildly to moderately malicious. Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of Facemoods that SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have noted is its tendency to install itself without your consent. If you’ve had any contact with facemoods.com or other websites with poor reputations, you may be the victim of drive-by-download script attacks that install Facemoods.
Other issues that SpywareRemove.com malware analysts have found with Facemoods include:
- Facemoods will change your browser settings, such as your homepage, without your permission.Furthermore, Facemoods will refuse to allow you to change these settings back to their original values (at least, not until you’ve removed Facemoods itself).
- Trying to delete Facemoods is far more difficult than it would be for any legitimate toolbar, and may require anti-malware software to remove all Facemoods components.
- Even though Facemoods offers opt-out selections for many of its features during the installation process, Facemoods will still install all of its questionable features even if you try to don’t check them.
- Facemoods will engage in browser hijacker-like behavior by changing your search engine without your permission.
- Most dangerously, SpywareRemove.com malware experts have found that Facemoods will harvest private information from Facebook profiles that Facemoods can access. This can include email addresses, street addresses, phone numbers and account passwords.
Wiping the Smirk Off of the Face of Facemoods
Because Facemoods is a recently-classified threat as of August 2011, many forms of security software haven’t identified Facemoods as a definitive threat. However, some software may classify Facemoods, rather mildly, as a variant of Win32/SweetIM.B or as a ‘potentially unwanted application.’ Regardless of what type of anti-malware program you’re using, keeping your software up-to-date for threat definitions will help you delete Facemoods and its various components.
Until this is accomplished, it’s strongly suggested that you avoid using links that are related to Facemoods browser hijacks, since these links may contain malware of their own or be hostile to your PC in other ways.
Facemoods Automatic Detection Tool (Recommended)
Is your PC infected with Facemoods? To safely & quickly detect Facemoods, we highly recommend you run the malware scanner listed below.
Download SpyHunter's* Malware Scanner to detect Facemoods
What happens if Facemoods does not let you open SpyHunter or blocks the Internet?
Technical Details
File System Modifications
Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read
the tutorials on how to find malware,
kill unwanted processes,
remove malicious DLLs and
delete other harmful files. Always be
sure to back up your PC before making any changes.
- The following files were created in the system:
# File Name 1 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4facemoodsTlbr.dll 2 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4bhfacemoods.dll 3 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4facemoodsApp.dll 4 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4facemoodsEng.dll 5 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4facemoodssrv.exe 6 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4uninstall.exe 7 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4facemoods.crx 8 C:Program Filesfacemoods.comfacemoods1.4.17.4facemoods.png
Registry Modifications
Tutorial: To edit and delete registry entries manually, read the tutorial on
how to remove malicious registry entries.
Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.
Tip & Warning: Editing and removing the wrong registry keys can severely damage your PC, so remember to backup your Windows Registry! To optimize your Windows Registry and speed up your PC, download RegHunter's registry cleaner.
- The following newly produced Registry Values are:
HKEY..\..\..\..{Subkeys}HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarefacemoods.comHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarefacemoods.comfacemoodsinstlHKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain "http://start.facemoods.com/?a=w7th"HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsShellNoRoamMUICache "facemoodssrv"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearch "SearchAssistant"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftInternet ExplorerToolbar "facemoods Toolbar"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun "facemoods"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionUninstallfacemood - The following CLSID's were detected:
HKEY..\..\{CLSID Path} HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchScopes{0D7562AE-8EF6-416d-A838-AB665251703A} "Facemoods Search"
Posted: August 26, 2011 | By SpywareRemove
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Hmmm, This may not be a virus, but hmmm. Try running the wdwnois update(Start -> All Program > Windows Update ) This should download all the latest updates for wdwnois. It should probably automatically update the .If that doesn’t work, then like you said, you MAY have a virus, so i guess just simply use an anti virus to remove it.