SkypEmoticons
Posted: March 26, 2015
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| Ranking: | 9,292 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 2/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 50,868 |
| First Seen: | October 29, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | October 15, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
SkypEmoticons is a Potentially Unwanted Program that may load advertisements in your browser or modify your Skype experience in negative ways. Although only a minority of PC security entities have flagged the SkypEmoticons website as a potential threat, malware experts have seen behavior from SkypEmoticons consistent with non-consensual distribution models. You should strongly consider deleting SkypEmoticons in all cases, which, as with most adware, is doable with proper PC security tools.
SkypEmoticons: an Extended Adware Experience
SkypEmoticons is a Potentially Unwanted Program that may install from SkypEmoticons.com, but, also may be introduced via the embedded links in its automatic Skype messages. Skype users who download SkypEmoticons may have their Skype instant messaging experience hijacked by that PUP, which may spam the victim's contact list members with links recommending its installation for using 'extended icons.' The wording of this message implies that SkypEmoticons is a default part of the Skype experience, although malware experts quickly verified that SkypEmoticons is a third-party, unsupported product. If you disable the automatic invitation settings that SkypEmoticons uses for sending these messages, SkypEmoticons will reactivate them automatically.
Along with its unusual distribution model, SkypEmoticons also includes functions for modifying your Web browsing experience. These features insert additional advertisements into unrelated HTML pages, and also may generate pop-up windows automatically. Most PC users found that a standard, manual removal of SkypEmoticons failed to remove the browser settings responsible for SkypEmoticons advertisements. Malware experts have associated a small number of SkypEmoticons installations (and incomplete deletions) with other issues, especially failures to login to your Skype account.
Using Skype with the Right Emotional Package
Because of their generic usability and seemingly harmless nature, emoticon add-ons are favored packages for the developers of Potentially Unwanted Programs. However, these PUPs, like SkypEmoticons, typically include other functions and unwanted side effects that may harm your computer (or the computers of your Skype contacts). Adware programs also may block any simple, manual uninstall attempts, which is a trait malware experts also verified for SkypEmoticons.
You can delete SkypEmoticons with any anti-adware application of your choice, after which you also may wish to either reset all relevant Skype and browser settings or uninstall and reinstall those applications. Until you confirm the removal of SkypEmoticons, advertisements loaded in your browser should be regarded with all the suspicion due to third-party content affiliated with disreputable business models. As a result of the natural vulnerabilities of script-based Web content, such advertisements may endanger even PCs whose users fail to interact with them deliberately.
Lastly, malware experts also would recommend speaking with any Skype contacts delivering SkypEmoticons-associated messages to verify that they're aware of the hijacking of their instant-messaging experience. In most cases, SkypEmoticons messages may not display in the conversations of the originating user, which can allow SkypEmoticons to distribute itself without the full awareness of those responsible for it.
Technical Details
File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.82 MB (5824416 bytes)
MD5: a689eeb3f3bad2d6e496af00d9cb454b
Detection count: 13,835
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 16, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.84 MB (5842336 bytes)
MD5: a8e982d615d2ffd066f591b6e4eabbe0
Detection count: 13,134
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 23, 2021
C:\POPS Backup\USERS AND STUFF\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.67 MB (5679008 bytes)
MD5: 165b96fdfdb68677da27f4716cf59d59
Detection count: 8,158
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\POPS Backup\USERS AND STUFF\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 4, 2023
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\appdata\roaming\skypemoticons\se.exe
File name: se.exeSize: 5.82 MB (5827488 bytes)
MD5: 23998a79926b78b6e445b6924b82929e
Detection count: 6,483
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\appdata\roaming\skypemoticons\se.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 16, 2022
H:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SEDownloader.exe
File name: SEDownloader.exeSize: 434.68 KB (434688 bytes)
MD5: 3b6ff68f02d9c05ba13da3d885aedce8
Detection count: 108
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: H:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SEDownloader.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 11, 2023
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\se.exe
File name: se.exeSize: 3.38 MB (3386972 bytes)
MD5: 4cd2d4df8ee593d1d4136397ccb5d7d7
Detection count: 93
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 4.84 MB (4846196 bytes)
MD5: f9555464149185dd5cc7ba69f12226a7
Detection count: 91
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 3.87 MB (3870692 bytes)
MD5: 3ecb99c9bb1b046e77780f3c61bfbd66
Detection count: 90
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.29 MB (5290812 bytes)
MD5: ac8c41cfcec1941f6739a7d99c8c359b
Detection count: 85
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.89 MB (5890976 bytes)
MD5: cde10c7c7bb9004f3a3f9aa0055fd31e
Detection count: 84
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 2.74 MB (2741148 bytes)
MD5: 2dd39dc0c07e3083a4c23ffc2e0cc79f
Detection count: 83
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 1.94 MB (1947412 bytes)
MD5: 7915b29b6ff8ce4f7c7d7f7c2d68a027
Detection count: 82
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 820.78 KB (820788 bytes)
MD5: 86a47b3927e005c29ccd8341b427e2a0
Detection count: 64
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 174.77 KB (174772 bytes)
MD5: 0ce8b33be4320d71ec3c7d4c5f98f717
Detection count: 40
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 1.33 MB (1331932 bytes)
MD5: 6792e4ccbb5b58be0d3f1da5f2c83455
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 3.77 MB (3772412 bytes)
MD5: 150d32696aa06760bc98955307975997
Detection count: 23
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%TEMP%\skypemoticons_new.exe
File name: skypemoticons_new.exeSize: 432.99 KB (432992 bytes)
MD5: 6e7064a27a71830e82fd186868da44ae
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %TEMP%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 29, 2022
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.42 MB (5424444 bytes)
MD5: 05c81ea1ab770afe5dc46dea520334ce
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\se.exe
File name: se.exeSize: 6 MB (6002138 bytes)
MD5: 4f284fcc41c3ba9f438772c7248efa94
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 649.37 KB (649372 bytes)
MD5: 5793539d2803e5b4e17a6c870ed55e40
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.84 MB (5842336 bytes)
MD5: 491e86e31b964644eb9845985fe01ba2
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 733.93 KB (733932 bytes)
MD5: 2d5ad2b6479f970fbf3eb57bec81cf45
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 178.36 KB (178368 bytes)
MD5: 2bfcced727a2ba341c8927d8f9781e30
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 3.52 MB (3529172 bytes)
MD5: eec704ae32746e30134af3a79ac91f3f
Detection count: 2
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe
File name: SE.exeSize: 5.43 MB (5434116 bytes)
MD5: 0408cbf73a4ecf623bebd1ddae783059
Detection count: 0
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 30, 2013
More files
Registry Modifications
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}SkypEmoticons_is1
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