SkypEmoticons

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Ranking:	8,767
Threat Level:	20 % (Normal)
Infected Computers:	21,738

First Seen:	October 29, 2013
Last Seen:	February 16, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

SkypEmoticons is a considered a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program). SkypEmoticons is advertised as a Skype add-on that allows computer users to add fun pictures and interactive components to their Skype chat sessions. However, SkypEmoticons comes with a whole host of unwanted components that may wreak havoc on the affected computer. The developers of Skype itself strongly advise computer users to avoid SkypEmoticons because it may cause problems with their Windows installation as well as cause a large number of irritating and potentially harmful symptoms on their computers.

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What are the Characteristics of PUPs Like SkypEmoticons

PUPs, or Potentially Unwanted Programs, are not considered threatening, or at least not on the same level as Trojans, viruses, worms, rootkits, and other components that may be destructive and harmful. PUPs like SkypEmoticons usually limit their attacks to displaying advertisements automatically and causing Web browser redirects. However, the many symptoms linked to SkypEmoticons and similar PUPs may be extremely irritating and disruptive, even if they do not endanger the affected computer or the victim's data. Because of this, PUPs like SkypEmoticons should be removed at once. Unfortunately, since PUPs are not regarded as threatening, many security programs are not capable of detecting or removing SkypEmoticons. Dealing with PUPs may require an additional security program or an anti-virus program that is capable of detecting and removing these kinds of threats.

SkypEmoticons’s Offer of Free Emoticons is a Tried and True PUP Deliver Method

For some reason, the offer of free emoticons is among the most common ways of delivering threats, PUPs, or convincing computer users to click on shady links or advertisements. In fact, advertisements for additional emoticons are very common on shady websites and have become almost as much a cliché as spam email messages advertising sexual enhancing medication. This is not a new phenomenon; for more than a decade, free emoticons have been used to lure gullible computer users into downloading and installing Web browser extensions, shady toolbars and even threats. Perhaps it is because inexperienced computer users are more likely to want to use emoticons in their online interactions, or because they may be less likely to find legitimate sources for these kinds of components, the offer of free smileys has been a common tactic to trick inexperienced computer users – even after Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other important developers have fully integrated a wide selection of emoticons and emojis into their services. In fact, Skype already has a wide variety of emoticons to be used in their chat service, making SkypEmoticons particularly useless except for those particularly obsessed with these types of components.

Common Symptoms that may be Linked to SkypEmoticons

Numerous complaints linked to SkypEmoticons are often voiced on Skype's official user forums and online support resources. Computer users have complained that SkypEmoticons may display advertisements and interfere with their Web browser. Other common complaints associated with SkypEmoticons include Windows performance issues, such as freezing or slowing down. Since SkypEmoticons has been linked to advertisements, these may act as a common way of distributing other PUPs which, when acting together, may severely exacerbate the presence of performance issues on a computer. The presence of advertisements for SkypEmoticons on a victim's Web browser may indicate the presence of other PUPs, not of SkypEmoticons itself. Other PUPs may change the affected Web browser's security settings, homepage and default search engine and then use the affected Web browser to display pop-up messages, advertisements, and redirect computer users to websites containing advertising material. If your Web browser's homepage and search engine have been altered in this way, it may be possible that the SkypEmoticons advertisements are being caused by other PUPs present on your computer.

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File System Details

SkypEmoticons may create the following file(s):

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#	File Name	MD5	Detections Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
1.	SE.exe	a689eeb3f3bad2d6e496af00d9cb454b	5,907
Name: SE.exe MD5: a689eeb3f3bad2d6e496af00d9cb454b Size: 5.82 MB (5824416 bytes) Detections: 5,907 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: July 16, 2023
2.	SE.exe	a8e982d615d2ffd066f591b6e4eabbe0	5,608
Name: SE.exe MD5: a8e982d615d2ffd066f591b6e4eabbe0 Size: 5.84 MB (5842336 bytes) Detections: 5,608 Type: Executable File Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe Group: Malware file Last Updated: November 23, 2021
3.	SE.exe	165b96fdfdb68677da27f4716cf59d59	3,484
Name: SE.exe MD5: 165b96fdfdb68677da27f4716cf59d59 Size: 5.67 MB (5679008 bytes) Detections: 3,484 Type: Executable File Path: C:\POPS Backup\USERS AND STUFF\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SE.exe Group: Malware file Last Updated: February 16, 2024
4.	se.exe	23998a79926b78b6e445b6924b82929e	2,768
Name: se.exe MD5: 23998a79926b78b6e445b6924b82929e Size: 5.82 MB (5827488 bytes) Detections: 2,768 Type: Executable File Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\appdata\roaming\skypemoticons\se.exe Group: Malware file Last Updated: December 16, 2022
5.	SE.exe	1f661329cfcbd172dc4de5cb04da2fa4	658
Name: SE.exe MD5: 1f661329cfcbd172dc4de5cb04da2fa4 Size: 5.82 MB (5823904 bytes) Detections: 658 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
6.	SEDownloader.exe	3b6ff68f02d9c05ba13da3d885aedce8	46
Name: SEDownloader.exe MD5: 3b6ff68f02d9c05ba13da3d885aedce8 Size: 434.68 KB (434688 bytes) Detections: 46 Type: Executable File Path: H:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SkypEmoticons\SEDownloader.exe Group: Malware file Last Updated: January 11, 2023
7.	SE.exe	8f4b2f0141f7ab80ebb68f6887afe1e6	19
Name: SE.exe MD5: 8f4b2f0141f7ab80ebb68f6887afe1e6 Size: 2.4 MB (2404972 bytes) Detections: 19 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
8.	skypemoticons_new.exe	6e7064a27a71830e82fd186868da44ae	5
Name: skypemoticons_new.exe MD5: 6e7064a27a71830e82fd186868da44ae Size: 432.99 KB (432992 bytes) Detections: 5 Type: Executable File Path: %TEMP% Group: Malware file Last Updated: May 29, 2022
9.	SE.exe	05c81ea1ab770afe5dc46dea520334ce	5
Name: SE.exe MD5: 05c81ea1ab770afe5dc46dea520334ce Size: 5.42 MB (5424444 bytes) Detections: 5 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
10.	se.exe	4f284fcc41c3ba9f438772c7248efa94	5
Name: se.exe MD5: 4f284fcc41c3ba9f438772c7248efa94 Size: 6 MB (6002138 bytes) Detections: 5 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
11.	sInstaller.exe	8b857ee5a6f9e8c6ac1f12bdcc70824d	4
Name: sInstaller.exe MD5: 8b857ee5a6f9e8c6ac1f12bdcc70824d Size: 392.19 KB (392192 bytes) Detections: 4 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
12.	SE.exe	5793539d2803e5b4e17a6c870ed55e40	3
Name: SE.exe MD5: 5793539d2803e5b4e17a6c870ed55e40 Size: 649.37 KB (649372 bytes) Detections: 3 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
13.	SE.exe	2bfcced727a2ba341c8927d8f9781e30	2
Name: SE.exe MD5: 2bfcced727a2ba341c8927d8f9781e30 Size: 178.36 KB (178368 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
14.	skypemoticons_new.exe	a28d6efff7b9a1dfcc93e176ecf5a7bd	2
Name: skypemoticons_new.exe MD5: a28d6efff7b9a1dfcc93e176ecf5a7bd Size: 432.46 KB (432464 bytes) Detections: 2 Type: Executable File Path: D:\logiciel Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
15.	SE.exe	eec704ae32746e30134af3a79ac91f3f	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: eec704ae32746e30134af3a79ac91f3f Size: 3.52 MB (3529172 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
16.	SE.exe	2dd39dc0c07e3083a4c23ffc2e0cc79f	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 2dd39dc0c07e3083a4c23ffc2e0cc79f Size: 2.74 MB (2741148 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
17.	SE.exe	ac8c41cfcec1941f6739a7d99c8c359b	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: ac8c41cfcec1941f6739a7d99c8c359b Size: 5.29 MB (5290812 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
18.	se.exe	4cd2d4df8ee593d1d4136397ccb5d7d7	1
Name: se.exe MD5: 4cd2d4df8ee593d1d4136397ccb5d7d7 Size: 3.38 MB (3386972 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
19.	SE.exe	3ecb99c9bb1b046e77780f3c61bfbd66	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 3ecb99c9bb1b046e77780f3c61bfbd66 Size: 3.87 MB (3870692 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
20.	SE.exe	0ce8b33be4320d71ec3c7d4c5f98f717	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 0ce8b33be4320d71ec3c7d4c5f98f717 Size: 174.77 KB (174772 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
21.	SE.exe	86a47b3927e005c29ccd8341b427e2a0	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 86a47b3927e005c29ccd8341b427e2a0 Size: 820.78 KB (820788 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
22.	SE.exe	e6c8bd34080d6f2e348fbe9523250182	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: e6c8bd34080d6f2e348fbe9523250182 Size: 1.81 MB (1818092 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
23.	SE.exe	6792e4ccbb5b58be0d3f1da5f2c83455	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 6792e4ccbb5b58be0d3f1da5f2c83455 Size: 1.33 MB (1331932 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
24.	SE.exe	150d32696aa06760bc98955307975997	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 150d32696aa06760bc98955307975997 Size: 3.77 MB (3772412 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
25.	SE.exe	491e86e31b964644eb9845985fe01ba2	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 491e86e31b964644eb9845985fe01ba2 Size: 5.84 MB (5842336 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
26.	SE.exe	0408cbf73a4ecf623bebd1ddae783059	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 0408cbf73a4ecf623bebd1ddae783059 Size: 5.43 MB (5434116 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
27.	SE.exe	2d5ad2b6479f970fbf3eb57bec81cf45	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 2d5ad2b6479f970fbf3eb57bec81cf45 Size: 733.93 KB (733932 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
28.	SE.exe	cde10c7c7bb9004f3a3f9aa0055fd31e	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: cde10c7c7bb9004f3a3f9aa0055fd31e Size: 5.89 MB (5890976 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
29.	SE.exe	f9555464149185dd5cc7ba69f12226a7	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: f9555464149185dd5cc7ba69f12226a7 Size: 4.84 MB (4846196 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013
30.	SE.exe	7915b29b6ff8ce4f7c7d7f7c2d68a027	1
Name: SE.exe MD5: 7915b29b6ff8ce4f7c7d7f7c2d68a027 Size: 1.94 MB (1947412 bytes) Detections: 1 Type: Executable File Path: %APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons Group: Malware file Last Updated: October 30, 2013

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Registry Details

SkypEmoticons may create the following registry entry or registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}

SkypEmoticons_is1

Directories

SkypEmoticons may create the following directory or directories:

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\SkypEmoticons

%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\SkypEmoticons

%APPDATA%\SkypEmoticons

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What are the Characteristics of PUPs Like SkypEmoticons

SkypEmoticons’s Offer of Free Emoticons is a Tried and True PUP Deliver Method

Common Symptoms that may be Linked to SkypEmoticons

SpyHunter Detects & Remove SkypEmoticons

File System Details

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