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What is Emotypecon?

The Emotypecon application supposedly allows users to place various emoticons within their written text - "Tons of emoticons that you can introduce in text! With this soft you can have access to the latest emoticons." 

Some users may believe that this functionality is legitimate and useful, however, Emotypecon is classed as adware and a potentially unwanted program (PUP). This application is identical to PackEditorTools, Games Desktop, and MobilePCStarterKit.

Following successful infiltration, Emotypecon generates intrusive online advertisements and continually monitors users' Internet browsing activity.

This adware collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, URLs visited, pages viewed, search queries, and other similar browsing-related data. This information is shared with cooperating third party companies. Data collected by adware-type applications such as Emotypecon often contains personally identifiable details.

There is a high probability that third parties will misuse personal data to generate revenue, and therefore, the presence of Emotypecon on your system may lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. Another downside of this adware is display of intrusive online advertisements.

Emotypecon employs a 'virtual layer' to deliver in-text, banner, coupon, and a number of other advertisement types. The virtual layer enables placement of third party graphical content, and thus, no advertisements generated by this PUP originate from the visited websites.

By concealing website content, the advertisements generated by Emotypecon diminish the browsing experience. Furthermore, some redirect to various malicious sites containing infectious content - clicking them is risky and will cause further adware or malware infections. You are strongly advised to uninstall Emotypecon immediately.

Although Emotypecon is identical to the above adware apps, it has similar characteristics to other PUPs also claiming to enhance the Internet browsing experience including, for example, ScrollUp, BrowserAir, and Get-a-Clip. All adware claims to provide useful features, however, none provides any real value for users.

This type of application is designed to generate revenue for the developers - rather than enabling the functionality promised, apps such as Emotypecon generate intrusive online advertisements (via the 'Pay Per Click’ [PPC] advertising model) and gather personal data (which is later sold to third parties).

How did Emotypecon install on my computer?

Emotypecon has an official download website, however, most users install this application inadvertently. The developers employ a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' to distribute Emotypecon. Bundling is stealth installation of third party applications with the chosen (mostly free) software/apps.

Many users are unaware that rogue applications such as Emotypecon are usually hidden within the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings. By rushing these processes and skipping most steps, users inadvertently install potentially unwanted adware-type programs, expose their systems to risk of further infections, and compromise their privacy.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

This situation can be prevented by taking two simple steps. Firstly, never rush when downloading and installing software - perform these processes using the 'Custom' or 'Advanced' settings and closely analyze each step. Secondly, opt-out of all additionally-included applications, since bundled software is mostly bogus.

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Quick menu:

• What is Emotypecon?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Emotypecon application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Emotypecon adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Emotypecon ads from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove 'Ads by Emotypecon' from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Emotypecon ads from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Emotypecon adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for "Emotypecon", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted program that causes Emotypecon ads, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove Emotypecon adware from Internet browsers:

At time of research, Emotypecon did not install its browser plug-ins on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox, however, it was bundled with other adware. Therefore, you are advised to remove all potentially unwanted browser add-ons from your Internet browsers.

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the emotypecon adware, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons, select these entries and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the emotypecon adware, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with emotypecon adware removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the emotypecon adware, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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