Adware.2YourFace

Posted: February 20, 2013

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Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	12,842

First Seen:	January 24, 2013
Last Seen:	June 4, 2024
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Adware.2YourFace is a browser add-on that claims to add functions related to video and audio chatting for Facebook. Unfortunately, SpywatreRemove.com malware experts also noted that Adware.2YourFace couples these benign features with unwarranted browser changes that insert advertisements into your online searches and other web content. Adware.2YourFace infections can occur in several ways, most surreptitiously through being bundled with unrelated applications.

Adware.2YourFace: Filling Your PC with Expressions of Capitalism

Adware.2YourFace justifies its existence by offering Facebook additions that actually no longer require 2YourFace to be available: webcam-based video calling features. Even though its positive features no longer offer anything to make Adware.2YourFace worth installing, Adware.2YourFace continues to be marketed through various sites as a supposedly helpful browser plugin. SpywatreRemove.com malware research team also has noted that many sites that are affiliated with Adware.2YourFace installations have been blacklisted for promoting malicious content, and, in general, should not be trusted.

Adware.2YourFace's real features appear to be focused more on driving revenue streams through unnecessary advertisements that are inserted into your web-browsing content. SpywatreRemove.com malware researchers have noted multiple symptoms in Adware.2YourFace's advertising attacks, including:

Browser redirects that take your online searches to search.conduit.com and other sites.
Additional advertisements that are mixed in with your search results.
Interface changes for both your browser in general and, specifically, the Facebook website.

Some variants of Adware.2YourFace also may include other adware features, such as pop-ups, hyperlinked text changes and other unwarranted browser alterations. Taken together, Adware.2YourFace's functions may harm your web browser's speed or utilize excessive system memory.

Wiping Adware.2YourFace's Commercials Off of the Face of Your Internet

Since Adware.2YourFaces positive features have been rendered obsolete and its negative ones are completely unjustified, SpywatreRemove.com malware experts never recommend that you keep Adware.2YourFace installed. However, temporary contact with Adware.2YourFace's advertisements shouldn't be a danger to your PC – even if any prolonged interaction with them is inadvisable.

Adware.2YourFace can be installed manually from any of several sites, but bundled installations with unrelated freeware programs are the most common sources of Adware.2YourFace infections.
Adware.2YourFace isn't dedicated to a specific brand of web browser. All types of browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera, are vulnerable to Adware.2YourFace. At this point in time, SpywatreRemove.com malware researchers haven't seen Adware.2YourFace infecting non-Windows operating systems, but similar types of adware have been shown displaying more cross-OS compatibility than Adware.2YourFace. Most versions of Windows, including Windows 7 and 8, can be considered in danger from potential Adware.2YourFace infections.

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Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:

C:\ESD\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files\2YourFace\bho.dll.vir

File name: bho.dll.vir
Size: 79.36 KB (79360 bytes)
MD5: 5994aaf65b8c64806d18a56350cfddfd
Detection count: 265
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: C:\ESD\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files\2YourFace\bho.dll.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 25, 2020

C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Descargas\2YourFace_11_Smart.exe

File name: 2YourFace_11_Smart.exe
Size: 614.76 KB (614760 bytes)
MD5: 174c7279ace317ea202a080f04bb90fb
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Descargas\2YourFace_11_Smart.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 23, 2022

%PROGRAMFILES%\2YourFace\bho.dll

File name: bho.dll
Size: 85.31 KB (85312 bytes)
MD5: c8fa2a24c2cd3fb3651865199f65a80a
Detection count: 16
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\2YourFace
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 1, 2020

%APPDATA%\2YourFace\Updater.exe

File name: Updater.exe
Size: 198.14 KB (198144 bytes)
MD5: b128912661c75b8d908246ec39cae7e0
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\2YourFace
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{1185823F-F22F-4027-80E5-4F68ACD5DE5E}HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}Software\2YourFaceSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Mozilla\Firefox\Extensions\support@2yourface.comHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}2YourFace

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%APPDATA%\2YourFace%PROGRAMFILES%\2YourFace%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\2YourFace