MailSkinner

It consists of software with clearly malicious, hostile, or harmful functionality or behavior and that is used to compromise and endanger individual PCs as well as entire networks. It includes Elevated threats are that typically installed without adequate notice and consent, and may make unwanted changes to our system, such as reconfiguring our browser’s homepage and search settings. These threats may install advertising-related add-ons, including toolbars and search bars, or insert advertising-related components into the Winsock Layered Service Provider chain. These new add-ons and components may block or redirect our preferred network connections, and can negatively impact our computer’s performance and stability0

General information:

Malware Name:	MailSkinner
Malware Type:	Malware
Company Name:	MailSkinner
Company URL:	http://www.mailskinner.com/
Threat Level:	Elevated Risk
Operating System:	WIN XP
Installation Type:	Installed through EXE
Operation:	Time of After Installation.

Company Description:

MailSkinner provides a great variety of Smileys and Emoticons. It helps in making our mails colorful. It provides animated icons and sends funny emoticons .It’s easy to use and totally free. Smileys are automatically replaced by emoticons.

Spyware Description:

It consists of software with clearly malicious, hostile, or harmful functionality or behavior and that is used to compromise and endanger individual PCs as well as entire networks. It includes Elevated threats are that typically installed without adequate notice and consent, and may make unwanted changes to our system, such as reconfiguring our browser’s homepage and search settings. These threats may install advertising-related add-ons, including toolbars and search bars, or insert advertising-related components into the Winsock Layered Service Provider chain. These new add-ons and components may block or redirect our preferred network connections, and can negatively impact our computer’s performance and stability0

Characteristics/Symptoms:

    -> Ability to scan systems -> Monitor activity -> Relay information to another computer or locations in cyber-space -> Negatively affect the performance and stability of the system0

Additional information might be found here:

	Search at Google for MailSkinner
	Search at Bing for MailSkinner
	Search at Yahoo for MailSkinner

Processes Running:

MailSkinner.exe

File information Created after Installation:

File Location	Size (Bytes)	Type
C:\Program Files\MailSkinner\MailSkinner.exe	205312	Application
C:\Program Files\MailSkinner\anim_0.gif	9571	GIF Image
C:\Program Files\MailSkinner\anim_help.gif	1116	GIF Image

Folder information Created after Installation:

Folder Location

Registry information Created after Installation: