When I type the shortcut key for an emoticon - I get another emoticon that seems to be a code and turns into a weird face. How do I get rid of it?1 person needs an answerI do too

When I type the shortcut key for an emoticon - I get another emoticon that seems to be a code and turns into a weird face. How do I get rid of it?Can it be because the emotions all damaged /corrupted or you been infected!Go through these cleaning steps to make sure no infection lurking around!Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and InternetConnections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties windowyou will see these Options:General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs| Advanced .Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on yourbrowser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disablethe None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-onelater and see which is the culprit or you can send them here in your nextpost) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.How to manage Add-Ons:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and uncheckthis box:[&] Browsing[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Applythen OK to close your IE Properties.Scan for malware from here:SuperAntispyware - Freehttp://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro.htmlRun a scan from here on-line:http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=symhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspxComodo BOClean : Anti-Malware Version 4.27http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.htmlMalwarebytes© Corporation - Anti-Malwarehttp://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exeRun disk clean up and then this command:Open a run command and type in:sfc /scannownass -- http://www.nasstec.co.uk

You may tyr to run full system scan with:http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htmAlso check control panel and remove if any emotion application that you installed.

Thanks - did what you said up to a point then uninstalled something called SweetIM and I think problem has gone.

Welcome, I am glad that problem resolved.