Luckysite123.com virus, which is classified into
browser hijackers member, is a newly released by cyber criminals for the sake of
generating online traffic and tempting PC users to click on pup up ads displayed
by this infection. This annoying browser virus is able to redirect browser pages
to its related domain forcibly and frequently. It aims to generate traffic and
gain illegal commercial gains via scare techniques. In a word, cyber criminals
who created this kind of malware aim to make money online. However, if you have
been infected by this browser threat, you're strongly advised to keep away from
pop ups and sponsored links showed on those unsafe websites, any click may lead
to secretly installation of computer virus.
What Can Luckysite123.com Do?
After the malicious installation on the target computer, it makes some
kinds of changes like changing browser settings without permission. To be more
detailed, default browser settings as start page and search engine will be
altered by it. It also forcibly interrupts user¡¯s browsing activities and takes
user¡¯s browsing searches to the websites supported by cyber crooks. Moreover,
the browser hijacker is ad-supported and it displays a lot of pop-up ads, most
are misleading, with the purpose of tricking innocent users into clicking on
them. Those advertisements include discounts, deals, pop-banners and other types
of promotions may be bogus and tend to cheat users to purchase useless services
or fake products. Then the cyber criminals are able to take money from the
victims. Furthermore, cyber criminals may collect their confidential information
for illegal use.
How to Remove Luckysite123.com Virus from Infectious PC Effectively and Completely
Removing Luckysite123.com is a complicated process,
because not only the browser hijacker can change all default browser parameters,
but also inject its malicious files on system or local disk to conceal its
existent. Besides changing back the default browser settings modified by this
threat, users still need to remove its related codes, files and registry from
the affected system. In short, Luckysite123.com browser virus cannot be kept on
the infected machine for a long time and it should be removed timely.
Remove Luckysite123.com Browser Virus Step By Step
Step one: set the default homepage back
For Internet Explorer:
1. Click on Browser Tools
2. Select Manage Add-Ons on the tools window
3. Click Search Provider
4. Here you can see many kinds of search engine option as Bing and Google, select your favorite one to be a default homepage.
5. Choose Search Results and click on Remove icon to eliminate it
6. Click Tools, select Internet Options and then the General tab. Here you can option a website you like and save it.
c. Select the unwanted address and click ¡®Remove¡¯ to remove it;
For Google Chrome:
1. Open Customize and control
2. Click on Settings
3. Select on Basic Options icon
4. Here you can reset your homepage (e.g.Google.com£©
5. Once you choose a default homepage, click on Manage Search Engines and then click Google to be your default search engine.
6. Remove it from the browser by clicking Luckysite123.com and then the X¡¯ mark
For Mozilla Firefox:
1. Click Manage Search Engine
2. Select Search Results and then click Remove option, click OK
3. Open Tools, under the General tab, set Google.com as default homepage
Step two: locate related files of the redirect virus and remove them from the computer
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll
Step three: Remove Cookies on all Browsers
Internet Explorer:
a. Click options on the browser and then choose Internet Options
b. Open General tab, click Delete Browsing History to remove all related cookies
c. Select cookies and click Delete
Firefox:
a. Click option
b. Select Privacy and then click on Remove Individual Cookies icon
c. Delete relevant cookies list on the box
Google Chrome:
a. Click option
b. Open Under the Bonnet tab
c. Select Privacy and then click Clear browsing data
d. Delete all cookies
Step four: Remove Malicious Registry
a. Open Registry Editor on the start menu
b. Type in Regedit and click OK
c. Remove all the following registry entries
HKEY
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings ¡°CertificateRevocation¡± = ¡®1¡¯
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments ¡°SaveZoneInformation¡± = ¡®0¡¯
For Internet Explorer:
1. Click on Browser Tools
2. Select Manage Add-Ons on the tools window
3. Click Search Provider
4. Here you can see many kinds of search engine option as Bing and Google, select your favorite one to be a default homepage.
5. Choose Search Results and click on Remove icon to eliminate it
6. Click Tools, select Internet Options and then the General tab. Here you can option a website you like and save it.
c. Select the unwanted address and click ¡®Remove¡¯ to remove it;
For Google Chrome:
1. Open Customize and control
2. Click on Settings
3. Select on Basic Options icon
4. Here you can reset your homepage (e.g.Google.com£©
5. Once you choose a default homepage, click on Manage Search Engines and then click Google to be your default search engine.
6. Remove it from the browser by clicking Luckysite123.com and then the X¡¯ mark
For Mozilla Firefox:
1. Click Manage Search Engine
2. Select Search Results and then click Remove option, click OK
3. Open Tools, under the General tab, set Google.com as default homepage
Step two: locate related files of the redirect virus and remove them from the computer
%AllUsersProfile%
%AllUsersProfile%\Programs\{random letters}\
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~r
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\~dll
Step three: Remove Cookies on all Browsers
Internet Explorer:
a. Click options on the browser and then choose Internet Options
b. Open General tab, click Delete Browsing History to remove all related cookies
c. Select cookies and click Delete
Firefox:
a. Click option
b. Select Privacy and then click on Remove Individual Cookies icon
c. Delete relevant cookies list on the box
Google Chrome:
a. Click option
b. Open Under the Bonnet tab
c. Select Privacy and then click Clear browsing data
d. Delete all cookies
Step four: Remove Malicious Registry
a. Open Registry Editor on the start menu
b. Type in Regedit and click OK
c. Remove all the following registry entries
HKEY
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings ¡°CertificateRevocation¡± = ¡®1¡¯
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments ¡°SaveZoneInformation¡± = ¡®0¡¯
Conclusion
Luckysite123.com can be distributed in different ways and it is usually
bundled with third-party applications, especially freeware and shareware, and
installed on the target machines silently when users download and install
certain software from the Internet. In addition, the threat is good at hiding
itself in an ambiguous End-User License Agreement so that many cyber users may
pay no attention to it and accept the installation of this unwanted
program/service. Users usually neglect this downloads for they can trick the
system authentication guard. That¡¯s why the browser hijacker can enter a
computer secretly. And if so, Luckysite123.com is able to masquerade as a legal
toolbar that can get installed on the browser. This will help Luckysite123.com
finally redirects browser search results to the web pages run by its adware
creators. Don¡¯t know how to remove the browser hijacker? Download a removal
tool to get rid of it now!
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