Remove Lucky Search 123 (Chrome/Firefox)

Lucky Search 123 (LuckySearch123) is not a program you’d want to deal with. Even though it appears to be completely and utterly safe, this is a virus. A nasty browser hijacker that will take over your entire online experience. Fortunately, hijackers aren’t the most dangerous type of malware you could have ended up with. Having said that, Lucky Search 123 is still a PC virus. If it spends enough time on board, it will eventually cause you some damage. Are you really a volunteer to try out the parasite’s malicious potential? Do not overlook the huge threat Lucky Search 123 is. Take immediate action instead. You won’t regret it. As soon as the virus gets downloaded, its shenanigans begin. You’ll notice a bizarre extension has been added to your browsers. Obviously, your permission was never required. Cyber parasites’ very last concern is to improve your browsing activity. The reason why this program was developed is actually quite simple. By injecting your browsers with specific, sponsored web links, hackers gain revenue. The plugin added by Lucky Search 123 brings along a great variety of unreliable web links. Furthermore, the program disguises them all as accurate search results. This is nothing but a cheap trickery hackers use to get clicks. Every single click on a sponsored link helps the hijacker’s developers make money. The problem is that these links could lead you to practically all sorts of websites. There are harmful links currently on your PC screen. To make the situation worse, there’s no telling which link is safe and which one isn’t. The only way to make sure you’re not compromising your PC is by avoiding all links generated by Lucky Search 123. You’d be lucky if this program doesn’t cause you further harm. Restrain yourself from clicking ANYTHING displayed by the hijacker as it is highly questionable and deceptive. Lucky Search 123 also modifies your default search engine and preferred browser homepage. Both of them get replaced with the parasite’s malicious domain. By doing so, Lucky Search 123 takes control over all your browsers. They are now hijacked.  As you can clearly see, hijackers are beyond irritating and obnoxious. You’re about to witness endless changes in your default browser settings. You might come across additional toolbars as well. Lucky Search 123 generates web traffic to some dubious websites which may or may not be harmless. Don’t take any chances with the virus. All it has in store for you is trouble.

How did I get infected with?

You didn’t download Lucky Search 123 on purpose, did you? That’s not how it usually works. Keep in mind that most cyber parasites travel the Web in silence. You may spend a good while having no clue Lucky Search 123 is on board. One particularly popular technique is called freeware and shareware bundling. In the future, stay away from unverified websites and the illegitimate programs they offer. Always be cautious. For instance, opt for the Advanced or Custom option in the Setup Wizard. If you notice some unwanted intruder attached to the bundle, deselect it. Preventing installation is a lot less problematic than removing malware. Do yourself a favor and pay attention. Another rule of thumb is to check out the Terms and Conditions. Same thing goes for the EULA (End User License Agreement). There might be some term or condition you strongly disagree with. Instead of receiving a terrible surprise later on, be careful. We would also recommend that you delete spam messages and spam email-attachments. More often than not, those are corrupted.

Why is this dangerous?

Lucky Search 123 stops you from surfing the Internet. Thanks to the parasite’s manipulations, you’re unable to find anything online. You get redirected to random, unsafe websites on a daily basis. You may accidentally install more infections before you know it. To prevent that, tackle the hijacker on the spot. Lucky Search 123 leads you to unknown pages and bombards you with sponsored, misleading links. In addition, it could generate fake product deals, offers, pop-up ads and other commercials. Stay away from those as well. Remember, nothing brought to you by a hijacker is to be trusted. As if that wasn’t enough, the Lucky Search 123 Virus could pose a threat to your privacy. This pest monitors your browsing-related information and sends it to crooks. Cyber criminals now have access to your sensitive, private data. It goes without saying how dangerous this is. To delete the hijacker manually, please follow our detailed removal guide down below.

How to Remove Lucky Search 123 virus

The Lucky Search 123 infection is specifically designed to make money to its creators one way or another. The specialists from various antivirus companies like Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, Avast, ESET, etc. advise that there is no harmless virus.

If you perform exactly the steps below you should be able to remove the Lucky Search 123 infection. Please, follow the procedures in the exact order. Please, consider to print this guide or have another computer at your disposal. You will NOT need any USB sticks or CDs.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down Lucky Search 123 in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Lucky Search 123 startup location

STEP 3: Delete Lucky Search 123 traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Lucky Search 123 in the computer memory

• Open your Task Manager by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ESC keys simultaneously
• Carefully review all processes and stop the suspicious ones.

• Write down the file location for later reference.

Step 2: Locate Lucky Search 123 startup location

Reveal Hidden Files

• Open any folder
• Click on “Organize” button
  
• Choose “Folder and Search Options”
• Select the “View” tab
• Select “Show hidden files and folders” option
• Uncheck “Hide protected operating system files”
• Click “Apply” and “OK” button

Clean Lucky Search 123 virus from the windows registry

• Once the operating system loads press simultaneously the Windows Logo Button and the R key.

• A dialog box should open. Type “Regedit”

• WARNING! be very careful when editing the Microsoft Windows Registry as this may render the system broken.

Depending on your OS (x86 or x64) navigate to:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] or
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]

• and delete the display Name: [RANDOM]

• Then open your explorer and navigate to: %appdata% folder and delete the malicious executable.

Clean your HOSTS file to avoid unwanted browser redirection

Navigate to %windir%/system32/Drivers/etc/host

If you are hacked, there will be foreign IPs addresses connected to you at the bottom. Take a look below:

STEP 3 : Clean Lucky Search 123 traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Lucky Search 123 by clicking on the little recycle bin
• Reset Google Chrome by Deleting the current user to make sure nothing is left behind

• Open Mozilla Firefox

• Press simultaneously Ctrl+Shift+A
• Disable the unwanted Extension
• Go to Help
• Then Troubleshoot information
• Click on Reset Firefox

• Open Internet Explorer

• On the Upper Right Corner Click on the Gear Icon
• Click on Internet options
• go to Toolbars and Extensions and disable the unknown extensions
• Select the Advanced tab and click on Reset

• Restart Internet Explorer

Step 4: Undo the damage done by Lucky Search 123

This particular Virus may alter your DNS settings.

Attention! this can break your internet connection. Before you change your DNS settings to use Google Public DNS for Lucky Search 123, be sure to write down the current server addresses on a piece of paper.

To fix the damage done by the virus you need to do the following.

• Click the Windows Start button to open the Start Menu, type control panel in the search box and select Control Panel in the results displayed above.
• go to Network and Internet
• then Network and Sharing Center
• then Change Adapter Settings
• Right-click on your active internet connection and click properties. Under the Networking tab, find Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4). Left click on it and then click on properties. Both options should be automatic! By default it should be set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” and the second one to “Obtain DNS server address automatically!” If they are not just change them, however if you are part of a domain network you should contact your Domain Administrator to set these settings, otherwise the internet connection will break!!!

You must clean all your browser shortcuts as well. To do that you need to

• Right click on the shortcut of your favorite browser and then select properties.

• in the target field remove Lucky Search 123 argument and then apply the changes.
• Repeat that with the shortcuts of your other browsers.
• Check your scheduled tasks to make sure the virus will not download itself again.

How to Permanently Remove Lucky Search 123 Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your system and let all doors wide open for many other infections. To make sure manual removal is successful, we recommend to use a free scanner of any professional antimalware program to identify possible registry leftovers or temporary files.