Brief analysis on MyLucky123.com
Mylucky123.com is a browser hijacker program that make
changes in your default set home page of your installed web browsers
to www.Mylucky123.com domain address. This hijacker does this by
altering your normal browsers shortcuts that point
towards batch files stored in the %AppData% folder on your system.
Then these shortcuts will redirect the selected browser to the
Mylucky123.com as homepage. When this browser hijacker is installed
on your system it will create a batch files for your installed
browsers in the %AppData% folder. For example, if Google Chrome is
installed then it will create the C:\ProgramData\Google
Chrome.lnk.batfile and if you Firefox installed it will create
C:\ProgramData\Mozilla Firefox.lnk.bat. Then this virus changes
browser shortcuts on your device to pointed at these batch files. So
that it automatically goes to Mylucky123.com and these batch files
will then open the browser.
How did i get infected with
MyLucky123.com/My Lucky Search
The
method of propagation of MyLucky123.com is quite tricky to get into
your PC. This hijacker can be comes with third-party installation
programs and may be got inside your system by visiting any suspicious
domains such as porn sites, torrents, malicious pop-ups and many more
ways. My Lucky Search
program can also intrude into the targeted system while Updating
existing programs/applications from any unauthenticated redirected
links and Peer-to-Peer sharing of files over Internet, by playing
online games, downloading pirated software from unreliable sites, by
use of infected media devices or external devices. Users are always
in a hurry to so they generally install with express install option
that why infection comes on the system as an additional program so
always read EULA(End User License Agreement) and choose custom
install option to install new software on your system.
Manual Removal instruction for
MyLucky123.com or My Lucky Search
You
may get detection information of this very malicious virus on your
computer system but you will not be able to remove it completely. In
order to uninstall MyLucky123.com you can either go for manual steps
or you can also opt for a reliable anti-malware application as well.
Manual removal steps has given below you can follow these steps and
get rid off MyLucky123.com. Steps are :
Remove the browser
hijacker homepage from Google Chrome :
Click on Google Chrome
Menu option and choose settings
Then after a new window
will open now tap on Set pages sub menu of startup.
Then after you can see
the message box that opened below. Now click X (cancel)
icon to remove the infected start-up page link.
After
that comes on Setting window and click Change
link under Appearance.
Delete
the infected homepage link http://mylucky123.com/. Then
you can write other web address as your default homepage and tap on
OK
button.
Now
Go to Manage search
engines option to replace
your default search engine.
After
that search out MyLucky123.com and delete
it.
