Lucky Bright - How to remove

Lucky Bright might look as useful application at first sight, but it’s not true. It is officially listed as an adware so that means that once inside Lucky Bright will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers.

It is not very difficult to indicate whether your computer is infected with this malware or not because usually ads displayed by Lucky Bright are labeled with a slogan “Ads by Lucky Bright” or “Brought to you by Lucky Bright”. So if you have noticed this occurrence on any of your web browsers, your computer is definitely infected and you should take care of that.

Lucky Bright can be eliminated either manually or automatically, so it’s completely up to you which removal method to choose. However, it’s much easier and faster to do it automatically, so we suggest you to go for this removal method.

First of all, download reliable anti-malware application (such as Spyhunter or Malwarebytes) and install it on your computer. Then run a full scan of all files stored on your hard drive. One of these apps should automatically detect and remove the threat just in a few moments. It will also protect your computer from similar infections in the future, so it’s worth to keep it installed. You can use other anti-malware of your choice as well.

In case you prefer to perform this removal manually – scroll down below this article. There you will find our step-by-step Lucky Bright manual removal guide. We have developed it to assist you through this complicated process of virus removal. Simply follow all steps and if you do it correctly, virus will be gone from your computer in no time.

If you have faced some unexpected difficulties during the removal, feel free to ask us for help in the comments section below. To learn more about specific features of Lucky Bright please continue reading this article.

About Lucky Bright adware

As we have mentioned before, Lucky Bright is listed as an adware. This means that once inside it will display various advertisements on all of your web browsers. Those ads can be displayed in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements.

Ads displayed by Lucky Bright usually appear on e-commerce websites, such as eBay or Amazon. You will be offered to purchase some particular goods at very appealing price rate. Don’t fall for that trick – most of the time those offers are fake, it’s just a wise trick to win your attention and make you click on one of those advertisements. And we don’t recommend to do that.

If it happens so that you click on the advertisement displayed by Lucky Bright you will be immediately redirected to other website that might be owned by various cyber criminals, such as hackers or scammers. This way your computer can get infected with other viruses or if you attempt to purchase something there you can even get scammed and lose your hard earned money.

Distribution Methods of Lucky Bright adware

Lucky Bright is traveling the same way as most of other adware of this type – bundled with various freeware that can be downloaded from the Internet for free. For instance, when you download and install some media player or PDF generator from unreliable website, there is a chance that installer of Lucky Bright will be downloaded alongside. In this case, by agreeing to install freeware, you will give the permission for Lucky Bright to be installed on your computer as well. That’s why you should always read terms and conditions closely and keep your system secured with trustworthy anti-malware application.

Manual removal of Lucky Bright Ads

How to remove Lucky Bright using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Lucky Bright install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Lucky Bright . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Lucky Bright easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Lucky Bright from macOS

Delete Lucky Bright from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Lucky Bright  app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Lucky Bright and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Lucky Bright , reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Lucky Bright from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Lucky Bright . Click on the trash bin icon next to Lucky Bright or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Lucky Bright , reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Lucky Bright from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Lucky Bright related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Lucky Bright, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Lucky Bright from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Lucky Bright . Click on the "Remove" icon next to Lucky Bright or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Lucky Bright from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Lucky Bright. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Lucky Bright , reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

Manual removal