Mylucky123.com Virus - How to remove

When you see mylucky123.com homepage for the first time, you might think that it is an alternative browsing provider to Google Search. However, don’t be tricked since this deceitful site is a fake search, which tries to echo the appearance of the latter legitimate engine so that the user would be fooled into thinking that it is completely safe browsing via Mylucky123.com. At first,  innocent looking web page did well at this pretending game, making a huge profit from gullible users, until all the negative side effects were brought to daylight.

Mylucky123.com is nothing more than a browser hijacker virus, that likes to demonstrate itself by changing infected user’s default homepage, new tab and search engine. On top of that, it does other malicious things, but these are the first signs which will tell you that your computer is compromised and you need to clean your system from the Mylucky123.com virus as soon as possible. Our readers reported that they had troubles removing this persistent malware, therefore additionally we include detailed instructions on how to remove Mylucky123.com hijacker.

What do you need to know about Mylucky123.com virus

Mylucky123.com has been released around August 2016 but is still actively infecting users all around the globe. At the moment most compromised online users are from Brazil, Poland, Argentina, India, Indonesia, Malaysia. Mind you, based on the SimilarWeb.com mylucky123.com has a few other subdomains, that may be helping in performing malicious deeds and Generating revenue for the crooks – ww1.mylucky123.com, ww12.mylucky123.com ww7.mylucky123.com, xa.mylucky123.com. They look, act all the same, and are as important and dangerous (according to VirusTotal.com) as the main site.

As well as other browser viruses, like search.borderov.com, search.hquickemailaccess.co or  search.kuklorest.com, Mylucky123.com hijacker will alter and replace your homepage, search engine, and a new tab page. It sets its URL as a default value for all of the browsers you have in your computer, no matter what kind. This is implemented by substituting the regular shortcuts with ones accessing the batch files located at the %AppData% directory. When shortcuts communicate with these batch files upon your launching of the web browser, you are redirected to mylucky123.com. It occurs every time you start any of your browsers.

Modified browsers’ appearances are not the only consequences of Mylucky123.com Browser extension, that infected users experience. Among the most observable ones, is that it does not work as a unique search engine but instead redirects to Google Search in a new tab page, not displaying the URL of this legitimate search provider in the address bar. However, this hide-and-seek seems to be ridiculous as the logo on the left of the search bar is clearly the logo of Google. Nevertheless, the search results rendered are not 100 percent of the websites rendered by Google Search. The results which this Mylucky123.com add-on displays you are mainly the Scam advertising sites of third-parties. Affiliate marketing is a dangerous game and thus, Mylucky123.com can be regarded as a fake or rogue search engine.

Its advertising campaign does not end with the rendering of sponsored sites. Mylucky123.com virus does also utilize javascript to inject Malvertising campaigns in the legitimate web pages, which promote traffic to the scam domains and can also be considered scams. Following such traffic is probably the worst thing you can do, in terms of your computer’s safety. Besides that, having the power over your online surfing tools, allows crooks to track your activity on the World Wide Web and gather data, which is later resold to marketing companies to improve Targeted advertising or misuse personal info like credit card numbers, banking, and social media account details, credentials, location and etc. for more benefit. There is no excuse for you allowing this to happen, and you should remove Mylucky123.com hijacker as soon as possible.

How does Mylucky123.com hijacker spread

Despite the main domain now being closed, hackers are still managing to distribute Mylucky123.com hijacker via bundled software packages from Shareware sites or P2P networks. Free apps such as media players, file converters, video codecs, picture editors and even security software are and will always be the most wanted programs being downloaded and installed, therefore knowing this, hackers pay for distributing vendors and sharing pages to include their Mylucky123.com virus in popular installers.

Since most of us just like to skip the set up process as fast as possible, clicking only ‘Continue’ and ’Finish’ buttons, we tend to miss a lot of important things, like Mylucky123.com browser hijacker itself, added as a preselected application in the Recommended mode. What is essential for every user to know about all this, is that the setup must be carried out in the Advanced/Custom settings to see the full content of Bundled installer to uncheck all the PUPs (potentially unwanted programs). Moreover, a few other sites, which you can notice in the picture above, were noticed to be referring to the Mylucky123.com main page.

How to remove Mylucky123.com virus completely

If the bundled app got installed on your PC, the quickest and most effective way to remove mylucky123.com virus without it coming back is by scanning your system with Spyhunter or Hitman. These are the names for automatic malware removal software, which will clean the corrupted files, delete malicious leftovers, and hunt down the annoying Mylucky123.com browser virus together with other additional threats. After using any of the above-mentioned security tools, you should be able to enjoy your Mylucky123.com virus-free system.

Automatic Malware removal tools

If you are determined to do this on your own, you can follow the manual guide below. Manual removal does take more involvement and time but can be a great alternative if you cannot get the anti-spyware program. Some readers claim that they have achieved the best results combining both manual and automatic removal techniques. After any of the above mentioned Mylucky123.com virus removal method, do not forget to reset your browser’s default settings back to normal. You can find more information on how to do that here. 

“How

How to remove Mylucky123.com Virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Mylucky123.com Virus 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 Mylucky123.com Virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Mylucky123.com Virus 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 Mylucky123.com Virus from macOS

Delete Mylucky123.com Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Mylucky123.com Virus 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.

TopHow To remove Mylucky123.com Virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Mylucky123.com Virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser 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.

How To remove Mylucky123.com Virus from Firefox:Top

• 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 Mylucky123.com Virus 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.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Mylucky123.com Virus, 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.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Mylucky123.com Virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

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

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Mylucky123.com Virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• 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.

How to remove Mylucky123.com Virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Mylucky123.com Virus and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Mylucky123.com Virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on 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.