Happy Good Luck Space Redirect Virus Removal

Can’t Remove Happy Good Luck Space hijacker virus? This page includes detailed Happy Good Luck Space Removal instructions!

Happy Good Luck Space is yet another browser hijacker. This parasite redirects your poor browser to sponsored websites, as well as bombards you with banners and pop-ups. Brace yourself! You are stuck with a complete and utter menace. Happy Good Luck Space uses every opportunity to interfere with your online activities. Whether you watch a video or browse your favorite website, the hijacker is always there to annoy you. It inserts banners on every web page you load, opens pop-ups, plays commercials. And it doesn’t stop here! This parasite also dares turn random text into hyperlinks, as well as redirect your web traffic. It is also the culprit behind the annoying pop-ups that urge you to “Accept” questionable modifications. Click nothing! You are dealing with a parasite that has no security mechanisms nor filters. The hijacker often displays deceptive ads that lure people into online traps. Everything “Powered by Happy Good Luck Space” is unreliable and potentially dangerous. Don’t test your luck. Remove the hijacker before it gets a chance to cause you harm. Take action as soon as the Happy Good Luck Space redirects start. Find where the parasite lurks and delete it upon detection!

How did I get infected with?

A browser hijacker causes the Happy Good Luck Space redirects. This parasite sneaks into your computer and ruins your browsing experience! Don’t, however, imagine ingenious cyber-attacks. That’s not how the hijacker operates. This parasite is a simple app that has standard limitations. It can’t get installed without your (the user’s) approval. No permission, no admission! The rule is quite simple, yet, there is a catch. Having to seek your consent is not the same as having to do so outright. The hijacker is a trickster that knows how to steal your “yes.” This parasite uses bundles, fake updates, corrupted links, malvertising, pirated software, and spam messages. It travels the web camouflaged and preys on naive users. Don’t fall for its tricks! Choose caution over carelessness. Your diligence is the key! Your actions can prevent infections. So, don’t throw caution to the wind. Always take the time to do your due diligence. Don’t visit shady websites. Download software and updates from reliable sources only. And, of course, don’t skip installation steps. Forget about the “Next-Next-Finish” installation strategy. If available, use the advanced/custom setup wizard. Deselect the bonus apps and go through the terms and conditions. Don’t hesitate to abort an installation process if you notice anything suspicious!

Why is this dangerous?

The Happy Good Luck Space redirects are just the beginning of an ad invasion. You are stuck with a hijacker that constantly increases the number of its ads, as well as finds new ways to annoy you. What starts as an occasional redirect turns into a whirlwind of “Ads by Happy Good Luck Space.” The hijacker makes a mess out of your browser and ruins your user experience. If you, however, take a close look at its ads, you’ll realize that the hijacker is not a mere annoyance. This parasite is dangerous! It opens your browser to surveillance and targeted ads. Its banners, pop-ups, and redirects are not random but based on the websites you visit, the links you follow, the videos you watch. The hijacker studies your browsing habits and uses the collected data against you! Do you think that ends well? Do you believe that the parasite uses the gathered data for ad targeting only? Can you trust this parasite with your confidential details? Don’t fool yourself! Your privacy is jeopardized! The hijacker sells every bit of data to unknown buyers with questionable agendas. Any crook out there can buy and use your information against you. If you are particularly unlucky, some pieces of the data, your search queries, for example, might even leak personal and financial details. Do not risk it! Remove the hijacker ASAP! That’s your best course of action, so don’t waste time. Act now!

How to Remove Happy Good Luck Space virus

The Happy Good Luck Space 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 Happy Good Luck Space 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.

STEP 1: Track down Happy Good Luck Space related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Happy Good Luck Space startup location

STEP 3: Delete Happy Good Luck Space traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Happy Good Luck Space related processes 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 Happy Good Luck Space 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 Happy Good Luck Space 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 Happy Good Luck Space traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Happy Good Luck Space 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 Happy Good Luck Space

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 Happy Good Luck Space, 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 Happy Good Luck Space 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 Happy Good Luck Space Virus (automatic) Removal Guide

Please, have in mind that once you are infected with a single virus, it compromises your whole system or network 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.