Remove Lakers Extension by Seasefuse.com (Chrome Scam)

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Lakers is a malicious Chrome extension. This parasite is offered by Seasefuse.com. The website contains malicious code which prevents its visitors from leaving. It displays messages which state that some sort of changes will not be saved if you leave. Conveniently, the messages have “Leave” and “Stay” buttons. Clicking on either will result in you enabling the full-screen mode of your browser. The message and the website are both corrupted. You should not click on them at all. Instead, use your Task Manager to close your browser. Be prepared, though. Seasefuse.com will re-appear. We have bad news for you. The appearance of this page signals that your machine is infected with adware. Luckily, we can help you remove this infection completely. But first, let’s take a moment to explain what adware is and why is it so important to remove it ASAP. The Seasefuse.com adware is a malicious ad-generating application. It uses pay-per-click marketing system to generate revenue. Basically, for every ad you click on, the owners of the adware will be paid. They will be even better paid for every website you visit directly. And so, their application is programmed to redirect your browser and to inject commercials on every web page you open. You will see various pop-ups, in-text ads, and banners. The Seasefuse.com adware can ruin your browsing experience in seconds. This tool can pause your online videos for commercial breaks. It can also turn random website text into hyperlinks. To carry out its malicious business, however, it needs computer resources. And it needs a lot of them. Soon, you will notice that your computer underperforms. Thank the adware for this. If you do not take immediate measures, your situation will worsen. The adware will become more and more aggressive. It may cause your OS to freeze and crash frequently. And this, as we all know, leads to data loss and the dreaded Blue Screen of Death.

How did I get infected with?

Do you remember installing software recently? And, which installation method did you use? The Standard installation or the Advanced one? If your answer is the Standard, change your habits. This process is completely automated. Once you start it, you lose control over it. Developers often attach extra apps to the installation files of many free programs. Files that install more than one program are called software bundles. When you start the installation of such a bundle, you will be given a choice between standard and advanced installation. Select the advanced option. Under it, you will be presented with a list of all apps that are about to be installed. Examine that list carefully. More often than not, these extra tools are malicious. Read the Terms and Conditions and do some online research. Install only the apps you trust. Or, don’t install anything at all. You can deselect all extra programs and still install the app you originally planned to set up. This is your computer after all. You decide what to be installed on it!

Why is this dangerous?

The Seasefuse.com adware is not a direct threat to your computer. Yet, it isn’t a safe program either. This furtive utility is a backdoor to your system. Malicious applications, such as Lakers extension, can use it to penetrate your computer’s security. This task is quite easy actually. The adware doesn’t check what is being promoted via its services. Hackers and other people with questionable interests use such apps to spread malicious content. One click is all it takes for a virus to be downloaded. One single click and your computer will be infected. There, unfortunately, is no way to tell which commercials are corrupted and which are not. You cannot avoid them either. The adware is designed to trick its victims into clicking. At the most unexpected times, it will open pop-up right under the cursor of your mouse. It may also redirect you to an infected websites. Keeping this program on board is not worth the risk. Do yourself a huge favor. Track this intruder down and delete it on the spot.

How to Remove Seasefuse.com virus

The Seasefuse.com 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 Seasefuse.com 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 Seasefuse.com in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Seasefuse.com startup location

STEP 3: Delete Seasefuse.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Seasefuse.com 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 Seasefuse.com 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 Seasefuse.com 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 Seasefuse.com traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Seasefuse.com 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 Seasefuse.com

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 Seasefuse.com, 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 Seasefuse.com 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 Seasefuse.com 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.