How to Remove Lolo Setup “Virus”

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Lolo Setup is an aggressive ad-generating parasite which falls under the Adware umbrella. This parasite sneaks into your computer unnoticed and corrupts your web browsers. That’s right! Browsers! If you happen to have more than one on your system, be certain, the adware got them all. The parasite adds its malicious extension to them and takes over your browsing experience. This furtive invader turns your trusty browsers into ad-displaying tools. The parasite floods them with ads. Every time you click on an ad, it gets paid. And so, it has no intentions of limiting the number of its adverts. Quite the opposite. The adware drowns its victims in sponsored content. This parasite injects ads on every website you load. It is also capable of loading sponsored pages in new tabs and windows. The parasite knows no boundaries. It even dares pause your online videos for commercial breaks. It doesn’t miss a chance to interfere with your activities. You cannot get a simple task done without encountering an advert of some kind. These aggressive advertising strategies, however, take a toll on your device. The adware causes system underperformance, browser crashes, and Internet connection instability. The Lolo Setup adware ruins your browsing experience. It wreaks utter havoc and messes everything up. Don’t put up with it. Do what’s best for you and your system’s well-being. Remove the Lolo Setup adware the first chance you get.

How did I get infected with?

The Lolo Setup adware doesn’t target individual victims. This parasite cannot do that. It’s not that advanced. No, it uses mass-distribution strategies to reach a broad spectrum of potential victims. The parasite lurks behind software bundles, fake updates, and torrents. These methods deliver the parasite to your system. But they don’t install it. Only you can do that. You install the parasite by not paying attention to the fine print. The adware relies on your carelessness and nativity. Don’t make its job easier. Your caution can prevent parasites from entering your OS. Don’t visit shady websites, download your software from reputable sources only. When available, use the advanced setup option. Bear in mind that most of the apps we download off the web come brindled with bonus programs. These extras, more often than not, are parasites like the Lolo Setup adware. If you rush through the installation of a bundle, you might install a parasite. Under the advanced installation, you would be able to prevent the extras from installing. Don’t rush. Take your time. Make sure you know what you are giving your permission to. Read the terms and conditions/end user license agreement. If you cannot spare enough time to read the whole document, scan it with an online EULA analyzer. Abort the installation is you detect anything suspicious.

Why is this dangerous?

The Lolo Setup adware makes a terrible tenant. Once it calls your browser “home,” expect trouble. The adware causes your system to perform poorly and your browser to crash. It prevents you from using your device normally. You cannot get a simple task done uninterrupted by adverts. The nasty adware interferes with every aspect of your daily browsing activities. It doesn’t matter whether you type a search query or watch an online video, the adware is always there to annoy you. It’s like a pain in the neck: the more you tolerate it, the worse it becomes. So not tolerate it! Remove it for good. This parasite is not a mere annoyance. It is quite dangerous. The Lolo Setup adware jeopardizes your privacy. It threatens to steal sensitive information and to expose it. The parasite spies on you from the moment it invades. It knows your every online step. Which websites you visit, what search queries you make, what videos you watch. Even the incognito mode of your browser cannot hide you. The adware tracks your actions. And, when it deems it has enough data, it sends it to its owners. How do you think that ends for you? You are dealing with criminals. They use the collected data to create customized scams. The crooks prepare irresistible adverts and force them on you through the adware. They show you what you want to see, but when you click, bad things happen. You risk ending up on phishing and infected websites. The nasty parasite opens your browser to numerous online threats. Do not test your luck. Remove the Lolo Setup adware before it lures you into an online trap!

How to Remove Lolo Setup virus

The Lolo Setup 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 Lolo Setup 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 Lolo Setup in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate Lolo Setup startup location

STEP 3: Delete Lolo Setup traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

STEP 1: Track down Lolo Setup 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 Lolo Setup 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 Lolo Setup 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 Lolo Setup traces from Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer

• Open Google Chrome

• In the Main Menu, select Tools then Extensions
• Remove the Lolo Setup 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 Lolo Setup

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 Lolo Setup, 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 Lolo Setup 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 Lolo Setup 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.