How to Remove OurLuckySites.com (Chrome/Firefox/IE/EDGE)

Can’t Remove OurLuckySites.com hijacker virus? This page includes detailed OurLuckySites.com Removal instructions!

So, the OurLuckySites.com website is your new homepage. Do you like it? What is there to be liked. It is a blank page with a search bar. Nothing special. Then, why did you set it as your new homepage? You didn’t do it by yourself, did you? It appeared out of the blue. We have some bad news. You have the OurLuckySites.com browser hijacker on board. This infection modified your browser’s settings without your consent. The OurLuckySites.com website looks normal, however, it is hazardous. When you make a search inquiry, you will notice that the results for images and the general web results are provided by different search engines. At least, it appears so. In reality, all search results are corrupted. The OurLuckySites.com hijacker injects fake entries among the results. These, most of the time, are advertisements. However, they are not marked as such. You will never be sure which search results are organic and which are paid to be there. But this is not the end of it. The OurLuckySites.com hijacker will place ads on every web page you visit. At the same time, it will block all advertisements by its competitors. It is robbing you of your free choice. Eventually, you will lose track of the current prices. Don’t become an easy target. Remove this intruder immediately.

How did I get infected with?

The OurLuckySites.com hijacker didn’t appear as if by magic. It was part of a bundle that you installed. Yes, you gave it your permission to operate on your system. Unfortunately, there is no other way. But don’t be too harsh on yourself. You were cleverly deceived. The OurLuckySites.com utility wasn’t the program you thought it was. Developers add additional programs to the installation files of many free apps. They would hide these extras under advanced tabs and buttons. They would also make anything to discourage the user from clicking on those buttons. If you hover your mouse over such an advanced button, a text will appear. You will read that the custom/advanced installation is a complicated process, suitable for IT experts only. Don’t fall for that. This method is not complicated. Neither is it time-consuming. Anyone can use it. Don’t underestimate yourself. Only by using the advanced option can you see all additional programs that are about to be installed and deny their installation. We recommend deselecting all additional software. If you truly needed such tools, you would have downloaded them by yourself. Don’t burden your computer with too many apps, you will only slow it down. Keep the essentials and the programs you use frequently.

Why is this dangerous?

Dealing with the OurLuckySites.com hijacker you must have noticed that all of the ads you are seeing have something to do with your interests, hobbies or needs. You are not imagining it. Those adverts were selected for you. The hijacker monitors all your online activities and uses the data to select advertisements that will appeal to you. In other words, it is spying on you. Your favorite websites, the pages you view and even your browsing history are no mystery to the furtive utility. There is no privacy anymore. The hijacker will make that information available for sale to third parties. Yes, as strange as it may sound, there are people willing to buy such data. You won’t be so surprised once we tell you that the OurLuckySites.com hijacker can steal your user names and passwords. What will you do if a hacker buys this information? You may lose real money or become a victim of identity theft. Don’t risk your security. The browser hijacker is relatively easy to be removed. Yet, only if caught on time. Take the appearance of the OurLuckySites.com website as a warning. Use our guide to remove this pest manually. If you are not confident in your computer skills, download a trustworthy anti-virus program and run a full scan. Delete all suspicious files and folders. Your computer’s security is your responsibility and yours only. Download software from reliable websites only. When installing a program, forget about the “next-next-finish” installation method. Be vigilant and opt for advanced button or tab. Also, read the terms and conditions/EULA. If you spot anything out of the ordinary, abort the installation immediately. In addition, remember that your anti-virus software is your last defense wall. Keep it up to date!

How to Remove OurLuckySites.com virus

The OurLuckySites.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 OurLuckySites.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.

WARNING! Stopping the wrong file or deleting the wrong registry key may damage your system irreversibly.
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STEP 1: Track down OurLuckySites.com related processes in the computer memory

STEP 2: Locate OurLuckySites.com startup location

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

STEP 4: Undo the damage done by the virus

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

• Open Google Chrome

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