Luckypageing123.com

Luckypageing123.com is an application that you must stay away from at all times. Regardless of all the claims that you might come across stating that it is a program designed to help users surf the web in a much more continent way, our researchers have classified it as one more intrusive browser hijacker. Just like any other program of this classifications, it can make changes to your browser's default settings without any notification. While this will certainly make surfing the web one frustrating and annoying task, you must know that there is something much more alarming about this program. It turns out that this program might be the reason other suspicious and malicious applications could gain full access to your system in a quick and easy way. In our report, we provide detailed information regarding this hijacker's devious functionality along with a removal guide that will help you completely delete Luckypageing123.com once and for all.

Malware experts working at our internal labs have discovered that Luckypageing123.com is a part of an ELEX family infamous for other similar applications such as Funnypage123.com, Startpageing123.com, and Funnysiting.com. To no surprise all the mentioned applications including the one in question function alike. Once this devious piece of software gains full access to your operating system, it immediately modifies certain files and registry entries linked to default settings of major web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. As soon as these alterations are intact, you will notice a sudden change of your default homepage; this is a primary indication that the hijacker in question is fully active on your personal computer. Some users might not think of this change as a big deal. Unfortunately, the overall effect that it has on your online experience is undeniably huge. For as long as this dubious program is up and fully up and running on your personal computer you will not have a choice to but start online sessions on a suspicious third-party website, which is set as your default home page by this hijacker. What is even more annoying is the fact the search field within the new homepage is worthless as it provides sponsored third-party results that basically have nothing to do with your query. Your best bet to restore your browser's default settings once and for all is by executing a complete removal of Luckypageing123.com at the very same moment that it is found running on your operating system.

As mentioned earlier, the alterations triggered by Luckypageing123.com and the annoyance caused by it are not its worst features. Upon deeper examination, we have discovered that the devious search filed within the suspicious homepage, could also present you with questionable and in some cases potentially harmful results. As it turns out some result might be embedded with redirect links that could take you to dangerous third-party web pages. By using the search box in question you could end up on sites created by malware developers; in some instances, just entering such a web page could be more than enough to infect your personal computer. There is also a possibility that you could end up on fake online shops. It goes without saying that such web stores are created for a sole purpose of stealing your credit card data. If that was not enough, you should know that other devious programs might be already active on your operating system. This is so because the hijacker in question is usually spread via bundled installers, which are infamous for hosting numerous questionable programs. Thus, if you already have Luckypageing123.com active on your PC, be sure to check your operating system for other suspicious software right away. It should be more than obvious that this program is a major virtual security threat that must be removed without second thoughts.

The complete removal of Luckypageing123.com can be carried out by carefully following the instructions that we present below. Do not take any shortcuts and do not rush the procedure as a single mistake or a missed step could result in an incomplete removal of this browser hijacker. If this happens, you might be facing devastating outcomes as leftovers of Luckypageing123.com could be used to silently restore it. You can avoid finding yourself in such a situation by either performing a manual analysis of your operating system for potential traces associated with this hijacker or by running a full system scan with a reliable antimalware tool since it can detect and delete anything linked to Luckypageing123.com automatically.

How to remove Luckypageing123.com from your PC

1. Click the Windows button.
2. Type regedit into a search box and then select it.
3. Navigate to to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main.
4. Right-click a registry value entitled Start Page and select Modify.
5. Replace the unwanted URL with a new one and then click OK.
6. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{0633EE93-D776-472f-A0FF-E1416B8B2E3A}.
7. Modify the unwanted URL's in the following registry values:
   a) FaviconURL.
   b) FaviconURLFallback.
   c) TopResultURL.
   d) URL.
8. Open your File Explorer.
9. Go to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default.
10. Delete files entitled:
    a) Preferences.
    b) Secure Preferences.
    c) Web Data.
11. Navigate to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(nique Mozilla profile ID).
12. Locate and then delete a file called prefs.js.