Myluckypage123.com virus. How to remove? (Uninstall guide)
Do not use Myluckypage123.com search engine – it is not a secure one
Myluckypage123.com virus is a program that affects Firefox and Chrome web browsers in order to convince people to use a fake search engine. It is classified as a browser hijacker[1] that spies on user’s browsing sessions to collect search queries[2], the list of websites visited, IP addresses and similar information. Once the hijacker collects enough information, it starts pushing targeted advertisements to the computer user by inserting third-party links into search results[3]. There are many identical copies of this search engine, for instance, Mybeginning123.com, InitialSite123.com, and InitialPage123.com. All of them look the same and work the same way – instead of providing useful search results that are organic, they serve links that third-party companies want to promote. Unfortunately, not all sites promoted this way are secure and 100% legitimate, so we always recommend users to stay away from them[4]. Some of these websites might try to talk you into installing “extremely useful” programs that will actually appear to be dangerous or simply annoying, while others might ask you for some sensitive information such as name or email address just to clutter your inbox with spam. Spam[5] is often associated with a distribution of malicious programs, so be extremely careful when revealing your email to someone.
One of our grounds to recommend users to remove Myluckypage123.com redirect virus is that it sneaks into the computer system silently – it doesn’t clearly ask for user’s permission to be installed. If this shady search engine was presented to you without asking you for permission to set it as a default browser’s search engine and also homepage address, you should not tolerate it and put an end to its activity right away. The safest way to eliminate the potentially unwanted program is to use anti-malware software for its detection and removal, however, if you do not have such software, you can use Myluckypage123.com removal tutorial that is provided below and uninstall the potentially unwanted program by yourself. If you decide to download anti-malware software to clean your system from suspicious programs automatically, we suggest using Reimage or Malwarebytes Anti Malware program.
Click 'Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features' (if you are 'Windows XP' user, click on 'Add/Remove Programs').
If you are 'Windows 10 / Windows 8' user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once 'Quick Access Menu' shows up, select 'Control Panel' and 'Uninstall a Program'.
Right click on each of suspicious entries and select 'Uninstall'
Right click on browsers' icon and select 'Properties'
Select 'Shortcut' tab and delete 'http://isearch.babylon.com...' or other suspicious URL
Cick 'Go' and select 'Applications'
Click on every malicious entry and select 'Move to Trash'
Click on menu icon and select 'Manage add-ons'
Right click on each of malicious entries and select 'Disable'
Delete malicious URL, enter your desired domain name and click 'Apply' to save changes
Go to 'Advanced' tab and click on 'Reset' button. Now select 'Delete personal settings' and click on 'Reset' button again
Go to Settings and select 'Choose what to clear'
Select 'Clear' button
Open the start menu and select 'Task Manager'
Right-click 'Microsoft Edge' and select 'Go to details'
Select 'More details' if 'Go to details' option fails to show up
Find Microsoft Edge entries and select 'End Task'
Go to Microsoft Edge folder on your computer, right-click every entry and click 'Delete'
Find Windows PowerShell, right-click it and select 'Run as administrator'
Copy and paste a required command and press 'Enter'
Click on menu icon and select 'Add-ons'
Select 'Extensions' and look for malicious entries. Click 'Remove' to get rid of each of them
When in 'General' tab, delete malicious URL from 'Home Page' section or click on 'Restore to Default' button. Click 'OK' to save changes
Click on menu icon and then on '?'. Select 'Troubleshooting Information'
Click on 'Reset Firefox' button for a couple of times
Click on menu icon. Select 'Tools' and 'Extensions'
Look for malicious entries and delete each of them by clicking on the Trash bin icon
After clicking on menu and 'Settings', select 'Set pages'
Click 'X' to remove malicious URLs
When in 'Settings', select 'Manage search engines...'
Click 'X' to remove malicious URLs
When in 'Settings', scroll down to 'Reset browser settings' button and click on it
Click on 'Reset' button to complete your removal
Click on 'Safari' and select 'Preferences'
Go to 'Extensions' and uninstall malicious add-ons
When in 'General', delete malicious URL and enter your desired domain name
Click on 'Safari' and select 'Reset Safari...'
Select all options and click on 'Reset' button
Distribution tricks used to proliferate the number of Myluckypage123’s users
Myluckypage123 hijacker is mostly distributed using software bundling technique. This trick allows software developers tuck several programs into one installer and present one of them as the main one. Typically, it is a game, a download manager, media player, file converter or another free program that frequently attracts computer users looking for free software. Although such programs are usually safe to use, most of them are ad-supported. However, what happens even more frequently is that such programs often indirectly suggest users to install “recommended” third-party programs such as adware or browser hijackers, and due to inattentive behavior during software installation, many users end up installing unwanted programs all of a sudden. This can be prevented with a simple trick:
- Do not install new software hastily. Read Privacy Policies and Terms of Use papers (these are commonly provided by software installation wizards) to be sure that you won’t be installing something you might not want to keep on your computer.
- Choose Custom or Advanced settings for software installation. Do not rely on Standard or Default ones because these are typically filled with permissions to add additional programs to your PC.
Carefully remove Myluckypage123.com to stop unwanted redirections in time
To stop unwanted redirects[6], remove Myluckypage123.com virus by eliminating its files from the computer system. What you want to do first is to find programs related to it and uninstall them. Next, you should check browser’s shortcuts for any hidden elements. Finally, you should clean your browsers from various add-ons and extensions that these browser hijackers added. If you carried out these instructions but redirects to the described search engine do not cease, we suggest you go for automatic Myluckypage123.com removal option and solve the problem expeditiously.
You can remove Myluckypage123.com automatically with a help of one of these programs: Reimage, Plumbytes Anti-MalwareWebroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus, Malwarebytes Anti Malware. We recommend these applications because they can easily delete potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
Manual Myluckypage123.com virus Removal Guide:
Remove Myluckypage123.com from Windows systems
First things first, you have to take care of suspicious programs that sneaked into your computer without your consent. You will find them easily if you use the instructions we present.
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Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
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If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
- Uninstall Myluckypage123.com and related programs
Here, look for Myluckypage123.com or any other recently installed suspicious programs. -
Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
- Remove Myluckypage123.com from Windows shortcuts
Right click on the shortcut of Mozilla Firefox and select Properties. -
Go to Shortcut tab and look at the Target field. Delete malicious URL that is related to your virus.
Repeat steps that are given above with all browsers' shortcuts, including Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. Make sure you check all locations of these shortcuts, including Desktop, Start Menu and taskbar.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Myluckypage123.com from Mac OS X system
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If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
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Wait until you see Applications folder and look for Myluckypage123.com or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Remove Myluckypage123.com from Internet Explorer (IE)
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Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons. -
You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for Myluckypage123.com and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab. -
Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
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Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab. - Here, select Reset.
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When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete Myluckypage123.com removal.
Remove Myluckypage123.com virus from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
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Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
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Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
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Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
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Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can’t see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
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When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe. -
Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
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Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, Myluckypage123.com should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
WindowsMac OS XInternet ExplorerMicrosoft EdgeFirefoxGoogle ChromeSafariRemove Myluckypage123.com from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
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Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions. -
Here, select Myluckypage123.com and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the menu (top right corner), choose Options → General. - Here, delete malicious URL and enter preferable website or click Restore to default.
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Click OK to save these changes.
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Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information. -
Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete Myluckypage123.com removal.
Remove Myluckypage123.com from Google Chrome
Search for questionable components in your Chrome browser. You should find some in “Extensions” section. Here’s a tutorial that explains how to find it.
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Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions. -
Here, select Myluckypage123.com and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
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Change your homepage and default search engine if it was altered by your virus
Click on menu icon and choose Settings. -
Here, look for the Open a specific page or set of pages under On startup option and click on Set pages.
- Now you should see another window. Here, delete malicious search sites and enter the one that you want to use as your homepage.
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Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
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When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
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Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings. -
Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
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Click Reset to confirm this action and complete Myluckypage123.com removal.
Remove Myluckypage123.com from Safari
- Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences. -
Here, select Extensions and look for Myluckypage123.com or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
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Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Open your Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu section. Here, select Preferences as it was displayed previously and select General. -
Here, look at the Homepage field. If it was altered by Myluckypage123.com, remove unwanted link and enter the one that you want to use for your searches. Remember to include the "http://" before typing in the address of the page.
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Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari.... -
Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete Myluckypage123.com removal process.
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