Looksafesearch.com was an unwanted domain which could hijack targeted browser and replace the original homepage into itself without authorization. Once it succeeded, user’s default search service would be changed and most of the innocent users could not notice the difference because the tricky Looksafesearch.com virus was decorated with a similar interface of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, in the case, the users would mistakenly use the redirect virus for searching, naturally being victimized and redirected to various websites which might be unsafe for users. As the Looksafesearch.com has modified the settings in the system, once it was launched and running in the system background with all the relevant applications, it would have the ability to displayed all kinds of unwanted pop-ups in the computer and the browser, pretending to be the a beneficial web service for providing all the preferential offers to the users, then in fact, Looksafesearch.com just set up the traps for them.
As the search direction was controlled by Looksafesearch.com, the innocent users could not visit their favorite websites as usual because the hijacker has blocked all the regular search results forcibly and only provided advertising websites it specified. Under this circumstance, the users could be redirected to any website and those purposive cyber crooks just waiting for this chance to make profits. Because the users could not see through the tricks played by Looksafesearch.com and also be tempted by those pop-up ads and links released by it. So, when the users browsed the trap websites and be attracted by all the favorable products, concluding the transaction without knowing the truth, they would be defrauded and resulted in enormous losses. And the cunning Looksafesearch.com just worked as the accomplice for those evil cyber crooks, being responsible for leading the innocent users to the deceptive websites then it could benefit from them.
Keeping the Looksafesearch.com virus in the browser, both users and the computer would be faced with lots of safety hazards and damages. Because the redirect virus modified the system settings just in order to achieve its evil plan, such as displaying all the purposive pop-up ads without scruples. In this case, the computer security would be corrupted and the system could be vulnerable gradually. Once the Looksafesearch.com had its way by successfully capturing the browser, it would freely introduce various unwanted programs even malware to infect the computer, combining together to weaken the system security and make more damages. As time goes on, the computer would be stuck with lots of malicious invaders and its performance would be serious affected. More than that, once the computer could not resist those dangerous security threats, cybercriminals would seize the chance to attack the targeted computer and get whatever they wanted, stealing user’s personal files to make more profits. So, to protect user’s personal privacy and rescue the computer in time, they should remove Looksafesearch.com virus immediately.
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1) Open the System Task Manager by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys concurrently. Click on the Processes tab then disable all the running processes of Looksafesearch.com virus in the list.
2) Click on the Start icon on the lower left corner then click on Control Panel from the menu.
3) Find out the Programs headline in the pop-up window then click on the Uninstall a Program link under it to open the Programs and Features.
4) In the programs list, locate the related programs of Looksafesearch.com virus then select them, click on the Uninstall on the top column to start the removal.
5) Follow the removal wizard until it finished.
1) Reset the browser settings to clean all the malicious traces left by Looksafesearch.com virus.
Click on the Tools-> choose the Internet Options from the list-> click on Advanced tab-> click on the Reset button.
Click on the Firefox button on the top-> locate the Help from the menu-> click on the Troubleshooting Information-> click on the Reset Firefox button in the displayed page.
Click on the Chrome menu-> click on Settings from the list-> click on Show Advanced Settings link-> click on the Reset Browser Settings button.
2) Reset the browser homepage manually.
Click on the General tab from the Internet Options-> input a correct URL in the homepage box then save the settings.
Click on Options from the Firefox menu-> locate General tab-> Type a new address in the homepage section then save the changes.
Find the Appearance section from the Settings page-> select the Show Home Button-> click on the Change link-> input a new address as the homepage then save the changes.
1) Open the Run box by pressing the Windows+R keys at the same time.
2) Type “regedit” in the search bar then press Enter key to open the Registry Editor.
3) Unfold the left side branches to search for the related registry entries of Looksafesearch.com virus then delete them immediately.
4) Once finished the removal, reboot the computer at once.
Looksafesearch.com virus could be easily to get infected with because it usually mix in other software installation packages, getting installed into the targeted system with improper ways. In most cases, users did not pay enough attention during the installation, blindly giving their permission to the unknown installation requests and falling for the virus traps naturally. In order to prevent the computer from being victimized by malicious infections effectively, users should learn to build precaution consciousness and always be prepared for unwanted attacks by viruses because they are everywhere on the Internet, and the users could not detect the infections on their own, so they need the help of powerful antivirus or antispyware installed in the computer, making a termly scan on the whole system so that to detect any suspicious program in a timely manner and taking remedial measures.
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