Sunday, June 30, 2013

Remove Lottery Master virus. Uninstall Lottery Master popups

Lottery Master pop-ups start appearing when your computer has been infected by an adware. The program is an adware and it gets installed without user knowledge. The malware registers itself to be a plugin/extension and then it corrupt default settings of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer. Lottery Master plugin says that it helps users to find lucky numbers, coupons and lottery deals etc. But in reality, this program earns money from advertisements displayed to you. In other words, Lottery Master virus is created by Spammers who want to earn cash. For this purpose, they malicious drop malwares into computers which starts displaying popup ads on infected PC. The person behind Lottery Master virus gets paid whenever a person clicks the pop-up advertisement. And that is not all, you will notice be facing more problems besides this, such as home page changed to unwanted website, you will be redirected to unexpected websites or to lotterymaster.com while searching on Google or even when visiting a legit webpage. Another bad news about this infection is that it collects your personal information, tracks your browsing activity and shares this all information with hackers. You must uninstall Lottery Master virus from your PC once noticed.
Disadvantages and risks of having Adware Lottery Master virus:
  • It may change & corrupt default settings of browsers like Firefox, Chrome or Internet explorer
  • Changes home page and displays unwanted pop-ups advertisements
  • Causes frequent web redirects to wrong websites, hijacks search engine settings and leads to unexpected webpages
  • Keeps record of browsing activities and interests
  • Collects Personal user information which may include sensitive financial data such as logins, usernames, accounts
  • It may bring further infections are direct the user to infectious sites
  • Makes the browser run slow, uses a big part of system resources
 Want to get rid of Browser Hijack Lottery Master pop-ups virus?:
To remove Lottery Master virus manually, follow the instructions.
First of all, Uninstall the program. (Skip to the next step if the application is not listed in Control Panel).
“Start > Settings > Control Panel. Now Locate and open “Add or Remove Programs” or “PROGRAMS AND FEATURES”. Find “Lottery Master virus”. Now click Uninstall/Remove.
Now remove the program from Browser.
Internet Explorer users:
Click “Tools” (if on Internet Explorer 9, click gear icon), Then “Manage Add-ons”. Look for Lottery Master virus. Disable if found any.
Block pop-ups of Lottery Master virus
To stop pop-ups from malware,
Click on TOOLS > POP-UP BLOCKER, then click TURN ON POP-UP BLOCKER. and then go to POP-UP BLOCKER SETTINGS. (Type any website you wish to block popups from)




Still Spyware Lottery Master virus lurking in the system? Remove manually
Stop processes of this malware:
Open Task Manager to stop processes.
Remove associated registry settings:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\urlsearchhook.toolbarurlsearchhook
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\classes\urlsearchhook.toolbarurlsearchhook
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Mozilla\Firefox\extensions,
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\microsoft\internet explorer\toolbar\webbrowser
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “.exe”
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnonBadCertRecving” = ’0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\ActiveDesktop “NoChangingWallPaper” = ’1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments “SaveZoneInformation” = ’1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = ’1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Download “CheckExeSignatures” = ‘no’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main “Use FormSuggest” = ‘yes’
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced “ShowSuperHidden” = 0
Delete Lottery Master virus infected files:
%Profile%\Local Settings\Temp\
%ProgramFiles%\
%UserProfile%\

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