What Is Looksafe.com?
Looksafe.com is considered as a cunning browser hijacker which
can be installed in your computer together with certain softwares such as media
players, download managers, flash updates and so on which are free online for
downloading. Therefore, you should pay more attention about what you have
downloaded from internet. You should always choose customer installation so
that you can make sure that no additional unwanted applications can sneak in
your computer.
Once installed, Looksafe.com has the ability to infect all the browsers
like IE, Firefox and Chrome which you have installed in your computer. It makes
some changes about your default browser settings without any approval and won’t
let you reset the settings. When you open your browsers, you will notice that
your original homepage and search provider have been replaced by Looksafe.com
automatically. Even though Looksafe.com looks like regular search website, you
should not let it stay longer in your computer. Because Looksafe.com will add
many unwanted sponsored links to your search results, you always will be
redirected to other websites when you try to search something. Furthermore,
Looksafe.com is able to record your online information like browsing habits and
searching key words. Later it will apply your information to future marketing
for achieving its promotions goal better. Thus, it’s so essential for you to
take proper method to remove Looksafe.com from your computer as soon as
possible.
1. It changes default browser settings without letting you know.
2. It replaces your homepage and search providers automatically.
3. It redirects your search results to unwanted commercial websites.
4. It displays countless pop-up ads on your computer screen.
5. It records your internet activities traces for future marketing.
6. It can't be removed successfully by antivirus programs.
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Before the removal, please first back up your system! You should be extremely careful when deleting any file, because any mistake may lead to system crashes and other severe consequence.
METHOD 1. Manual Removal
Step One:
Click "Start" to open "Control Panel", then click "Uninstall a program". Then uninstall Looksafe.com programs and other unknown programs.
Remove Add-ons from browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome).
1. Internet Explorer:
Click "Tools" and then click "Manage add-ons". Find Looksafe.com related extensions and other unknown add-ons in "Toolbars and Extensions" and "Disabled" them.
Click "Firefox(Tools)" and then click "Add-ons". Find Looksafe.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" or "Remove" them.
Click "Menu" to open "Tools" and then click "Extensions". Find Looksafe.com related extensions and other unknown extensions and "Disable" them.
Click “Start” button and open the “Control Panel”, then double-click “Folder Options”. When the Folder Options window shows up, please click on the “View” tab, tick “Show hidden files and folders” and unmark “Hide protected operating system files(Recommended)” and then press OK.
Open Start menu and click on the “Search programs and files” box. Then delete Looksafe.com files:
%AllUsersProfile%\random.exe
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\random.exe
%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\random.exe
%Temp%\random.exe
Step Five:
Open Registry Editor by pressing Windows+R keys, type in regedit and click “OK” to launch the Windows Registry. Then delete all Looksafe.com registry entries and keys.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings\random
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Regedit32
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings “CertificateRevocation” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
“DisableTaskMgr” = 1
To completely delete Looksafe.com, you need to know that the manual removal above may not be able to remove virus completely, because the creators of virus are always updating the virus version.Besides,any tiny mistake during the manual removal process may lead to severe consequences. Therefore,to ensure a complete and safe virus removal, it’s recommended that you get rid of virus with Automatic Looksafe.com Removal Tool.
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