Browser hijackers such as ourluckysites.com modify web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, Edge…) settings such as the default homepage and default search engine. This reconfiguration in your web browsers is done in such a way that to go back to your own settings is impossible. Actually some hijackers modify Windows registry or create Windows services and scheduled tasks, all to make sure their own settings are maintained and put back in place after every system restart. Others prefer to remove options from the “Tools” menu in your browser, so you can’t access them.
Hijacking browser is mainly used to increase advertising income and/or to improve ratings among search engines of specific websites. As expected, ourluckysites.com can be stubborn when trying to remove it… the longer it stays the more those goals are achieved.
ourluckysites.com being installed is usually a consequence of a packaged download, what this means is that you probably overlooked the option given to you to stop it from being installed while installing something else. Developers behind this kind of programs actually count on you neglecting the install process so you won’t notice what’s really going on.
You’ll find below free tools that will help you remove ourluckysites.com from your browser’s homepage and search engine.
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