Luckysearches.com

Luckysearches.com is a search engine site with known ties to browser hijackers and 'system cleaner' products. Because browser redirects to Luckysearches.com have no advantages for your Web-surfing activities, you should take deleting a Luckysearches.com hijacker as a given in almost all circumstances. Due to its limited functions, malware analysts have classified Luckysearches.com hijackers as Potentially Unwanted Programs, but their relationships with even less trustworthy software make removing them with dedicated security software a commendable decision.

The Bad Luck of Searching with Luckysearches.com

Luckysearches.com is the all-too-familiar paradox of a search website without a search engine; instead of providing search results of its own, Luckysearches.com redirects any searches to Yahoo. Similar to another domain analyzed by malware experts in 2013, Aartemis.com, Luckysearches.com also uses its 'search results' as opportunities to load advertisements promoting system cleaners. However, Luckysearches.com has no content that could justify classification as threatening and doesn't tamper visibly with its Yahoo-derived search results.

Another aspect of Luckysearches.com's business model worth analysis is its frequency of bundling a browser hijacking add-on with undisclosed, third-party software. Symptoms of unintentionally installing a Luckysearches.com hijacker may include:

• Your desktop shortcuts or browser bookmarks may have their URLs modified to direct you to Luckysearches.com.
• Your browser's default searches may redirect you to Luckysearches.com-based 'searches.'
• Your browser's homepage or new tab pages may lock to Luckysearches.com.

These questionable features ignore any modifications you make to your browser's settings, and may continue to hijack your browser until Luckysearches.com's add-on is uninstalled. Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer all are compatible with the current versions of Luckysearches.com hijackers.

Choosing Your Own Fortune When Searching the Web

Luckysearches.com does offer instructions for removing its software from your browser. Unfortunately, malware experts immediately found them to be generic, copy-pasted 'solutions' that failed to remove all symptoms of the software from the affected machine. The invasive nature of a typical Luckysearches.com hijacker makes manual removal impractical as a solution for any casual PC user. However, competent anti-PUP software should experience few if any problems in deleting Luckysearches.com add-ons from your browser.

A special warning also is warranted when interacting with advertisements from Luckysearches.com. While system cleaning software may be useful for general optimization purposes, malware experts always advise you to research a brand before trusting a new system cleaner, especially one from an unusual source. Software promoted by Luckysearches.com or other fake search engines are notably more likely to harm your PC in the process of 'cleaning' it than they are to provide any valuable services.