Should I remove Lights Off?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
85% remove it15% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #28,884
United States Rank #21,425
Reach 0.0052%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 5.88 days
173.44 days >
Average installed length: 91.13 days
Versions
Version | Distribution |
2.7.13 |
10.78% |
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2.6.79 |
60.78% |
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2.6.71 |
19.61% |
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2.6.65 |
8.82% |
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Lights Off
from Coffee and Comfort Apps, LLC
What is Lights Off?
LightsOff by Injekt, LLC (Coffee and Comfort Apps, LLC is just a dba name) injects advertising in the user's web browser in the form of banners, text-links and popups. In addition during installation it will provide various offers for additional adware program with minimal user consent.
From the Terms:
"Applications may modify or disable features or functionality of Other Applications or Other Applications’ shortcuts. This includes, but is not limited to, modifying Other Applications’ shortcuts so that they are started in a modified state or so that they start similar or nearly identical applications with modified or enhanced functionality. "Other Applications" means any other software application installed on the user’s PC including, but not limited to, word processors, email clients, chat clients, system utilities, antivirus software, security software, network monitors, games, web browser plug-ins, web browser add-ons, web browser extensions, web browsers, remote access utilities, and operating system features.
Applications may also include features to notify you when you are launching an application or visiting a web domain that may interfere with your installed Applications. To properly run after a system reboot, Applications may modify your computer’s Startup menu items or other system settings that control applications to run on startup."
About (from Coffee and Comfort Apps)
Lights Off is a free application that allows you to turn off the lights when watching videos on your favorite websites. Lights Off is entirely free to use. In order to keep Lights Off free, we've partnered with high-quality ad providers and you may see additional ads when Lights Off is installed. In some cases, we may ... Read more
Overview
- Malware detected in the program
- Installs a Windows Service
- Known to reinstall itself
- Known to include offers within the setup
- Most users and experts agree, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Lights Off.
LightsOffService.exe (3a0ac01cb6d6130095ab250ee9b45dcc) has been flagged by the following 10 scanners: |
Anti-Virus software | Version | Detection |
Agnitum Outpost |
7.1.1 |
PUA.PullUpdate |
Antiy-AVL |
0.1.0.1 |
Trojan/Win32.SGeneric |
AVG |
2015.0.3390 |
Downloader |
Dr.Web |
9.0.0.0219 |
Adware.Plugin.175 |
ESET-NOD32 |
8.9768 |
a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.A |
Fortinet FortiGate |
8/7/2014 |
Adware/PullUpdate |
IKARUS anti.virus |
t3scan.1.6.1.0 |
AdWare.Agent |
Qihoo-360 |
1.0.0.1015 |
Win32/Trojan.Adware.988 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall |
7.2.219 |
TROJ_GEN.F47V0430 |
VIPRE Antivirus |
28954 |
MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate |
Lights Off has been seen bundling various 3rd party software during the installation process. Make sure to check for and remove unused programs.
Program details
URL: www.turnlightsoff.com/terms.html
Help link: www.turnlightsoff.com/about.html
Installation folder: C:\ProgramData\lightsoff
Uninstaller: C:\ProgramData\LightsOff\uninstall.exe /kb=y /ic=1
Estimated size: 1.65 MB
Files installed by Lights Off
Program executable: | LightsOff.exe |
Name: | Lights Off |
Path: | C:\ProgramData\lightsoff\LightsOff.exe |
MD5: | 4a79e2be6e76f60b01dc8f4be414e823 |
Additional files:
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(Malware detected) LightsOffService.exe - Lights Off Service
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LightsOff.exe - Lights Off
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LightsOff64.exe
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Uninstall.exe
Behaviors exhibited
Service
- LightsOffService.exe runs as a service named 'Lights Off' (LightsOff) "Provides system level support for Lights Off.".
How do I remove Lights Off?
You can uninstall Lights Off from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Lights Off, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Lights Off.
- If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 74%
Win Vista (SP1) 2%
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HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 85%
Keep it 15%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 |
80.58% |
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Windows Vista |
11.65% |
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Windows XP |
3.88% |
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Windows 10 |
3.88% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
Windows 7 Home Premium |
52.94% |
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Windows 7 Professional |
12.75% |
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Windows 7 Ultimate |
11.76% |
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Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
8.82% |
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Microsoft Windows XP |
3.92% |
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Windows 8 |
2.94% |
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Geography
64.29% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
United States |
64.29% |
India |
8.57% |
France |
7.14% |
Canada |
5.71% |
Australia |
5.00% |
Germany |
4.29% |
Brazil |
2.86% |
Italy |
1.43% |
United Kingdom |
0.71% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard |
35.37% |
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Dell |
32.93% |
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Acer |
15.85% |
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Lenovo |
3.66% |
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ASUS |
3.66% |
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Toshiba |
3.66% |
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GIGABYTE |
2.44% |
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Medion |
1.22% |
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Sony |
1.22% |
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Common models |
Dell Dell System XPS L5... |
2.06% |
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Hewlett-Packard Presario ... |
2.06% |
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Dell Vostro 3550 |
2.06% |
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HP ENVY TS 15 Notebook PC |
2.06% |
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HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.06% |
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HP HDX 18 Notebook PC |
1.03% |
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