Should I remove lookinglink?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
2014.02.13.173549	2.78%
2014.02.13.012613	12.04%
2014.02.11.223523	11.11%
2014.02.11.190644	0.46%
2014.02.11.013652	8.33%
2014.02.10.054449	2.78%
2014.02.07.213236	16.67%
2014.02.06.224009	4.17%
2014.02.05.222830	9.26%
2014.02.05.153917	3.70%
2014.02.03.223422	3.70%
2014.01.29.231259	11.57%
2014.01.28.010755	3.70%
2014.01.28.010740	2.78%
2014.01.25.024532	3.70%
2014.01.23.231049	0.93%
2014.01.16.014259	0.93%
2013.12.17.212021	1.39%

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from Yontoo Technology, Inc.

Remove lookinglink by Yontoo Technology

This adware program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups. These ads are aimed to promote the installation of additional questionable content including web browser toolbars, optimization utilities and other products, all so the publisher can generate pay-per-click revenue.

Once infected by this common symptoms include:
- Random web page text is turned into hyperlinks.
- Ads with red click here button will pop up when those links are hovered on.
- Other unwanted adware programs might get installed without the user's knowledge.
- Browser popups appear which recommend fake updates or other software.
- Web pages become extremely slow to download due to the multiple ads.

Displayed publisher: lookinglink

URL: lookinglink.info/support

Help link: mailto:[email protected]

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\lookinglink

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\lookinglink\lookinglinkuninstall.exe

Estimated size: 564.41 KB

1. 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.
2. When you find the program lookinglink, 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).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove lookinglink.
4. 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.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 53% Win Vista 0%

HOW IT RUNS Windows Service? Yes (Installs a service)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 85% Keep it 15%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	40.17%
India	7.26%
Canada	4.70%
Iran	3.42%
United Kingdom	2.56%
Sweden	2.14%
Israel	2.14%
United Arab Emirates	1.71%
Australia	1.71%
Germany	1.71%
MA	1.71%
Hungary	1.71%
Italy	1.71%
New Zealand	1.28%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Yontoo, a subsidiary/alias of ad-hijacker Sambreel, is a publisher of ad-supported web browser extensions designed to inject and display advertisements within the browser.

Publisher URL: www.yontoo.com

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