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Should I remove lucky leap?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
79% remove it21% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Bad
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #12,881
United States Rank #23,618
Reach 0.0243%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 3.34 days
98.43 days >
Average installed length: 51.72 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
2013.11.07.203812 100.00%

lucky leap 2013.11.07.203812

What is lucky leap?

Lucky Leap is a potentially unwanted application that runs in the web browser as a toolbar and web extension. The web extension is primarily designed to take control of the user's browser in order to modify the search provider and redirect web searches to what ever search engine partner the publisher has a revenue relationship with. In doing so, the toolbar performs a number of behaviors in order to maximize the potential of a user to click on sponsored advertising through search. This includes but not limited to:

- Changing the web browser's default home page to the affiliate search portal.
- Changing the browser's search provider, built-in search box as well as the address bar.
- Ability to modify the 'new tab' functionality to launch the modified search portal page.
- Adds an alternative error page, DNS error and 'page not' found functionality.
- Adds additional functionality that is designed to protect the search and home page settings.
- Access the HTML of all pages visited as well as capture URLs of the pages and search terms.
- In many cases can inject advertising in the form of context ads, pop-ups and pop-unders.

About  (from Yontoo Technology)

The Software provides a suite of browser features that customize and enhance your interaction with various websites by rendering graphics, text, or other functional or interactive content in your browser. Such features include, without limitation, toolbars and applications for providing enhanced search results, browsin...  Read more
Overview
  • Possible malware installed by this program
  • Loads into the web browser
  • Adds a background Windows Service
  • Installed as part of a co-bundle
  • Hijacks the web browser's home page
  • Hijacks the browser's default search provider
  • Generally known to have a low reputation
  • The wisdom of the crowd agrees, you should remove it!
Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in lucky leap.
luckyleapBHO.dll (21ea419ccac17fa4255dfcfe8b633d5a) has been flagged by the following 8 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareVersionDetection
Bkav FE 1.3.0.4562 W32.Clod6d1.Trojan
Dr.Web 9.0.0.010 Adware.Plugin.100
ESET-NOD32 8.9128 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F
Malwarebytes v2014.01.10.01 PUP.Optional.LuckyLeap.A
McAfee 5600.7254 Artemis!21EA419CCAC1
McAfee-GW-Edition 7.7254 Artemis!21EA419CCAC1
TrendMicro-HouseCall 7.2.10 TROJ_GEN.F47V1013
VIPRE Antivirus 23996 Yontoo (fs)
updateluckyleap.exe (e1f894329027238474d459315094780c) has been flagged by the following 34 scanners:
Anti-Virus softwareSoftware versionDetection
Lavasoft Ad-Aware 12.0.163.0 Adware.LuckyLeap.H
Agnitum Outpost 5.5.1.3 PUA.Kranet!
AhnLab-V3 2014.11.15.00 Adware/Win32.LuckyLeap
Antiy-AVL 1.0.0.1 GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet
avast! 8.0.1489.320 Win32:BrowseFox-CY [PUP]
AVG 15.0.0.4189 Generic.5C4
Avira 7.11.185.228 ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
AVware 1.5.0.21 Yontoo (fs)
Baidu-International 3.5.1.41473 Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.luck
Bitdefender 7.2 Adware.LuckyLeap.H
CAT-QuickHeal 14.00 AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
Comodo Security 20082 UnclassifiedMalware
Dr.Web 7.0.10.8210 Trojan.BPlug.250
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 3.0.0.600 Adware.LuckyLeap.H (B)
ESET-NOD32 10726 a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H
Fortinet FortiGate 5.0.999.0 Adware/Kranet
F-Secure 11.0.19100.45 Adware.LuckyLeap.H
G Data 24 Adware.LuckyLeap.H
K7 AntiVirus 9.185.14021 Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 )
K7GW 9.185.14022 Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 )
Kaspersky 12.0.0.1225 not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur
Kingsoft AntiVirus 2013.4.9.267 Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
Malwarebytes 1.75.0.1 PUP.Optional.LuckyLeap.A
McAfee 6.0.5.614 BrowseFox.c
McAfee-GW-Edition v2014.2 BrowseFox.c
MicroWorld-eScan 12.0.250.0 Adware.LuckyLeap.H
nProtect 2014-11-14.01 Adware.LuckyLeap.H
Panda Antivirus 4.6.4.2 Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360 1.0.0.1015 Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c
Sophos 4.98.0 Lucky Leap
Symantec 20141.1.0.330 PUA.Maltrec.TS!g11
Trend Micro 9.740.0.1012 TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJJ14
TrendMicro-HouseCall 9.700.0.1001 TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJJ14
VIPRE Antivirus 34794 Yontoo (fs)
       View all 42 all detections
lucky leap has been found to be bundled with 3rd party software. If you have not purposefully installed this, you should be safe uninstalling it.

Program detailsProgram details

Displayed publisher: luckyleap
URL: luckyleap.net/support
Help link: mailto:[email protected]
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\lucky leap
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\lucky leap\luckyleapuninstall.exe
Estimated size: 1008.84 KB

Program filesFiles installed by lucky leap 2013.11.07.203812

Program module:luckyleapBHO.dll (Malware detected)
Name:lucky leap
Signed by:lucky leap
Path:C:\Program Files\lucky leap\luckyleapBHO.dll
MD5:21ea419ccac17fa4255dfcfe8b633d5a
Additional files:
  • (Malware detected) luckyleapBHO.dll (by luckyleap) - lucky leap
  • (Malware detected) updateluckyleap.exe

Program behaviorsBehaviors exhibited

Internet Explorer BHO
  • luckyleapBHO.dll is installed in Internet Explorer as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name 'lucky leap' with the class of {d77aa852-def3-43cb-a3f5-bd679de72f32}.
Service
  • updateluckyleap.exe runs as a service named 'Update lucky leap' (Update lucky leap).

Program resource utilizationResource utilization averages

updateluckyleap.exe
Memory:24.33 MB
21.09 MB average
Total CPU:0.0014015806%
0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:0.00109593%
0.016088% average
User CPU:0.00030565%
0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:209,741
8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:1
70 average
I/O reads/min:1.74 KB
435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:41 Bytes
105.02 KB average

How do I remove lucky leap?

You can uninstall lucky leap from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  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 lucky leap 2013.11.07.203812, 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 lucky leap.
  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.

How do I reset my web browser?

If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by lucky leap 2013.11.07.203812 you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 51%
Win 8 0%
 
HOW IT RUNS
Windows Service? Yes
(Installs a service)
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 79%
Keep it 21%

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 63.18%
Windows 10 21.34%
Windows XP 12.97%
Windows Vista 2.51%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 28.78%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.02%
Windows 7 Professional 12.82%
Microsoft Windows XP 12.82%
Windows 8 Pro 5.04%
Windows 8 4.20%

Distribution by countryGeography

22.58% of installs come from Israel
Which countries install it?
  Israel 22.58%
  United States 17.05%
  MA 6.45%
  IQ 5.99%
  Saudi Arabia 3.46%
  Taiwan 3.23%
  DZ 3.23%
  India 2.76%
  Egypt 2.53%
  Iran 2.30%
  Philippines 1.61%
  YE 1.38%
  Thailand 1.15%
  Norway 1.15%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 23.99%
Dell 18.79%
Acer 15.32%
ASUS 9.25%
GIGABYTE 7.80%
Toshiba 7.23%
Lenovo 5.78%
Intel 4.91%
Samsung 3.18%
American Megatrends 2.89%
Compaq 0.87%
Common models
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 5.41%
Dell Inspiron N5110 3.24%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.24%
Dell Inspiron 1545 2.16%
Acer Aspire V3-571G 2.16%
Gigabyte G31M-ES2L 2.16%

About Yontoo Technology

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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