How to uninstall apps that open testyourlucky.com and similar websites

What is testyourlucky[.]com?

When visited, testyourlucky[.]com opens various other scam websites claiming that people have the chance to win a prize. These scam sites attempt to deceive visitors into entering personal information or even paying, for example, a shipping fee. Neither testyourlucky[.]com nor websites that are opened through it can be trusted.

Note that people do not often visit these web pages intentionally - they are usually opened through other dubious web pages, clicked deceptive advertisements or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) installed on the system.

Research shows testyourlucky[.]com opens mostly ISP-related scams claiming that the visitor has the chance to win a prize (e.g., iPhone 11, Samsung Galaxy S20, iPad Pro) by participating in a survey.

Commonly, these 'survey scams' ask people to provide various details (name, surname, address, telephone number, etc.), however, they can ask for more sensitive information such as credit card details. You are strongly advised not to trust any scam surveys and, more importantly, do not enter any details on such pages.

Scammers could misuse provided information to steal identities, make fraudulent purchases, transactions, and for other malicious purposes.

Note that testyourlucky[.]com might also open other untrusted pages including, for example, pages claiming that the computer is infected with viruses and encouraging people to install a potentially unwanted application such as Easy Mac Care. This page could redirect visitors to websites promoting browser hijackers, adware-type apps or other PUAs.

None of the pages that are opened through testyourlucky[.]com can be trusted, and the same applies to the testyourlucky[.]com. If this or other similar pages are opened by the browser, this could indicate that a PUA is already installed.

Commonly, PUAs are designed to promote sites such as testyourlucky[.]com, gather data and, serve advertisements. They record details such as IP addresses, geolocations, addresses of visited websites, entered search queries, etc. Some PUAs that are capable of accessing private, sensitive information.

The data is sold to third parties (potentially, cyber criminals) or misused to generate revenue in other ways. Furthermore, PUAs often serve coupons, banners, pop-ups, surveys and/or other ads. When clicked, they can open various untrusted websites, and some might even be designed to run scripts to download and install unwanted software.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by testyourlucky.com
Threat Type	Survey scams, Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads.
Serving IP Address	13.249.87.17
Symptoms	Seeing advertisements not originating from the sites you are browsing. Intrusive pop-up ads. Decreased internet browsing speed.
Distribution Methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, potentially unwanted applications (adware).
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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Some examples of scams similar to those promoted through testyourlucky[.]com include "2020 Visitor Feedback Survey", "International Official Lottery" and "2020 Web Research Survey". As mentioned, people do not often visit these websites intentionally.

These scam surveys (and other untrustworthy) web pages are opened by installed PUAs (which people do not download or install intentionally).

How did adware install on my computer?

Unwanted apps are often downloaded and installed inadvertently when people intentionally or accidentally click deceptive advertisements, or they download and install their software without checking and changing settings within the set-ups. Commonly, developers distribute PUAs by including them into the download/installation set-ups as 'additional offers'.

Typically, these offers can be found in "Advanced", "Custom", and other settings. Many people download and install their software without even checking these settings, and leave them unchanged. This allows additionally-included applications to infiltrate, a PUA distribution method called "bundling".

Advertisements can also cause unwanted downloads and installations, but only when people click them (some intrusive ads then execute certain scripts).

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications

Software should be downloaded only from official, trustworthy websites and through direct download links. Do not download or install through third party downloaders, installers, unofficial pages, Peer-to-Peer networks (e.g., torrent clients, eMule), etc. Commonly, they are used to distribute unwanted,  even malicious software.

Check all settings such as "Custom" and "Advanced" and decline offers of additional downloads or installations. Do not click ads that are displayed on dubious pages, since they can open other dubious web pages or even cause unwanted downloads/installations.

Remove unknown, suspicious extensions, add-ons and plug-ins installed on the browser, and programs of this kind installed on the operating system. If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Examples of Dear [ISP name] user, Congratulations! scams delivered by testyourlucky[.]com (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is testyourlucky[.]com?
• STEP 1. Uninstall adware applications using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove adware from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove rogue plug-ins from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove adware-type extensions from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove malicious extensions from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Adware removal:

Windows 11 users:

Right-click on the Start icon, select Apps and Features. In the opened window search for the application you want to uninstall, after locating it, click on the three vertical dots and select Uninstall.

Windows 10 users:

Right-click in the lower left corner of the screen, in the Quick Access Menu select Control Panel. In the opened window choose Programs and Features.

Windows 7 users:

Click Start (Windows Logo at the bottom left corner of your desktop), choose Control Panel. Locate Programs and click Uninstall a program.

macOS (OSX) users:

Click Finder, in the opened screen select Applications. Drag the app from the Applications folder to the Trash (located in your Dock), then right click the Trash icon and select Empty Trash.

In the uninstall programs window, look for any potentially unwanted applications, select these entries and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling the potentially unwanted application that causes testyourlucky[.]com redirects, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. To scan your computer, use recommended malware removal software.

Remove adware from Internet browsers:

Video showing how to remove potentially unwanted browser add-ons:

Remove malicious add-ons from Internet Explorer:

Click the "gear" icon (at the top right corner of Internet Explorer), select "Manage Add-ons". Look for any recently-installed suspicious browser extensions, select these entries and click "Remove".

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by testyourlucky.com, reset your Internet Explorer settings to default.

Windows XP users: Click Start, click Run, in the opened window type inetcpl.cpl In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 users: Click the Windows logo, in the start search box type inetcpl.cpl and click enter. In the opened window click the Advanced tab, then click Reset.

Windows 8 users: Open Internet Explorer and click the gear icon. Select Internet Options.

In the opened window, select the Advanced tab.

Click the Reset button.

Confirm that you wish to reset Internet Explorer settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious extensions from Google Chrome:

Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome), select "More tools" and click "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and remove them.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by testyourlucky.com, reset your Google Chrome browser settings. Click the Chrome menu icon  (at the top right corner of Google Chrome) and select Settings. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Click the Advanced… link.

After scrolling to the bottom of the screen, click the Reset (Restore settings to their original defaults) button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Google Chrome settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

Remove malicious plug-ins from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Firefox menu (at the top right corner of the main window), select "Add-ons". Click "Extensions", in the opened window, remove all recently-installed suspicious browser plug-ins.

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by testyourlucky.com removal can reset their Mozilla Firefox settings.

Open Mozilla Firefox, at the top right corner of the main window, click the Firefox menu, in the opened menu, click Help.

Select Troubleshooting Information.

In the opened window, click the Refresh Firefox button.

In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Mozilla Firefox settings to default by clicking the Refresh Firefox button.

Remove malicious extensions from Safari:

Make sure your Safari browser is active, click Safari menu, and select Preferences....

In the opened window click Extensions, locate any recently installed suspicious extension, select it and click Uninstall.

Optional method:

Make sure your Safari browser is active and click on Safari menu. From the drop down menu select Clear History and Website Data...

In the opened window select all history and click the Clear History button.

Remove malicious extensions from Microsoft Edge:

Click the Edge menu icon  (at the upper-right corner of Microsoft Edge), select "Extensions". Locate all recently-installed suspicious browser add-ons and click "Remove" below their names.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by testyourlucky.com, reset your Microsoft Edge browser settings. Click the Edge menu icon  (at the top right corner of Microsoft Edge) and select Settings.

In the opened settings menu select Reset settings.

Select Restore settings to their default values. In the opened window, confirm that you wish to reset Microsoft Edge settings to default by clicking the Reset button.

• If this did not help, follow these alternative instructions explaining how to reset the Microsoft Edge browser.

Summary:

Commonly, adware or potentially unwanted applications infiltrate Internet browsers through free software downloads. Note that the safest source for downloading free software is via developers' websites only. To avoid installation of adware, be very attentive when downloading and installing free software. When installing previously-downloaded free programs, choose the custom or advanced installation options – this step will reveal any potentially unwanted applications listed for installation together with your chosen free program.

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