Lights Off! Adware

What is Lights Off!?

Created by Coffee and Comfort Apps LLC, Lights Off is a rogue browser plug-in claiming to allow users to adjust computer screen lights while watching online videos. Although this may seem legitimate browser functionality, be aware that Lights Off is categorized as adware or a potentially unwanted application.

This rogue browser extension employs a deceptive software marketing method called 'bundling' (stealth installation of additional programs together with the chosen software) to install on Internet browsers without users' consent.

Following successful infiltration on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome, Lights Off generates intrusive online advertisement and tracks users' Internet browsing activity.

These intrusive advertisements include pop-up, text-link, in-text, banner, and interstitial ads. Clicking them is likely to cause high-risk adware or malware infections, and furthermore, this rogue browser add-on continually monitors users' Internet browsing activity by recording various software and hardware information that may be personally identifiable.

For example: operating systems, browser types, cookies, URLs visited, pages viewed, language settings, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, unique identifier numbers, geographic locations, and other similar details. This behavior may lead to serious privacy issues or identity theft.

Therefore, you are strongly advised to eliminate Lights Off from your Internet browsers. In addition, there are many rogue browser extensions similar to Lights Off including Movie Wizard, Theater Mode, and TV Wizard. These plug-ins are useless to the user - their purpose is to generate revenue by the display of intrusive online advertisements.

Commonly, users install adware during download of free software via small programs called 'download managers' on freeware download websites such as soft32.com, softonic.com, download.com, etc. Download managers are used to monetize these websites' free services by offering installation of promoted 'legitimate' browser add-ons together with the chosen free software.

Thus, careless download and installation of freeware often results in adware or malware infections. To prevent installation of Lights Out, or other similar adware, express caution when downloading free software and never accept installation of any additional applications offered.

If you are installing downloaded software, select the 'Advanced' or 'Custom' installation options - this will reveal any hidden applications listed for installation and allow you to decline them. Users who have installed the Lights Off virus, and observe intrusive online advertisements when surfing the Internet, should follow this removal guide to eliminate the adware from their browsers.

Intrusive online advertisements ('Ad by Lights off!') generated by Lights Off adware:

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Quick menu:

• What is Lights Off?
• STEP 1. Uninstall Lights Off application using Control Panel.
• STEP 2. Remove Lights Off add-on from Internet Explorer.
• STEP 3. Remove Lights Off plugin from Google Chrome.
• STEP 4. Remove Lights Off extension from Mozilla Firefox.
• STEP 5. Remove Lights Off extension from Safari.
• STEP 6. Remove rogue plug-ins from Microsoft Edge.

Lights Off! 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 "Lights Off", select this entry and click "Uninstall" or "Remove".

After uninstalling Lights Off, scan your computer for any remaining unwanted components or possible malware infections. Recommended malware removal software.

Remove Lights Off! ads 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 "Lights Off" and disable it.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by light off!, 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 "Tools" and click "Extensions". Locate "Lights Off", select it and click the trash can icon.

Optional method:

If you continue to have problems with removal of the ads by light off!, 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" and remove "Lights Off".

Optional method:

Computer users who have problems with ads by light off! 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 light off!, 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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