Fumuluckt Virus

Browser Hijacker
by Violet George
December 23, 2022

Fumuluckt

Fumuluckt is known for introducing certain changes to your Chrome, Firefox or other browser and subjecting users to a ceaseless display of nagging ads. Hence, Fumuluckt falls under the browser hijacker software category.

Fumuluckt

Browser hijackers are applications that initially look like regular add-ons for your browsers but once they get installed on your computer, you’d quickly realize that they are probably not something you’d want to have on your PC. A hijacker can place a new search engine tool, a new toolbar and a new homepage and new-tab page in your browser without asking for your approval. It can also redirect you to all kinds of weird and unknown web locations as well as spam your screen with different pop-ups, blinking boxes and other advertising materials that would likely make your browsing experience quite unpleasant and maybe even frustrating.

Fumuluckt, for instance, is a browser hijacker app that has been recently released and currently its creators are seeking to get it installed onto as many PCs as possible as that would increase the revenue gained from the ads displayed by the hijacker. This is, in fact, what the main purpose of most apps like Fumuluckt seems to be – to advertise things and to earn money through the ads.

SUMMARY:

NameFumuluckt
Type Browser Hijacker
Detection Tool

Please follow all the steps below in order to remove Fumuluckt!

How to remove Fumuluckt

  1. First, click the Start Menu on your Windows PC.
  2. Type Programs and Settings in the Start Menu, click the first item, and find Fumuluckt in the programs list that would show up.
  3. Select Fumuluckt from the list and click on Uninstall.
  4. Follow the steps in the removal wizard.

What we suggest you do first is, check the list of programs that are presently installed on the infected device and uninstall any rogue software that you find there:

  • From the Start Menu, navigate to Control Panel ->>> Programs and Features ->>> Uninstall a Program.
  • Next, carefully search for unfamiliar programs or programs that have been installed recently and could be related to Fumuluckt.
  • If you find any of the programs suspicious then uninstall them if they turn out to be linked to Fumuluckt.
  • If a notification appears on your screen when you try to uninstall a specific questionable program prompting you to just alter it or repair it, make sure you choose NO and complete the steps from the removal wizard.

Remove Fumuluckt from Chrome

  1. Click on the three dots in the right upper corner
  2. Go to more tools
  3. Now select extensions
  4. Remove the Fumuluckt extension
  • Once you open Chrome, click on the three-dots icon to open the browser’s menu, go to More Tools/ More Options, and then to Extensions.
  • Again, find the items on that page that could be linked to Fumuluckt and/or that might be causing problems in the browser and delete them.
  • Afterwards, go to this folder: Computer > C: > Users > *Your User Account* > App Data > Local > Google > Chrome > User Data. In there, you will find a folder named Default – you should change its name to Backup Default and restart the PC.
  • Note that the App Data folder is normally hidden so you’d have to first make the hidden files and folders on your PC visible before you can access it.

How to get rid of Fumuluckt on FF/Edge/etc.

  1. Open the browser and select the menu icon.
  2. From the menu, click on the Add-ons button.
  3. Look for the Fumuluckt extension
  4. Get rid of Fumuluckt by removing it from extensions

If using Firefox:

  • Open Firefox
  • Select the three parallel lines menu and go to Add-ons.
  • Find the unwanted add-on and delete it from the browser – if there is more than one unwanted extension, remove all of them.
  • Go to the browser menu again, select Options, and then click on Home from the sidebar to the left.
  • Check the current addresses for the browser’s homepage and new-tab page and change them if they are currently set to address(es) you don’t know or trust.

If using MS Edge/IE:

  • Start Edge
  • Select the browser menu and go to Extensions.
  • Find and uninstall any Edge extensions that look undesirable and unwanted.
  • Select Settings from the browser menu and click on Appearance.
  • Check the new-tab page address of the browser and if it has been modified by “Fumuluckt” or another unwanted app, change it to an address that you’d want to be the browser’s new-tab page.

How to Delete Fumuluckt

  1. Open task manager
  2. Look for the Fumuluckt process
  3. Select it and click on End task
  4. Open the file location to delete Fumuluckt
  • Access the Task Manager by pressing together the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys and then selecting Task Manager.
  • Open Processes and there try to find a process with the name of the unwanted software. If you find it, select it with the right button of the mouse and click on the Open File Location option.
  • If you don’t see a “Fumuluckt” process in the Task Manager, look for another suspicious process with an unusual name. It is likely that the unwanted process would be using lots of RAM and CPU so pay attention to the number of resources each process is using.
  • Tip: If you think you have singled out the unwanted process but are not sure, it’s always a good idea to search for information about it on the Internet – this should give you a general idea if the process is a legitimate one from a regular program or from your OS or if it is indeed likely linked to the adware.
  • If you find another suspicious process, open its File Location too.
  • Once in the File Location folder for the suspicious process, start testing all of the files that are stored there by dragging them to our free online scanner available below.
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    • If the scanner finds malware in any of the files, return to the Processes tab in the Task Manager, select the suspected process, and then select the End Process option to quit it.
    • Go back to the folder where the files of that process are located and delete all of the files that you are allowed to delete. If all files get deleted normally, exit the folder and delete that folder too. If one or more of the files showed an error message when you tried to delete them, leave them for now and return to try to delete them again once you’ve completed the rest of the guide.

    How to Uninstall Fumuluckt

    1. Click on the home button
    2. Search for Startup Apps
    3. Look for Fumuluckt in there
    4. Uninstall Fumuluckt from Startup Apps by turning it off
    • Now you need to carefully search for and uninstall any Fumuluckt-related entries from the Registry. The easiest way to do this is to open the Registry Editor app (type Regedit in the windows search field and press Enter) and then open a Find dialog (CTRL+F key combination) where you have to type the name of the threat. 
    • Perform a search by clicking on the Find Next button and delete any detected results. Do this as many times as needed until no more results are found. 
    • After that, to ensure that there are no remaining entries lined to Fumuluckt in the Registry, go manually to the following directories and delete them:
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Random Directory. 
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/Random
    • HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Main/Random

    What is Fumuluckt?

    Naturally, in order to get more money, hijackers tend to be rather aggressive in their advertising techniques. Their ads can really get on your nerves since they are likely to pop-up most of the time during your browsing sessions. Also, the changes to the browser have their purpose as well. The new search engine will likely show you sponsored results and results have been modified in order to push certain sites, pages and products as a way of advertising them. The new new-tab page and homepage are also a way of advertising a given page. All in all, hijackers like Fumuluckt and Privatesearches.org are multifunctional tools for generating revenue through web-advertising and since there’s usually little to nothing that the end-user could benefit from them, removing them is usually the best option.
    The removal guide on this page and the anti-malware tool that we’ve included in it will help you get rid of Fumuluckt. However, some of you might be wondering if it really is that necessary to remove the hijacker. Many users out there are in fact not overly bothered by the nagging ads, page redirects and browser changes and are thus able to put up with the hijacker’s presence.


    Is Fumuluckt a virus?


    Browser hijackers are not viruses, they are not like ransomware or Trojan horse infections. However, they are not very safe either. The control over the ads and the pages you might get redirected to is oftentimes non-existent, meaning it’s possible some of those pop-ups, redirect links, banners and so on might originate from shady sources. Oftentimes, it only takes a few clicks for you to get your computer targeted by some nasty virus like spyware, rootkits, ransomware or a Trojan.
    That is why it’s advisable you do not interact in any way with the advertising materials that Fumuluckt or any other browser hijacker might try to put on your screen no matter how appealing and interesting the advertised offers might appear. In this line of thinking, the best way to stay away from the ads is to get rid of their source which brings us back to the importance of using the instructions from this page or the removal tool and remove the undesirable software piece.


    About the author

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    Violet George

    Violet is an active writer with a passion for all things cyber security. She enjoys helping victims of computer virus infections remove them and successfully deal with the aftermath of the attacks. But most importantly, Violet makes it her priority to spend time educating people on privacy issues and maintaining the safety of their computers. It is her firm belief that by spreading this information, she can empower web users to effectively protect their personal data and their devices from hackers and cybercriminals.

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