Look who died Messenger Virus

Trojan
by Brandon Skies
January 29, 2023

Look who died

“Look who died” is a harmful program that silently infiltrates computers, acquires Admin permissions on them, and launches malicious processes disguised as legitimate system ones. Threats like “Look who died” belong to the widespread Trojan virus category and they are often used as espionage and data-stealing tools.

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Those two examples of what a Trojan horse like “Look who died” or Decocash.com could do, however, represent only a very small portion of the full potential of this sort of malware. It is widely known that the representatives of this particular malware category are extremely versatile. Trojans can be used for all kinds of cybercrimes, including the distribution of various types of other viruses (most notably, ransomware), the illegal mining of Bitcoin through victims’ computers, the coordination of large-scale Denial of Service attacks in which a large number of infected computers are used, and more.

Unfortunately, since “Look who died” is a very new threat and one that needs more research done on it, we cannot verify the end goal of the hackers who are behind it. This, however, doesn’t change the fact that, if you’ve detected “Look who died” on your computer, you should take immediate action to remove it. Whatever “Look who died” tries to do in your particular case, it won’t be something good and the potential for severe (and maybe irreparable) damage to your computer and virtual privacy would definitely be there.

The Look who died Messenger Virus

It can be difficult to tell if a given computer has been attacked by a Trojan especially if we are talking about a recently released threat such as the Look who died Messenger virus or if there is no reliable antivirus installed on the machine. The problem with the Look who died Messenger virus is that, due to its recent release, most antiviruses will probably not have the details of this virus in their databases, making the Trojan’s detection from the antivirus rather unlikely.

SUMMARY:

Name“Look who died”
TypeTrojan
Detection Tool

Please follow all the steps below in order to remove “Look who died”!

How to remove “Look who died”

  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 “Look who died” in the programs list that would show up.
  3. Select “Look who died” 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 “Look who died”.
  • If you find any of the programs suspicious then uninstall them if they turn out to be linked to “Look who died”.
  • 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 “Look who died” 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 “Look who died” 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 “Look who died” 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 “Look who died” 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 “Look who died” extension
  4. Get rid of “Look who died” 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 “”Look who died”” or another unwanted app, change it to an address that you’d want to be the browser’s new-tab page.

How to Delete “Look who died”

  1. Open task manager
  2. Look for the “Look who died” process
  3. Select it and click on End task
  4. Open the file location to delete “Look who died”
  • 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 “”Look who died”” 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 “Look who died”

    1. Click on the home button
    2. Search for Startup Apps
    3. Look for “Look who died” in there
    4. Uninstall “Look who died” from Startup Apps by turning it off
    • Now you need to carefully search for and uninstall any “Look who died”-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 “Look who died” 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

    Is “Look who died” dangerous?

    Most high-quality security programs offer behavioral detection on top of their regular database-detection and this could sometimes help spot a newly-released Trojan like “Look who died” in time. However, there are no guarantees and even if you have the best antivirus, you may still end up with such a Trojan on your computer without having any idea about it.
    Unfortunately, when it comes to manually detecting the threat, this can also be difficult because, in some cases, there will be few or no symptoms. However, in other instances, one might notice different types of unusual PC behavior such as unexpected crashes, different program errors, deleted, modified, or corrupted files, as well as unauthorized changes in the system or the browser’s settings.
    All of this, especially if it seems to have started occurring around the same time, is a pretty serious red flag indicating that there may indeed be a Trojan horse virus hidden in the system. If you have any reason to suspect “Look who died” is currently somewhere on your computer, you’d better make sure to do everything in your power to remove the threat. The removal guide and the recommended anti-malware tool that you will find down below should enable you to find out if the malicious “Look who died” is indeed in your system and eliminate, hopefully, before it has managed to cause any lasting damage.


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    Brandon Skies

    Brandon is a researcher and content creator in the fields of cyber-security and virtual privacy. Years of experience enable him to provide readers with important information and adequate solutions for the latest software and malware problems.

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