How To Remove LiteCoin Giveaway PUP

Tips To Delete LiteCoin Giveaway Virus

LiteCoin Giveaway is a scam that is promoted by several deceptive sites. According to this scheme, users will receive tenfold the amount by transferring at least 3 LTC (Litecoin cryptocurrency) into the provided cryptowallet (via provided wallet address QR code). However, even if people transfer the money, they don’t receive anything in return and even lose the sum they initially transfer. And hence, you should not trust such scams. Users are often redirected to such pernicious domains when they click on intrusive ads or their systems are infected with potentially unwanted program (PUP) mainly adware.

Depth Analysis of LiteCoin Giveaway:

LiteCoin Giveaway scam states that users require sending an amount between 3 LTC to 500 LTC to the “contribution address” to verify their cryptowallet address. At the research time, the demanded sum was worth from approx. $250 to $40,000; but the exchange rates keep fluctuating; the amount might be different in coming days. Users are offered a return of ten times of their “contribution” (i.e. 30 LTC to 5,000 LTC) in the scheme. Moreover, they are also promised a 10-30% “special bonus” that would be added to the so-called tenfold return.

This bonus is affirmed to be: 10% for contributions larger than 5 LTC, 20% for ones larger than 50 LTC, and 30% for more than 200 LTC. Additionally, the LiteCoin Giveaway also informs people that if their payment fails to be transferred, they can try it again, and it reassures them that each transaction will be return in tenfold along with the special bonus. As we have stated before, users are often redirected to such deceptive sites when their computers are infected with a PUP. This nasty adware silently infiltrates the targeted computers without users’ approval and then starts performing malevolent deeds in the background.

LiteCoin Giveaway virus bombards your system screen with thousands of intrusive ads and pop-ups all over the day and interrupts your web sessions badly. These ads are in several formats such as coupons, deals, banners, offers, discounts etc. that work on pay-per-click scheme and earn revenues for the creators when clicked on. Clicking on these adverts though can be very risky for your system’s security as they might contain perilous links and redirect users to highly infectious web domains that are filled with malevolent contents. And hence, an instant LiteCoin Giveaway adware is strongly recommended.

Quick Glance

Name: LiteCoin Giveaway

Type: Adware, Potentially unwanted program, Phishing, Scam

Short Description: Scam claims if users transfer an amount of Litecoin cryptocurrency to the provided cryptowallet – they will receive tenfold the amount in return, displays annoying ads, Redirects users to third-party sites, promotes sponsored products, services and programs and make online profits for the creators. 

Symptoms: Constant appearance of intrusive adverts, fake pop-up messages, identity theft. Users are enforced to search the Internet using fake search engines, slowness of infected system’s performance.

Scammers’ BitCoins Wallet Address: ltc1qek0d8mvrej647gaskun3tl3jsdyhkg55232ykq (Litecoin)

Related Domains: litecoingiveaway-live.com

Distribution methods: Free software installers (bundling), malicious pop-ups ads, fake flash player installers.

Damage: Web browsing tracking (potential privacy issues), exhibition of unwanted ads, redirects to shady websites.

Removal: To get rid of this infection and other malware threats, our security researchers recommend scanning your device with an effective anti-malware tool.

How Does This Adware Enter Your PC?

These adware infections are mostly distributed through software bundling technique in which they are added to a package along with regular programs. When you download an application from third-party sites like cnet.com, download.com, soft32.com, softonic.com etc. and then install it using the “Quick” or “Recommended” mode sets, you risk getting infected with such PUPs.

So, to prevent these unwanted installations, you need to be very careful while downloading/installing software. Choose only trustworthy channels and official sites to download programs and always select the Custom or Advanced configuration settings to install them. These options provide you full control over the incoming downloads and allow you to opt-out all the components that look suspicious. But at the moment, you must remove LiteCoin Giveaway virus from the device as early as possible.

Text Presented In The Scam:

To verify your address, you need to send between 3LTC to 500LTC to the contribution address and we will immediately send you back 30LTC to 5,000LTC to the address you sent it from ..

Contribution Special BONUS:

5+ LTC = 10% BONUS

50+ LTC = 20% BONUS

200+ LTC = 30% BONUS

Payment Contribution Address

ltc1qek0d8mvrej647gaskun3tl3jsdyhkg55232ykq

Click here to view address transactions live

[Copy Address to Clipboard]

Waiting for your payment

Sometimes transactions are not sent properly. Try sending it again. Remember, every transaction address we receive gets their LTC back + giveaway prize.

Counting LTC Left

18,000 / 20,000

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove LiteCoin Giveaway:

Remove the related items of LiteCoin Giveaway using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing LiteCoin Giveaway issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (LiteCoin Giveaway) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to LiteCoin Giveaway removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to LiteCoin Giveaway still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove LiteCoin Giveaway plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in LiteCoin Giveaway removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete LiteCoin Giveaway (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.