How to Remove Luminosity RAT from PC

Steps and Tutorial to Delete Luminosity RAT Permanently

Luminosity RAT is a “Remote Access Trojan” that was for sale at $40 until few years ago. At present, this RAT is not available for sale. However, the cyber-criminals are still using its cracked version for illegal activities. This RAT service is basically used to infect the PC with other severe malware and ransowmare and steal personal data of victims with the help of key-loggers.

This kind of RAT allows the cyber-criminals to access the targeted PC remotely. After getting the control, cyber-criminals can access the stored files, restart or turn of the PC, use camera, download arbitrary files, generate key-loggers and record key-board strokes, and perform various other illegal activities. With the help of keystroke logging feature, it can record everything that you press through the keyboard. They can steal sensitive data such as password, bank account details, credit and debit card information and so on. Eventually, you will face huge monetary loss, identity theft, privacy issues and so on.

Additionally, Luminosity RAT is also used to spread other severe malware infection. The targeted PC may get infected with chain of malware infections including Trojan, ransomware, and browser-hijacker and so on. The data stored in the hard-disk may get encrypted and you are asked to pay ransom in order to get the decryption key. Hence it is strongly recommended to take quick steps and try to remove Luminosity RAT as early as possible.

A Quick Glance of Luminosity RAT

Name: LuminosityLink Remote Access Trojan

Type: Spyware, Trojan

Associated Process: Program Viewer

Payload: This kind of Trojan is used to infect the PC with various other severe malware

Symptoms: After settling down, it primarily remains silent and shows any primary symptoms

Distribution: Social engineering scams, aggressive Online ads and pop-ups, spam email campaigns and so on

Damage: Steals personal data including bank account details, identity theft and so on

Removal: It is advised to scan the PC with a powerful anti-malware tool that has strong scanning algorithm and programming logic

How Luminosity RAT Intrude in the targeted PC?

The cyber-criminals use a lot of tricks and spam campaigns to install the payloads and files associated with this Trojan. Spam email campaigns, hidden download through peer-to-peer file sharing networks, promotion of cracking tools etc. are some of the easy tricks to deceive the innocent users. Tons of spam emails are triggered to your inbox and they have attachments with them in the form of MS Office files, PDF, archives, executable and so on. When you open the attached file, the harmful payloads hidden with them get downloaded in the background. There could be suspicious links that are designed to download malicious files. There is equal danger when you use any kind of peer-to-peer file sharing networks such as eMule, torrents etc. When you download programs from these kinds of channels, there is a high probability that you download harmful risky program along with main application that you want to download. There are also fake downloaders and updaters promoted over internet that can exploit the security flaws and bugs and download malicious software instead of the required updates.

Some Precautionary Measures to Avoid Malware Attack:

First of all, you should not open every email attachments that you receive in your inbox. Email that looks suspicious and especially when they are sent by unknown senders should be avoided. While downloading any kind of program, be sure that the download source is genuine and trusted. Don’t use any cracking tools to use paid software for free. This is very unsafe and illegal as well. Use proper security settings in the work-station by using a powerful anti-malware tool that has strong scanning algorithm and programing logics.

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 Luminosity RAT:

Remove the related items of Luminosity RAT 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 Luminosity RAT 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 (Luminosity RAT) 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 Luminosity RAT 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 Luminosity RAT 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 Luminosity RAT 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 Luminosity RAT 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 Luminosity RAT (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.