Lop

What is Lop?

lop also known as lopdotcom is a pay-per click search portal that can change your browsers default homepage, insert links into your favorites folder, and cause your search request to use lop search engines. There are some instances where lop will install a toolbar linking to lop website or affiliates that pay a commission for lop services.

How you may have gotten Lop

lop is usually installed by an ActiveX installer or through pop-up ads.

The lopdotcom installer can come in a variety of ways, some of the common ActiveX downloader names are: Mp3search.exe, Napster2.exe, Sofware_Plugin.exe

When the lop installer puts the lopdotcom hijacker on your system, it put a file called a browser helper object on your system that customizes your Internet Browser as well as installs a toolbar giving lop control of your Internet Explorer. Lop or lopdotcom is sometimes called an mp3 search program amongst a variety of other names that can be downloaded from a cracked program downloaded from the Internet or from an mp3 site. Once installed on your system lop creates an entry in your registry that will load a file named mp3search.exe or lopsearch.exe when during the boot process of Windows.

Remove Lop

If you want to remove lop or lopdotcom from your computer the best way is with an anti-spyware remover program such as Aluria Anti-Spyware or one of the various spyware removal programs found on our website. You can manually remove lop, but there may be a risk of making a mistake to your Windows operating system that might be hard to recover from. If you are looking to purchase anti-spyware software to protect your computer from lop or lopdotcom, scumware and spyware then please feel free to visit our website to see a side-by-side comparisons of all of the top Anti spyware programs. To learn more about spyware and harmful spyware infections see our spyware information page.