I wrote this article to help you remove Point.lotusiloveyou.com. This Point.lotusiloveyou.com removal guide works for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Point.lotusiloveyou.com is a website associated to malicious activity. The domain is exploited by an adware program. The rogue tool uses Point.lotusiloveyou.com to load redirects and generate pop-up ads. The redirects happen abruptly. You can be taken to a random website at any point in time during your browsing sessions. In a similar story, the ads appear suddenly and lead to unsolicited websites. Both of these tasks expose the operating system to malware threats. Landing on an infected web page can be enough to have a virus transmitted to your computer. Following a pop-up ad can result in the same compromise. Another threat around the adware behind Point.lotusiloveyou.com is having your personal information extorted from your web browser.

The clandestine program makes proceeds for its developers by supporting third party websites. The owners of the Point.lotusiloveyou.com adware use the pay-per-click system. The program has been developed to support the content of paying advertisers. The problem stems from the lack of security measures. The sponsored websites do not go through a scan. The proprietors of the adware agree to support the content of all paying parties. Their only priority is making profit. People’s security is not taken into account. Therefore, the burden of the risk is assumed entirely by the end user.

While the redirects are out of your control, you can avoid the misleading advertisements. The shady tool will try to make them seem like legitimate shopping offers. The Point.lotusiloveyou.com adware displays ads in a couple of ways. The more straightforward approach is to load ads in new browser windows. They are presented in miscellaneous formats, including banners, freebies, coupons, inline, contextual, interstitial and comparison ads. Another alternative is to embed windows within the web pages you view. Since these ads are less noticeable, some of them have the function to follow users’ scrolls. This is valid for the transitional and floating ads. Another format is in-text links. When you hover over the hyperlink with your mouse cursor, the ad window will be opened.

The advertisements contain bargain deals for various consumer goods, such as clothes, technological devices, accessories, furniture, decorations, gardening equipment, sports gear, games, toys and many others. The Point.lotusiloveyou.com adware lists exclusive offers to acquire users’ attention. Another strategy is targeted advertising. The furtive program monitors people’s browsing sessions to get an insight on their interests. You will notice that a lot of the suggested items are in some way related to what you have bought or looked up recently. Be advised that the sources for the suggested deals are unconfirmed. Any given ad could take you to a malicious website and get your system infected with malware.

The owners of the Point.lotusiloveyou.com adware have another use for the information their utility gathers on users. The insidious program can obtain various details, including your browsing history, tracking cookies, keystrokes, IP address, geographic location, email account, telephone number, zip code, user names, passwords and other sensitive input. The recorded data is packed into catalogs and sold on darknet markets. Users are not asked for permission to have their private details collected or traded. If cyber criminals get their hands on your credentials, they can hack your accounts and steal from them.

To protect your system from threats like the Point.lotusiloveyou.com adware, you need to know how they are spread. The secluded program travels in software bundles and spam emails. When adding a tool to your computer, make sure you read its terms and conditions. Check for extra applications. If there are any, you should deselect them. They may be malicious. Spam messages transfer infections through attachments. Before opening an appended file, proof the reliability of the message. In most cases, the document is stated to be a notification. The spammer would write on behalf of an existing entity, like the national post, a courier firm, a bank, a government institution, a social network or the local police department. You just need to check whether the email address from the letter you have received belongs to the organization in question. For reference, you can visit its official website.

Point.lotusiloveyou.com Removal

Before starting the real removal process, you must reboot in Safe Mode. If you are familiar with this task, skip the instructions below and proceed to Step 2. If you do not know how to do it, here is how to reboot in Safe mode:

For Windows 98, XP, Millenium and 7:
Reboot your computer. When the first screen of information appears, start repeatedly pressing F8 key. Then choose Safe Mode With Networking from the options.

For Windows 8/8.1
Click the Start button, next click Control Panel —> System and Security —> Administrative Tools —> System Configuration.‌

Check the Safe Boot option and click OK. Click Restart when asked.
For Windows 10
Open the Start menu and click or tap on the Power button.

While keeping the Shift key pressed, click or tap on Restart.

Here are the steps you must perform to remove the hijacker from the browser:

Remove From Mozilla Firefox:

Open Firefox, click on top-right corner , click Add-ons, hit Extensions next.

Look for suspicious or unknown extensions, remove them all.

Remove From Chrome:

Open Chrome, click chrome menu icon at the top-right corner —>More Tools —> Extensions. There, identify the malware and select chrome-trash-icon(Remove).

Remove From Internet Explorer:
Open IE, then click IE gear icon on the top-right corner —> Manage Add-ons.

Find the malicious add-on. Remove it by pressing Disable.

Right click on the browser’s shortcut, then click Properties. Remove everything after the .exe” in the Target box.

Open Control Panel by holding the Win Key and R together. Write appwiz.cpl in the field, then click OK.

Here, find any program you had no intention to install and uninstall it.

Run the Task Manager by right clicking on the Taskbar and choosing Start Task Manager.

Look carefully at the file names and descriptions of the running processes. If you find any suspicious one, search on Google for its name, or contact me directly to identify it. If you find a malware process, right-click on it and choose End task.

Open MS Config by holding the Win Key and R together. Type msconfig and hit Enter.

Go in the Startup tab and Uncheck entries that have “Unknown” as Manufacturer.

Still can not remove Point.lotusiloveyou.com from your browser? Please, leave a comment below, describing what steps you performed. I will answer promptly.