If your antivirus detects a Cryptoloot.pro threat then it’s a sign that you have installed a browser extension that uses the Cryptoloot.pro to make digital money. The Cryptoloot.pro is a web page that offers a JavaScript miner (https://cryptoloot.pro/lib/crlt.js) for the Monero digital currency mining.
Some creators of free browser extensions have built this JavaScript miner into their extensions in order to make money by mining cryptocurrency. Of course, the “free” browser extension did not ask you for permission and do it secretly as possible. When started, the Cryptoloot.pro Miner will perform a highly complex computations by using your computer’s CPU resources to mine Monero (or other) currencies. It slows down the internet browser and whole computer system.
Instructions that is shown below, will help you to clean your computer from the JavaScript miner as well as remove Cryptoloot.pro from the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Edge and Firefox and other web browsers.
Remove Cryptoloot.pro Miner
Even if you have the up-to-date classic antivirus installed, and you have checked your PC system for malicious software and removed anything found, you need to do the instructions below. The Cryptoloot.pro Miner removal is not simple as installing another antivirus. Classic antivirus software are not created to run together and will conflict with each other, or possibly crash Windows. Instead we recommend complete the manual steps below after that run Zemana, MalwareBytes Free or HitmanPro, which are free software dedicated to search for and delete Cryptoloot.pro Miner that may use your computer’s resources to generate digital currency blocks. Run these utilities to ensure the Miner is removed.
To remove Cryptoloot.pro, complete the steps below:
- How to manually delete Cryptoloot.pro
- How to delete Cryptoloot.pro Miner with free software
- How to block Cryptoloot.pro
- How to avoid installation of Cryptoloot.pro Miner
- To sum up
How to manually delete Cryptoloot.pro
The following instructions is a step-by-step guide, which will help you manually remove Cryptoloot.pro CPU Miner from the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge.
Uninstall Cryptoloot.pro associated software by using Windows Control Panel
We recommend that you start the system cleaning procedure by checking the list of installed apps and uninstall all unknown or suspicious programs. This is a very important step, as mentioned above, very often the harmful applications such as trojan and hijackers may be bundled with free software. Remove the unwanted programs can remove the intrusive advertisements or browser redirect.
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First, press the Windows button
, then press Search 
. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.Windows XP, Vista, 7
First, click “Start” and select “Control Panel”.
It will open the Windows Control Panel as shown in the figure below.
Next, press “Uninstall a program” 
It will show a list of all applications installed on your PC system. Scroll through the all list, and remove any questionable and unknown software. To quickly find the latest installed apps, we recommend sort apps by date in the Control panel.
Remove Cryptoloot.pro from Google Chrome
Reset Google Chrome settings is a easy way to remove the CPU Miner, malicious and adware extensions, as well as to recover the browser’s new tab page, search engine by default and home page that have been modified by Cryptoloot.pro Miner which generates cryptocurrency by leveraging the GPU of affected PC.
Open the Chrome menu by clicking on the button in the form of three horizontal dotes (
). It will open the drop-down menu. Choose More Tools, then click Extensions.
Carefully browse through the list of installed addons. If the list has the addon labeled with “Installed by enterprise policy” or “Installed by your administrator”, then complete the following instructions: Remove Google Chrome extensions installed by enterprise policy otherwise, just go to the step below.
Open the Chrome main menu again, press to “Settings” option.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Advanced” link. Now scroll down until the Reset settings section is visible, as displayed in the figure below and click the “Reset settings to their original defaults” button.
Confirm your action, click the “Reset” button.
Get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner from Internet Explorer
In order to restore all web browser homepage, search engine and new tab page you need to reset the Internet Explorer to the state, which was when the MS Windows was installed on your computer.
First, run the IE, click 
) button. Next, click “Internet Options” as on the image below.
In the “Internet Options” screen select the Advanced tab. Next, press Reset button. The Microsoft Internet Explorer will open the Reset Internet Explorer settings dialog box. Select the “Delete personal settings” check box and press Reset button.
You will now need to restart your system for the changes to take effect. It will get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner that can mine cryptocurrency using CPU, disable malicious and ad-supported web browser’s extensions and restore the Internet Explorer’s settings like default search provider, homepage and new tab page to default state.
Remove Cryptoloot.pro from Firefox by resetting web-browser settings
If the Mozilla Firefox settings including newtab, home page and default search provider have been modified by the JavaScript Miner, then resetting it to the default state can help.
First, launch the Firefox. Next, press the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (
). It will show the drop-down menu. Next, click the Help button (
).
In the Help menu click the “Troubleshooting Information”. In the upper-right corner of the “Troubleshooting Information” page click on “Refresh Firefox” button as on the image below.
Confirm your action, press the “Refresh Firefox”.
Remove unwanted Scheduled Tasks
Once installed, the Cryptoloot.pro Miner can add a task in to the Windows Task Scheduler Library. Due to this, every time when you run your PC system, it will start a process of cryptocurrency mining. So, you need to check the Task Scheduler Library and delete all malicious tasks which have been created by ‘ad-supported’ program.
Press Windows and R keys on your keyboard simultaneously. It will display a prompt that called Run. In the text field, type “taskschd.msc” (without the quotes) and press OK. Task Scheduler window opens. In the left-hand side, press “Task Scheduler Library”, as shown below.
Task scheduler, list of tasks
In the middle part you will see a list of installed tasks. Select the first task, its properties will be open just below automatically. Next, press the Actions tab. Necessary to look at the text which is written under Details. If you are not sure that executes the task, then google it. If it’s a component of the unwanted apps, then this task also should be removed.
Further click on it with the right mouse button and select Delete as displayed in the figure below.
Task scheduler, delete a task
Repeat this step, if you have found a few tasks that have been created by the CPU Miner trojan. Once is finished, close the Task Scheduler window.
How to delete Cryptoloot.pro Miner with free software
It’s not enough to remove Cryptoloot.pro CPU Miner from your web-browser by following the manual steps above to solve all problems. Some the Cryptoloot.pro Miner related files may remain on your personal computer and they will restore the Cryptoloot.pro CPU Miner even after you remove it. For that reason we suggest to run free anti-malware tool like Zemana Free, MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM) and Hitman Pro. Either of those programs should has the ability to find and remove Cryptoloot.pro Miner that generates cryptocurrency by leveraging the GPU of infected machine.
Run Zemana Anti-malware to get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner
You can remove Cryptoloot.pro Miner automatically with a help of Zemana Anti-malware. We recommend this malicious software removal tool because it can easily remove hijackers, potentially unwanted applications, unwanted browser extensions that uses Cryptoloot.pro service to mine digital money with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.
Installing the Zemana Anti-Malware is simple. First you’ll need to download Zemana AntiMalware (ZAM) from the link below. Save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.
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When the downloading process is finished, start it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) will try to update itself and when this procedure is finished, click the “Scan” button to detect Cryptoloot.pro Miner that uses your precious GPU and CPU resources to generate crypto currency without your consent.
A scan can take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your personal computer and the speed of your PC. When a threat is found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly. Review the results once the utility has complete the system scan. If you think an entry should not be quarantined, then uncheck it. Otherwise, simply click “Next” button.
The Zemana Free will get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner that uses your CPU’s resources to generate crypto currency and add items to the Quarantine.
Scan your PC and delete Cryptoloot.pro CPU Miner with Hitman Pro
Hitman Pro is a portable program which requires no hard installation to look for and get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner which uses your GPU to mine digital money. The application itself is small in size (only a few Mb). Hitman Pro does not need any drivers and special dlls. It’s probably easier to use than any alternative malicious software removal utilities you have ever tried. Hitman Pro works on 64 and 32-bit versions of Windows 10, 8, 7 and XP. It proves that removal utility can be just as effective as the widely known antivirus programs.
Visit the following page to download the latest version of Hitman Pro for Windows. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop or in any other place.
When the download is finished, open the file location and double-click the HitmanPro icon. It will start the HitmanPro utility. If the User Account Control dialog box will ask you want to start the application, click Yes button to continue.
Next, press “Next” to perform a system scan with this tool for the Cryptoloot.pro Miner which can use your PC system to mine digital money. When a malware, ‘ad supported’ software or PUPs are found, the number of the security threats will change accordingly.
After the scan is finished, HitmanPro will produce a list of undesired and ‘ad supported’ software as displayed on the screen below.
Next, you need to press “Next” button. It will display a dialog box, click the “Activate free license” button. The HitmanPro will begin to delete Cryptoloot.pro Miner which can mine cryptocurrency using GPU. Once the cleaning process is finished, the utility may ask you to reboot your personal computer.
How to get rid of Cryptoloot.pro with Malwarebytes
We suggest using the Malwarebytes Free. You can download and install Malwarebytes to scan for adware and thereby get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner from your web browsers. When installed and updated, the free malware remover will automatically scan and detect all threats present on the computer.
Download MalwareBytes Free from the following link.
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After the downloading process is finished, close all software and windows on your PC. Open a directory in which you saved it. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup as on the image below.
When the install begins, you will see the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Malwarebytes on your computer.
Once installation is complete, you’ll see window as displayed in the following example.
Now click the “Scan Now” button . MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) program will scan through the whole machine for the Cryptoloot.pro Miner that makes your machine run very slow. While the utility is scanning, you can see how many objects and files has already scanned.
Once the scan is finished, MalwareBytes AntiMalware (MBAM) will show a scan report. In order to remove all threats, simply press “Quarantine Selected” button.
The Malwarebytes will now begin to get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner which uses your CPU’s resources to generate cryptocurrency. When the process is done, you may be prompted to restart your computer.
The following video explains step-by-step guide on how to remove hijacker infection, ad supported software and other malicious software with MalwareBytes Free.
How to block Cryptoloot.pro
By installing an ad-blocking program like AdGuard, you’re able to block Cryptoloot.pro, autoplaying video ads and delete a lot of distracting and unwanted ads on web pages.
Installing the AdGuard is simple. First you will need to download AdGuard on your MS Windows Desktop from the link below.
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Once the download is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” screen as displayed below.
Follow the prompts. Once the install is done, you will see a window as displayed in the figure below.
You can click “Skip” to close the installation application and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” button to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you start your system, AdGuard will start automatically and block pop-ups, Cryptoloot.pro connection, as well as other malicious or misleading web-pages. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, which may be found on your desktop.
How to avoid installation of Cryptoloot.pro Miner
Most of Java Script miners like Cryptoloot.pro come from web-browser toolbars, browser extensions, BHOs (browser helper objects) and additional apps. In most cases, these items claim itself as programs that improve your experience on the World Wide Web by providing a fast and interactive startpage or a search engine that does not track you. Remember, how to avoid the unwanted apps. Be cautious, start only reputable apps which download from reputable sources. NEVER install any unknown and suspicious apps.
To sum up
Now your system should be free of the Cryptoloot.pro trojan that can use your system to mine cryptocurrency. We suggest that you keep AdGuard (to help you stop unwanted pop-ups and intrusive malicious web-sites) and Zemana Anti-Malware (to periodically scan your PC for new malicious software, hijackers and adware). Make sure that you have all the Critical Updates recommended for MS Windows OS. Without regular updates you WILL NOT be protected when new hijacker infections, malicious programs and adware are released.
If you are still having problems while trying to get rid of Cryptoloot.pro Miner from your browser, then ask for help in our Spyware/Malware removal forum.
