Remove "GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU" virus (Removal Guide)

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What is GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU?

GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program).

GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU detected as PUP.AD.GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU have several types of unwanted behaviour:

Displaying popup ads.
Hijacking your browser.
Infecting your desktop shortcuts, etc.
Inserting ads to the web pages.

GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU in the Control Panel.
Sometimes GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU uninstaller does not work.

How GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU got on your computer?

Usually you got GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU manufacturer pays software developers for distributing GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU within their applications, GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

You have 2 ways to remove GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU:

You have 2 ways

1. Remove Automatically.
2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

You know only one virus name: "GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU virus automatically:

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STEP 3: Remove GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU virus (3 minutes)

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How to remove GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU manually:

STEP 1: Check all shortcuts of your browsers on your desktop, taskbar and in the Start menu. Right click on your shortcut and change it's properties.

http://…

You can see GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU or another web site at the end of shortcut target (command line). Remove it and save changes.

In addition, check this command line for fake browser's trick.
For example, if a shortcut points to Google Chrome, it must have the path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe.
Fake browser may be: …\Appdata\Roaming\HPReyos\ReyosStarter3.exe.
Also the file name may be: “chromium.exe” instead of chrome.exe.

STEP 2: Investigate the list of installed programs and uninstall all unknown recently installed programs.

check installed programs to uninstall

STEP 3: Open Task Manager and close all processes, related to GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU virus from running processes

STEP 4: Inspect the Windows services. Press Win+R, type in: services.msc and press OK.

Remove GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU in it's name or description.

STEP 5: After that press Win+R, type in: taskschd.msc and press OK to open Windows Task Scheduler.
Remove GOOGLE-ANDROIDS.RU from scheduled task list.