How to UNINSTALL "PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06" virus (Simple Guide)

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What is PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06?

PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program).

PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 detected as PUP.AD.20.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 have several types of unwanted behaviour:

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

PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 in the Control Panel.
Sometimes PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 uninstaller does not work.

 

How PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 got on your computer?

Usually you got PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 manufacturer pays software developers for distributing PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 within their applications, PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

You have 2 ways to remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06:

You have 2 ways

Remove it automatically1. Remove Automatically.
Remove it manually2. Remove Manually.

Why I recommend you to use an automatic way?

  1. You know only one virus name: "PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus automatically:

STEP 1: Install UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 2: Scan for malware using UnHackMe (1 minute)

STEP 3: Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus (3 minutes)

So it was much easier to fix such problem automatically, wasn't it?
That is why I strongly advise you to use UnHackMe for remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 redirect or other unwanted software.

How to remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 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 PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 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 PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus from running processes

Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus from running processes

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

Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus from Windows services

Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 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 PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 from scheduled task list.

Delete any task related to PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06. Disable unknown tasks with random names.

STEP 6: Clear the Windows registry from PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus.
Press Win+R, type in: regedit.exe and press OK.

Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus from Windows registry

Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 virus from Windows registry

Find and delete all keys/values contains PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06.

STEP 7: Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 from Google Chrome.
Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 Virus from Chrome Extensions

STEP 8: Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 from Internet Explorer.

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

Set Internet Explorer Homepage

STEP 9: Remove PDFREADER2020 VERSION 20.06 from Mozilla Firefox.

Change Firefox Home Page

Change Firefox Home Page

STEP 10: And at the end, clear your basket, temporal files, browser's cache.

But if you miss any of these steps and only one part of virus remains – it will come back again immediately or after reboot.

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