How to remove "WINCLEANER2020.PRO" virus (Manual Removal Guide)

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What is WINCLEANER2020.PRO?

WINCLEANER2020.PRO is classified as Win32:PUP-gen (potentially unwanted program).

WINCLEANER2020.PRO detected as HIJACK.WINCLEANER2020.
What is PUP? PUP is crapware.
WINCLEANER2020.PRO have several types of unwanted behaviour:

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

WINCLEANER2020.PRO can redirect your browser search, collect your personal information and sell it for advertising.
WINCLEANER2020.PRO is usually hard in removing. Some people could not find uninstall program for WINCLEANER2020.PRO in the Control Panel.
Sometimes WINCLEANER2020.PRO uninstaller does not work.

How WINCLEANER2020.PRO got on your computer?

Usually you got WINCLEANER2020.PRO with as part of a bundle with another tool you downloaded from the Internet. Since WINCLEANER2020.PRO manufacturer pays software developers for distributing WINCLEANER2020.PRO within their applications, WINCLEANER2020.PRO is often included as part of the installer.
Usually, you have not only one WINCLEANER2020.PRO problem, but a bunch of similar WIN32:PUPs.

You have 2 ways to remove WINCLEANER2020.PRO:

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: "WINCLEANER2020.PRO", but usually you have infected by a bunch of viruses.
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Here’s how to remove WINCLEANER2020.PRO virus automatically:

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STEP 3: Remove WINCLEANER2020.PRO virus (3 minutes)

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How to remove WINCLEANER2020.PRO 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 WINCLEANER2020.PRO 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 WINCLEANER2020.PRO in their description. Discover the directories where such processes start. Search for random or strange file names.

Remove WINCLEANER2020.PRO virus from running processes

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

Remove WINCLEANER2020.PRO virus from Windows services

Disable the services with random names or contains WINCLEANER2020.PRO 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 WINCLEANER2020.PRO from scheduled task list.