How to remove a virus from your phone?

If you want your device to please you with its long work for a long time, you should pay due attention to it. Without “leaving”, the smartphone will quickly lose its former performance, and the cause is virus software. In order to protect the device, you need to use some kind of anti-virus software, but if the “worm” has already got into the Android operating system, you should know how to remove the virus from the phone. Today we will talk about this procedure in detail.

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We clean the mobile device on Android

Has your smartphone begun to behave somehow unusual or even turned to your personal life? Most likely, this abnormal behavior is caused by exposure to malware. Every day the number of malignant files increases significantly, since most devices use the Android operating system, which is open to everyone. Attackers want to extract your valuable information, passwords and other important data, so they create tricky programs. How to clean your phone from viruses? First you need to understand if the device is infected at all.

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How does virus software manifest itself?

• The device starts longer and starts to brake sharply, rebooting again.
• In the history of your SMS messages and telephone conversations there are messages and calls that you did not even make.
• Money was debited from the mobile device’s account for no reason.
• An incomprehensible dubious advertisement appeared on the workspace or in the web browser interface.
• Some third-party programs are installed, the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth data transmission module is turned on, the camera also behaves “incorrectly”.
• You cannot access e-wallets or a mobile bank account. This whole case may be accompanied by unauthorized write-offs.
• You began to notice that your accounts on social networks and instant messengers began to be used not only by you.
• When the device is locked, a message is displayed on the display that says something about violations and paying fines.
• Applications abruptly stopped working and you lost access to the files and folders that were used before. Some features of the device have stopped working.
• During the launch of the software, various errors about crashes fly out.
• In the list of running processes, hitherto unknown “guests” appeared.
• Antivirus regularly informs you that the device is at risk. Also, antivirus software can uninstall on its own.
• The battery of the device has become faster to use charge.

Not each of these signs is a consequence of the work of virus software, but it is still worth checking. Let's talk about how to clean your phone from viruses.

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Simple and clear method of struggle

If your device still continues to work stably, it is best to use the installed antivirus memory. Activate a full scan of the gadget's memory and wait for the operation to complete. After scanning, the software will provide you with a list of malicious files that can be deleted in the same menu or quarantined.

Unfortunately, these actions only help in half the cases, since a large number of virus objects were written by very cunning hackers and they are very difficult to detect, but actions can also be taken against such attackers. Let's look at a few of the following options and build on them:

• Your antivirus software does not start or does not detect the root of the problem.
• The virus “rises” after its uninstallation.
• The functionality of the device is blocked.

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Use safe mode to delete

If cleaning in the normal start-up mode for some reason does not work, then you can try to carry out the same actions in a safe way. The vast majority of viruses (not only for the Android OS) will not manifest itself in safe mode and will not prevent its destruction.

In order to enter your mobile device into security mode, you need to read the following easy instructions:

1. You will need to press a key that is responsible for turning the device on and off.
2. Now you need to point your finger at the inscription “Turn off the power” and hold it there until a message appears on the screen that says “Switch to safe mode”.
3. It remains to press the “OK” button, and we get into it.
4. If your device has an operating system version 4.0 or lower, then simply turn off the device and use the power key again. When the Android logo appears on the screen, hold down two keys: volume up and power key. You will see a context menu in which you need to find the desired startup mode and confirm your actions by pressing the “OK” key.
5. After the device has turned on, it is worth again scanning and removing the virus software.

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Superuser Users

If you have Root on your gadget and you know the source of the problem, then go to the file manager, then along the path to the virus, and delete it.

Important! Most often, these files have the standard .apk extension. Find a name that you are not familiar with, and then uninstall this file.

After operations, restart the gadget and normal mode will return.

How to remove a virus from an Android phone if it is not deleted? Need to resort to the help of third-party devices!

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We use a computer to clean

If your mobile antivirus still could not cope with its goal even in another mode or if the functionality of your device is blocked by something, you should use a computer to delete it.

In order to clean the mobile device using a computer, you can go in two ways:

• Using antivirus software on a personal computer.
• Using file managers for Android.

Method one

First you need to check the file system of the smartphone:

1. Connect the “sick” device to the computer using the USB cable, not forgetting the choice of the connection method “Like a drive”.
2. Two new disks should appear in the “My Computer” folder: phone memory and memory card.
3. Right-click on each disk in turn, check using the “Scan for viruses” function.

After checking, remove all damaged objects and the hero of the occasion.

Second way

You can use the Android Commander program, which is designed to exchange files between your phone and a desktop computer. When launched on a PC, this software gives the owner the ability to control the memory of the mobile device and is able to copy, move and delete anything.

Important! In order to fully use this method, you need to obtain superuser rights in advance and run USB debugging.

Now you need to connect the device to the computer and run the program with all user rights. Using the interface, simply find the executable file with the .apk extension and uninstall.You can also copy all suspicious files from the device’s memory to the computer’s memory, and there you can check the whole thing with an installed antivirus.

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Obviously, cleaning your phone from viruses is not so difficult. The best thing, of course, is to take care of protecting the phone in advance and pre-installing anti-virus software on it.