Complete removal of amigo. How to remove amigo browser from your system

Hello Dmitry! Question.How to remove the Amigo browser from your computer?

In a nutshell, I'll tell you how I downloaded this browser instead of another program, for many it will be a lesson.

I needed an optimizer operating system and on one site I saw this ad. I decided to download the optimizer and clicked on the "Free download" button, as a result I downloaded and installed the Amigo browser on my system ...

How to remove Amigo from your computer

Hello friends! You have no idea how many times I have deleted the Amigo browser from the computers of my friends, relatives and clients. The most interesting thing is that there are a lot of different installers of this browser walking on the network and the most harmless one can be downloaded from the official website of the Amigo developers. In this case, the browser will also be bullied on your computer, but you can remove it in the usual way using the "Uninstall or change a program" panel. But if Amigo was installed on your system without your knowledge, then the browser was installed as “ batch installation» together with any other unwanted program and must be removed together. OftenAmigo is installed along with another malicious browser« Zaxar Games Browser "and an incomprehensible serviceMailRuUpdater (from which he disowned himself long ago Mail.Ru) , if you find these programs in the startup of your operating system, then for sure there will be a couple of virus viruses and several unknown (and most importantly useless) registry cleaners and Windows optimizers. In this case, all this"good »Must be removed along withAmigo and it's pretty simple to do it.

No matter how offensive it is, you can "pick up" at any time. Of course, they differ in the power of impact on the system, because after some it may become necessary to reinstall it. Others do not leave behind such serious consequences, but they can greatly spoil the mood of the user.

One of these unpleasant programs is called Amigo. It is a browser, and a very annoying one, and if you have already tried to remove it with the traditional Ctrl + Del, then you are probably faced with the fact that this browser is returning to its place again. Since this is the case, let's figure out together how to remove amigo from computer windows 7.

Basic removal

So, the steps to uninstall the program will be as follows:

After its completion, do not rush to exhale, because this is not all. The fact is that even after such a deletion, the Mail.ru Updater process remains in the system, which can download Amigo again, and your ordeals will begin anew. So, you just need to get rid of him too.

Additional stripping

Where are all active processes located? That's right, in the Task Manager! We go into it using the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Del. In the list of processes, we are looking for Mail.ru Updater, then you need to right-click on it and select "Open file storage location". Now the folder with the file has opened, do not do anything with it, just collapse.

Return to the Manager again, click on the same process again, but this time select "End Process". Only after that, go back to the folder and manually delete the file there.

Now go to Startup (Win + R, then "msconfig" without quotes) and remove the "Mail.ru Updater" file from there. By the way, you can remove Amigo with any uninstaller, for example, Revo Uninstaller. All you need is to download the program on the network, select Amigo in the list of programs, then click the "Scan" button. As a result of such actions, a complete uninstallation of this malicious file from your computer.

Well, now you also know how to get rid of the uninvited Amigo browser, so if it appears, you can quickly fight back!

Even the most prudent user sooner or later comes across virus programs that have taken on a computer just "out of nowhere", although it is quite understandable that such dubious goodness settled in a cozy cell of the system after it was found on the Internet. One of these unwanted foundlings is the Amigo browser, which does not seriously harm the health of the computer itself, but significantly spoils the mood of its owner.

In such a situation, a natural question arises: "How to remove" Amigo "from the computer?".

At first glance, an inexperienced user, everything is simple: we find the program file, heal Shift-Del and say goodbye forever to the annoying "Buddy". In such cases, happiness does not last long. After the first reboot of the system, "Amigo", like a fabulous phoenix, is reborn in the same place. In such situations, it is necessary to remove not only the program itself, but also to clean out its "roots" from the system.
Below we give step by step guide how to remove Amigo from your computer correctly and permanently.

Call through the Start button Control Panel. Find the section "Add or Remove Programs" (in some Windows versions it is called "Programs and Features"). For sophisticated users, there are more quick way go to the section of interest: using the "Run" window, which opens when you press the combination Win + R. In the input field, you need to drive the command appwiz.cpl, as shown in the figure below.

Find the "Amigo" browser in the list of programs that opens, click on it right click mouse and select "Remove from context menu”, After which the uninstallation process will start. Everything? But no. If you have already had an unsuccessful experience in deleting a virus browser, which did not bring results, then somewhere in the system there is a file called "Mail.ru Updater", which is the culprit for the repeated "spontaneous" installation of the program. And this means that it is necessary to get rid of it too.

Next step. In this case, "Amigo" is not your friend at all, your friends are Ctrl, Shrift and Esc, which launch the Task Manager in Windows XP / 7/8,

or Win + X, and select Task Manager in Windows 8

It doesn't matter where you got the Amigo browser from in your operating system. Did you install it deliberately or "accidentally", as is often the case, when installing another software product... In any case, the complete removal of the Amigo browser from your computer can become a non-trivial and difficult task for an ordinary user. The user may incorrectly complete the uninstallation process, and after rebooting, the ill-fated program will be discovered again. So, consider: - How to uninstall the Amigo browser?

In this short story, we will try to simply explain how to remove Amigo permanently and completely from your computer. In order to prevent the repeated accidental installation of this software, we will try to explain where it comes from on your system when you did not install it. This is so that in the future you will not have such a problem.

Remove browser using standard Microsoft Windows tools

It is necessary to enter the section of the control panel of the computer in the section "Programs and Features" or "Add or Remove Programs". This can be done quickly by pressing the key combination on the Windows + R keyboard and entering the appwiz.cpl command in the window that opens.

From the whole list software select the Amigo browser, point at it with the mouse cursor and activate the "Delete" button. It is possible to select the "Delete" item from the context menu by right-clicking (right-clicking) on ​​the Amigo program.

But after the uninstallation procedure is completed, the Amigo browser will only be partially removed from the system. Mail.ru Updater will remain on the computer, which will help restore the deleted browser. For complete shutdown You need to remove Amigo from the system as well.

Removing fragments (residues)

You need to start Task Manager on your computer. For this:

• Windows XP and 7 press simultaneously "Ctrl + Alt + Del" and select the task manager;
• Windows 8 and 8.1, it is better to use the "Win + X" keyboard shortcut and specify the desired item in the menu.

In the task manager, open the "Processes" tab and click on MailRuUpdater.exe RMB and open "Open file storage location".

Further, without closing the opened folder, you need to return to the task manager and select MailRuUpdater.exe - "End process" or "End task". After that, return to the folder and delete the MailRuUpdater.exe file.

Now you need to remove the file - MailRuUpdater.exe from the startup of the operating system:

• in Windows XP and 7 simultaneously activate the keyboard shortcut "Win + R" and enter "msconfig" in the field that opens, then find the MailRuUpdater program on the startup tab and deactivate it;
• in Windows 8 - this tab is located directly in the task manager.

To deactivate MailRuUpdater.exe at startup, right-click on the corresponding entry and select the required action in the context menu.

After successful and complete removal Amigo from your computer you need to reboot the operating system. After the performed operations, the Amigo browser will no longer appear on your system on its own.

Where does this Amigo come from on your computer?

It is absolutely certain that you yourself, without noticing it, install it when performing the installation process of the program you need. You just do not uncheck the box "Install additional program_name". You click on the continuation of the installation of the main program, without especially peering or reading the inscription. Therefore, when installing any programs downloaded from unverified sites, pay special attention to the installation process, carefully monitor each step of the installation process. Refuse (uncheck) the imposed additions in a timely manner.

If you wish, you can use a small and useful utility- Unchecky. It contributes to the fact that when installing programs on your computer, it automatically tries to uncheck the items that invite you to install additional programs, similar to Amigo, or Yandex browser.

Hello everyone Today I will tell you about what this Amigo program is and how to completely remove it from your computer. Amigo is a browser from Mail.ru, it is worth installing some software from them, as you will have not only Amigo, but also other software. Although, to be more precise, not only software, but also labels of popular sites, such as Odnoklassniki and VKontakte, Amigo Music, Agent Mail ru, maybe some others. What's interesting is that both Mail ru and Yandex are Russian offices, but they work separately and do not promote each other.

In general, it cannot be said that the Amigo browser is too bad, this is an ordinary clone of Chrome, with some changes. I just can't understand why there are few changes, if Mail.ru is going to make a browser, so let them do something original. Now there are so many of these Chromo-clones, well, here's the Comet Browser, Orbitum, the same Yandex Browser ... And before that there was no such thing, there were times when there was no Chrome, then the clones did not appear

To have less on your computer unnecessary programs then get in the habit of looking closely at the installation process. There, when you click the Next or Next button, then there may also be buried checkboxes for installing unnecessary software somewhere! That's what you need to shoot!

The browser itself does not even make sense to show it, it is a slightly modified Chrome, only links to some sites are already embedded in Amigo, not all of which may be of interest to you:

So. I installed only Agent Mail ru, but on the desktop there appeared such a zoo of shortcuts:

And what's interesting is that they also managed to get into the taskbar:

And of course they also dirtied the Start menu:

Amigo has one unpleasant joint that just outraged me. This is what after starting the computer, or rather after Windows boot its processes sit in the task manager:

That is, this is how the amigo.exe process sits in the task manager, it seems to me that this is too much! After all, these are not just processes, this is a running browser in a hidden mode, specifically so that it opens instantly. But I have no questions here, it is well done, well, that is, they came up with great ideas. But the browser itself is based on Chrome (therefore there are several amigo.exe processes), which means that it can eat decent memory! And all these amigo.exe processes are hanging in the manager, I personally don't like this, it may eventually even slow down the computer

If you right-click on a process and select a location there:

This will open the folder where this file is located. Well, this folder is also fun:

You do not rush to delete it, we will do it in a civil way

I also forgot to write, even in the tray there is an Amigo icon, through the menu of which you can quickly open the browser:

How do I remove Amigo from my computer?

There are two ways to uninstall Amigo, this is the usual one, that is, as any program in Windows is removed, or use a more advanced method. In terms of advanced, I mean the Revo Uninstaller program, I recommend it simply because it effectively removes the program and cleans Windows from the remnants of the program itself. About Revo Uninstaller I in simple words wrote in the article.

If there is an Amigo icon in the tray, then right-click on it and select the Exit item there! It is better to close the browser first, and then delete it!

To uninstall Amigo from Windows, click Start and open the Control Panel (if you have Windows 10, then hold down Win + X and select the required item there):

Now find the Programs and Features icon, launch it:

Find Amigo there and right-click, then select Uninstall:

A window will open, where I advise you to check the box so that the work data is also deleted, and you can immediately assign a different default browser:

That's it, the browser will then quickly delete itself. And you know, it became so easy, look what is left after Amigo - only one icon of Agent Mail ru:

Well, that's all the guys, as you can see, everything seemed to go smoothly! But with such a removal, a bit of garbage still remains in the registry. Want to delete? No problem! Hold Win + R, write the regedit command, then the registry editor will open. There, hold down Ctrl + F, write Amigo in the search field and click the Find Next button. All found results - delete, and then, to continue the search, press F3. And so on until all garbage registry keys are deleted. Personally, I found a whole Amigo subfolder in Mail.Ru, it also needs to be deleted:

That's all, it's good that at least all these programs are from Mail.ru, that at least they are not viral. They are simply unnecessary, although I cannot say that they are straightforwardly stupid. Someone likes them, it's another matter that they are often put on a computer almost forcibly

All right, good luck to you

17.02.2016