Scangoogle.ru virus - How to remove

Scangoogle.ru is a filthy piece of malware – it is officially listed as browser hijacker and can stick to your web browsers – both ruining your web browsing experience and infiltrating other viruses onto your computer. If you have found yourself in the situation where this page appears as a homepage on your web browsers and you can’t make it go away, please proceed reading the article where we will provide you with detailed explanation how to solve this problem and rise the level of security on your computer.

As most of browser hijackers, Scangoogle.ru is designed to secretly enter the computer, modify web browsers settings and record user information/display advertisements or redirect web traffic to affiliated websites.

At a first glimpse this website appears as a regular web search provider, such as Google, Yahoo or Bing. You can notice that even the colours of their logo is matched to the Googled – it’s all to make an image of reliable website. What you can only notice that there is an advertisement block at their homepage and this is a first sing that something is wrong.

Installed on the computer, Scangoogle.ru will set homepage and default search engine as well as a new tab options to www.Scangoogle.ru.  From now on, this website will appear every time you open a web browser or a new tab on it. It can be really frustrating since it is not possible to change those settings until you completely remove the virus from your computer, so you just have to get along with it. On the bright side, all searches submitted to Scangoogle.ru are redirected to Google, so you can trust the results. However, that’s about it if we are speaking of the good attributes of this website.

It is obvious that the website was designed by Russians or at least it is targeted to Russian audience since their domain name features .ru extension. Whois information of this domain is hidden and that’s another indicator that this service can not be trusted.

There are no legal information (such as Terms of Use or Privacy Policy) on this page, so we can only guess what data they actually collect. It can be anything from your browsing history to IP address. This kind of information is quite sensitive so you don’t want it to end up in the hands of third parties.

Even though searches are executed via Google search, results might not please you because it is a custom search and you will get modified results, that are not always relevant. You will also notice a sponsored link to affiliated websites so it is a complete waste of time. Results usually looks something like this:

How to remove Scangoogle.ru virus?

The good news is that virus like Scangoogle.ru can be removed pretty easy. All you have to do is to get yourself a reliable anti-malware application, such as SpyHunter Take your time to install and scan your computer with it – the rest will be done by the program itself. You will be provided with a full report of the scan and list of potentially malicious files on your computer. Keeping such an application installed on a computer will ensure that your computer is protected and no other malware will be able to sneak into it. For further details on removal process please look at our step-by-step Scangoogle.ru virus removal guide. In case you have any questions – feel free to ask them in the comments section.

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How to remove Scangoogle using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Scangoogle.ru virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Scangoogle . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Scangoogle.ru virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Scangoogle from macOS

Delete Scangoogle.ru virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Scangoogle app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Scangoogle.ru virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Scangoogle.ru virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Scangoogle.ru virus from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Scangoogle.ru virus related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Scangoogle, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Scangoogle.ru virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Scangoogle.ru virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Scangoogle.ru virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Scangoogle and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Scangoogle.ru virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

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