How to remove Mail.ru from your computer? How to remove Agent, Sputnik and Guard.Mail.ru? How to remove Mail.ru from Google Chrome and Firefox?

Do you think what IT corporation in our country has a gross income comparable to the budget of a small state? Someone immediately remembers about "Vkontakte" (which is not far from the truth), someone will come to mind "Classmates" or "Yandex". All this is true.

But there is one more venerable player on this field. This is the Mail.ru Group. Yes, the creators of one of the first domestic postal services, the social network "My World", clouds of one terabyte "Free and forever."

Unfortunately, for more advanced users, the products of the corporation are associated with something else ... More precisely, with a disgusting distribution model, when almost every free program, browser plug-in or codec has an installation kit of some Guard.

So how do you remove Mail.ru from your computer? No, the services of this domestic company have recently become much better (only one updated version of the postal item is worth it!), But it's better not to see a number of their products on your PC.

Why such an attitude?

Firstly, we already wrote that the very model of the spread of these applications provokes a hostile dislike, which is too much like a fraudulent scheme. So, even with the domestic (!) Dr.Web antivirus, their installation kits are recognized as adware, which already leads to certain reflections.

In addition, the computer community still has fresh memories of the recent epidemic of Trojans that used original digital signatures from Mail.ru. Even if these data were left "to the left" (as the official press service said), the impressions were very bad ...

In short, before you remove Mail.ru from your computer, it's not necessary to think about the possible benefits of this software for a long time. Its just not there.

The most unnecessary programs

We already said that some of the software services from Mail.ru are quite good, but there are a lot of less pleasant exceptions.

The first of them - a small messenger, which at one time well pushed even the "ICQ" in the open spaces of the Runet. Today, the Russian branch of ICQ is already "sold" by the Mail.ru Group, so the need for the "Agent" has completely disappeared.

To be honest, at one time it was a very good utility, but over time, it began to notice quite unpleasant "habits." So, repeatedly appeared information about the hacking of mail accounts, whose users had this analogue of "ICQ" on the computer. Most likely, it was the lack of effectiveness of protection from outside influence.

So how to delete "Agent Mail.ru"? To do this is not too difficult, but it is necessary to be most attentive.

Basic method

Click on the button "Start", we search in the opened menu item "Control panel". If you have Windows 8 / 8.1, you need to simultaneously hold down the "Windows" key (with the window logo drawn) and "i" (regardless of the layout language).

Go to the "Panel", you need to click the left mouse button on the option "Programs and components". A dialog box appears in the form of a list of all utilities installed on the computer. Before you delete "Agent Mail.ru", search for it in this list and select it with the left mouse button.

At the top of the dialog box there is a "Delete" button. Click on it (the button appears only after selecting the program you need!), After which the standard uninstallation wizard starts. Go through all its points, click on "Done". Do you think you can relax? No matter how it is! Before you remove the Mail.ru virus completely, you will have to perform some other necessary actions.

The "agile" programmers from Mail.ru were not at all eager to make their lives easier. After the Agent, there is a lot of junk on the hard drive, which is not at all harmless: forgetting about the remote program, after a while you can quite easily find the panel from the well-known and not just mentioned company in any of your browsers. How to be?

We clean the remains

Since it's not so easy to remove Mail.ru from a computer, you'll have to spruce it yourself on a hard disk.

Press the "Start" button again. In the "Run" field, enter the command "MSConfig" (without quotes). Press Enter. If you are a proud owner of Windows 8 / 8.1, you need to hold down the "Win + R" key combination. However, users of OS 7 / Vista / XP can do the same. The "Run" field appears.

After clicking on "Enter" you will see the "System Configuration" dialog box. We are interested in two tabs: "Startup" and "Services". We search in lists all connected with Mail.ru, removing flags. Click on "OK", after which a window with a proposal to restart. Press "Restart", then continue to clean the remnants of "contagion". Especially maliciously "kill" Mail.ru updater. How do I delete the remaining files? After all, often they are typed under a hundred or two megabytes!

We go along the path "C: \ Program Files \ Mail.ru", deleting the folder at this address completely. If a window pops up warning that an administrator is required for this operation, just click "OK".

But how to remove Mail.ru from the computer, if not only the "Agent" settled on your hard drive? Let's try to understand.

Guard

The second (unusually useless and obtrusive) program from the "Must Die" list is the Guard utility. The name can be treated as "Protection", but from what this bastion protects, it is not entirely clear. He can warn about changes to the browser settings (but he himself perfectly puts the Mail.ru toolbars), connection settings and other things. But! If behind all this there is a virus, then the "Defender" is completely useless.

"Dark side"

Until recently, you could observe a completely wild picture. Establishing, this very "Defender" is very elegant and cunningly registered in the same IE9-10. Perhaps you did not know, but when you register directly in the address bar of these browsers from Microsoft search query content will be searched through their search engine (Bing).

What do you think the Guard does? He not only translates the search engine to "Search Mail.ru"! Even if you set the default settings by selecting "Bing" as a search engine, even if the Bing icon is displayed in the address bar , the search will still go through the "mail" service. Not bad, huh?

Approximately the same is done by all other software products of this wonderful company. By the way, sometimes an even more aggressive policy is observed: toolbars from "Mail" simply cut out the services of "Yandex".

But how to remove Mail.ru from your computer?

We remove "protection"

Again we go to the "System Configuration". We already wrote about its launch, so we will not repeat it again. In the "Startup" and "Services" again, remove all the entries in which, one way or another, the name Guard appears.

Before removing Guard Mail.ru completely, restart the computer. After that, we repeat the manipulation described above "Start / Control Panel / Programs and Components", removing the disgusted "Defender". We erase the Mail.ru folder from the hard drive.

Why such difficulties? We have already said that products from the domestic corporation can not be removed in any good way anyway: they leave a heap of garbage in the system, which often lives an independent life.

A bit about the "satellites"

And one more unpleasant and useless utility. Now we will talk about how to remove "Sputnik Mail.ru". By the way, what is it?

Honestly, this question is difficult to answer. Even on the official page of this "wonderful" service there are no intelligible explanations. It is assumed that he "will make traveling on the Internet more convenient and safer." As a result of its installation, you again get problems with access to your favorite sites, tons of advertising to your mailbox, and also search from Mail.ru. What is there safety? This is only known to developers ...

Fortunately, the removal procedure is no different from all the methods that were described above. Do not forget to delete the folder "Mail.ru" and clean the remnants from the "Startup"!

Let's talk about browsers ...

All of the above would not have been so noticeable if these programs had not been so explicit in the browsers. A bunch of installed panels, blocking "unsuitable" advertising sites sites and stealing passwords: all this is not a complete list of all those "joys" that you can quite experience after installing any "Defender".

Google Chrome

Recently, this browser boasted incredible ascetic settings, among which there was no place for some "left" panels and add-ons. Alas, those times have passed irrevocably. That's why many new users dream of removing Mail.ru from Google Chrome. Only how to do it, they have no idea.

As a rule, the following services are registered in the browser: search, start page and panel (toolbar). All of them carry no functional load, except for spying on the user and delivering him a kiloton of advertising to the mailbox.

Most often we are talking about an obsessive start page, which you will not be able to change with regular means. So, enter the following command in the address bar: "chrome: // settings / startup" (without the quotes). A dialog box appears in which you can display the page that you really need.

Does not help, portal Mail.ru still jumps out at boot? Most likely, in your system there is (or was not completely removed) some product from this office. The advice on removing it was given above.

But browsers have their own subtleties. So, the "Chrome" from relatively recent times there are extensions. Let's go to them by clicking the icon with three dashes in the upper right corner. The control panel opens in which you need to find the "Tools-Extensions" item. You will be able to remove Mail.ru from Google Chrome after you find something like "Sputnik" in the list of extensions. Once you have found it, mark it with the left mouse button, then click on the button made in the form of a trash can. All! In "Chrome" there is no more garbage left.

Firefox

Long ago, when the majority of users on computers had an unforgettable IE6, this glorious descendant of the legendary Netscape Navigator was already beginning to win the hearts of users. Quick, intuitive and simple, he surpassed his competitor with a whole head.

Unfortunately, you always pay for popularity. This time, such a payment was that the browser drew the attention of manufacturers of various kinds of malware. That's why many users today complain that it's impossible to remove Mail.ru from Firefox.

To do this work, we will follow the path described above, focusing on the features of this particular Internet browser. Just like last time, we'll start by restoring the normal start page.

So, for this, we need to click on the button of the main control window, which is located in the upper left corner of the open browser. Let's go in this way: "Settings-Basic". In the opened tab there is a point "Home page" and the button "Restore by default". So you can delete the start page of Mail.ru.

Push it, click on the "OK" button, enjoy the clean Internet. With "useful" add-ons like "Sputnik" we understand about the same as in the previous case.

Again, click on the "Firefox" button in the upper left corner, click on the "Add-ons" button. In the list of all installed plugins we search for the "malicious" we need, then select it with the left mouse button and click on the "Delete" button. After restarting, the browser will be clean. Here's how to remove Mail.ru from Firefox!

Amigo is not our friend, but "Internet" is not the Internet!

Immediately after the release of Chromium from Google, which turned out to be good enough, there was a lot of fakes on its basis. Browsers rushed to issue decisively all those who in one way or another were connected with the IT industry. Naturally, all the "beloved" domestic company could not stay away.

That's only in contrast to the same domestic "Yandex", whose browser is gradually becoming really good, "Mail" released as much as two products: "Amigo" and "Internet"! They have a lot in common, but the main distinguishing feature is an intense interest in user data, poor services with espionage inclinations, and the introduction of their search engine, which will never find anything really useful. That's why users immediately have a question about how to remove the Mail.ru browser.

Well, the first method is simple and painful to all. We press on the button "Start", we pass to "Control panel", in it we find the item "Programs and components". Look for your miracle browser in the list, click on it with the left mouse button, click on the "Delete" button at the top of the window.

The uninstallation wizard opens, which will remove all unnecessary from your computer. We did not accidentally write "delete" in quotes: the program will only remove its main files, leaving a heap of garbage in the registry, and in normal browsers - toolbars and its search engine.

I'll have to clean the registry. To do this, you can use something like CCleaner, but it does not give 100% guarantee. It is better to do otherwise. In the line "Run" (how to find it, read above), the command "Regedit" is entered. The Registry Editor window opens . Press the "Ctrl + F" key combination, after which a small search dialog box appears. Enter into the string the already hated name Mail.ru, click "Find Next."

A window with the search results will open, in which you need to delete all keys containing the reference to Mail. The process can be long, since the programs of this manufacturer have a very bad habit of pretty much polluting the registry. Before you remove the Mail.ru browser, do not forget to turn off all services and processes in the startup.

Visual bookmarks

This problem is not so rare. By the way, what kind of bookmarks are these? What are they needed for?

The idea itself is not so bad: visual bookmarks make it possible not only to add the tabs you need to the start page, but also allow you to apply some interesting topics, use interactive scrolling lines with exchange rates, information about traffic jams, etc. .

As you could guess, everything spoils the implementation ... So, to delete the visual bookmarks Mail.ru users want everything because of the same imposition of questionable services, inadequate search engine and tons of advertising.

Strangely enough, but they are removed easier than other "useful" applications from the domestic search engine. So, in Google Chrome for this you need to go to the main menu (about this we wrote above), find "Tools-Extensions", select there "Bookmarks" with the left mouse button and delete by clicking on the garbage bin icon. By the same algorithm "Button Firefox-Add-ons", you can eradicate them from the "Firebin".

Panels in the browser

We have repeatedly mentioned the toolbars, but have not yet told you how to remove them. Even the greenest newcomer can cope with them.

So, how do I delete the Mail.ru panel? When it comes to Mozilla Firefox, the problem is sometimes solved after right-clicking on the toolbar. A menu appears, through which the bored menu is quickly and easily removed. After that, do not forget to go to the add-ons control panel (by the method that was mentioned above) and remove all "Satellites" and other tinsel from there.

In Google Chrome, everything runs through all the same "Tools-Extensions". Find the corresponding item there, then delete it.

My Account

So we got to the root of the problem. If you have an account in "My World" or "Agent" (even if you have deleted it), you can not spam the mailbox and other unpleasant consequences. To avoid all this, you need to think about how to delete the Mail.ru account. To do this is quite realistic.

First we will understand with "My world". We will repeat it again: the idea itself (this time the social network) was again quite good, and with proper administration it could quite compete with the same "Contact". In any case, even in 2009-2010 there were a lot of users.

But wise management has turned the project into a reserve for spam bots, aggressive individuals and other marginalized people. To remove all traces of his stay on the pages of this social network, you must first go to his page in the "World".

Click the left mouse button on the link "more", we find there the item "Settings". Swipe the entire menu sheet down, find the inconspicuous "Delete My World" button. Advice! Not trusting the integrity of the company, which promises the complete destruction of your data, before you delete the page Mail.ru, change all your data from the profile.

After that, you can click on the cherished button, agree with a warning about the elimination of all your information (we hope that this is true), and then wait a couple of days. All! The boring service was deleted.

By the way, we are very skeptical about the statement about the complete destruction of data also because it is possible to restore the page (with all the settings and friends) even a year after its "deletion".

Say goodbye to the mailbox

The final stage of our epic should be the complete destruction of the mailbox on the "Mail". This can be done, if only because a man has not yet come up with a more effective magnet for attracting an incredible amount of spam.

First you need to go to the site. Fortunately, it will be necessary to do this for the last time. Enter your name and password from the box, get into it. At the very bottom of the page there is an inconspicuous "Help" button, which you should click on.

The Q & A page opens, in which you must find the topic "How do I delete a mailbox?". In the answer to the question there is a link "Special interface". Feel free to click on it.

After that, you will be immediately transferred to the delete page. Carefully read all the terms of the agreement: according to him, you also consent to the elimination of all your blogs, photos and any records that you created during the entire period of using this service. To remove Mail.ru from the computer in this case, enter your password from the mailbox in the appropriate field and click on the "Delete" button.

For this we end our narrative about the fight against harmful and unnecessary programs on your computer. Finally, let us recall once again that prevention is much more preferable than treatment.

To protect yourself from the introduction of such unwanted tools in your browser, OS and other programs, follow simple rules. First, when installing free and shareware programs, never agree to the "default" option. Always choose "Custom". Uncheck all wild options "Install satellite, Guard" and other spyware.

In addition, try to still have a normal antivirus on your computer. Unfortunately, the same fashionable recently Microsoft Security Essentials does not react in any way to Mail.ru products, and therefore it will be necessary to search for something more substantial.

Try to work on the computer without using the "Administrator" account, so any malicious programs can not cozily settle in the system. If you download a file from the tracker, carefully look at its extension: if it looks like "movie.torrent.exe", then with a probability of 100% you "bump into" or on a trojan, or on some "super- Duper fast and convenient "downloader from Mail.ru or a similar company not seen in following the high moral principles.

Using these simple tips, you will protect the privacy of your data, and hundreds of emails from spammers will never come to your mailbox. Good luck!