For the owner of an Android phone, the communication device is also a great means of entertainment: you can listen to music, watch videos, etc. All this is an integral part of the use of the gadget, including the tablet. But when using the Internet, it is not at all difficult to catch a virus. Potentially, it can be present in absolutely any file that is downloaded.

What is the point of creating viruses by hackers? The most common reason is very banal - money. The main goal is to obtain information about bank accounts in order to withdraw funds from them later.

Most often, viruses do not manifest themselves in any way until the owners give them a command. It is very difficult to remove them from the gadget, because it is not always possible to detect them in time. At the moment, there is a whole list of viruses that can infect a phone: Android backdoor origin, bodkel, obad, troj fobus, downloader, system service (under the guise of a system application), smssend, smsspy, smsbot, smspayment, google wallet, monkey test and others .

A whole team of professional programmers is working on removing viruses from smartphones and tablets. This is necessary in order to protect device owners from ever new malware invented by hackers. Each time, the codes in them become more and more perfect, allowing you to receive information about the owner of the gadget: photos, videos, personal data, passwords from mail and social networks, numbers from the phone book. Viruses can even block incoming and outgoing calls.

How can a virus get into a device

• While downloading information via the Internet.
• When transmitting and receiving data via Bluetooth.
• When receiving SMS or MMS messages.

Not a single device is immune from the penetration of viruses. If you are going to get rid of it, then this material will tell you how to do it right. When it enters a phone or tablet, the virus affects its performance and can block various programs and applications. It also happens that a device with a virus stops functioning. How to remove a virus from Android will be described later.

Deleting using a computer

Using a personal computer, it is easier to remove a virus than on the phone or tablet itself. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Connect your mobile device to your computer, scan and clean with an antivirus application.
2. As soon as the viruses are removed, disconnect the gadget from the computer and install the standard settings.

Recommendations: in order to clear the device in a short time and not lose important information, you need to copy all the data from the phone's memory to a backup medium. Then, synchronize information and install an anti-virus application.

The following antivirus programs are available for Android OS: Kaspersky Mobile Security and Avast. These are the most popular programs that will help get rid of the virus, block the process of installing suspicious applications, as well as calls and messages to short numbers.

Deleting from a mobile device

Now about how to remove the banner "STOP - the content of the website is blocked." Previously, it hit mainly computers, but recently it has begun to appear on Android phones as well.

You can remove this virus in the same way as on a PC. It hides in the web browser cache. In order to get rid of it, you need to clear the cache.

To remove the banner, you need to do the following: in the "Menu" select the option "Settings", in the window that opens, select "Applications", and then "Manage applications". Next, you need to go to "Running Applications" and disable the functioning of the web browser by selecting it and pressing the "Stop" and "Clear Cache" buttons.

Upon completion of this process, you need to restart the browser, and this banner virus will disappear. To prevent this unpleasant situation from happening again, you need to use an antivirus application.

Reset

Another way to fix the problem is to reset the settings to factory settings. This can only be done as a last resort, since all information will be deleted from the smartphone. After resetting the settings, you need to install an antivirus and scan the device. You can also do this through a computer.

The virus may not be on the device itself, but on its memory card. In this case, you need to carefully scan it and remove all suspicious applications.

Removing malicious applications that make calls without the consent of the device owner

The Trojan program Android.dialer.7.origin makes expensive calls, during which large amounts of money are deducted from the subscriber's personal account. Its main task is to establish a connection without the consent of the owner of the telephone device with a specific number and write off funds from the account in favor of scammers. Today, such Trojans are not very common, but are still used by attackers for illegal activities. According to experts, premium numbers are often classified as entertainment portals for an adult audience.

The virus makes calls through the number stored in the settings, but the developers of the Trojan have the ability to change it using a remote command. When it hits a device for the first time, a malicious application installs an unnamed shortcut, which then disappears.

The main nuances of this program, which is distributed as an erotic application, are the removal of its own shortcut from the list of applications and work under the guise of a system service. At the same time, attempts to remove it through the system settings will be stopped, the application blocks the cleaning and opens the main screen. Removal of this program is possible only with an antivirus through a computer.

Prevention of infection

If you follow the following tips, then you won’t have to remove viruses, because they simply won’t get on the device:

1. You don't need to enable developer mode.
2. Programs and applications are recommended to be installed only through official sites.
3. You should always carefully look at what information the program requires for its installation.
4. Be sure to install an antivirus on your device.

The best protection is prevention and prevention of the problem!