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PortaldoSites removal?

Can somebody please tell me how to remove portaldosites, please, please, I don't know what to do, I tried to find it in the control panel, but it's not there, and also tried to remove it from my browser, but no luck again. What should I do?? :(

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  • dogmaryxx
    dogmaryxx Posts: 2,446 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 24 April 2013 at 5:07PM
  • wavee
    wavee Posts: 3 Newbie
    thans dogmaryxx

    i downloaded it but, i read that this was not enough. This article americanpendulum.com/2013/04/10/portaldosites/ says that i should download an antimalware program, because apparently portaldosites is a hijacker that does not come by itself. It says i probably have another virus called Qvo6 americanpendulum.com/tag/qvo6-redirect/. I downloaded both antivirus program (I chose Avast avast.com) and antimalware tool and did a scan, and there were even more infections. I think the were all deleted, or at least i hope so. :)
    Thank you for the help.
  • waddler_8
    waddler_8 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    I'm beginning to wonder if these topics are just spam.

    That's 3 we've topics had now where the user joins, asks for help and ends up just citing the fact the got the answer from another site - americanpendulum.com - an affiliate site that pushes the once blacklisted SpyHunter. The others have never posted since?

    http://www.spywarewarrior.com/de-listed.htm#sh_note
    Note on Enigma SpyHunter: Enigma's SpyHunter anti-spyware application was listed on this page primarily because of the company's history of employing aggressive, deceptive advertising
    I should say it is no longer listed.

    The other two:
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/59479611#Comment_59479611
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/58803781#Comment_58803781

    Maybe I'm just cynical?
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Whilst YMMV, I Googled for "remove portaldosites" and the noted blog site was not even on the first few pages of results. (I saw it 4th down on the 5th page). So I would be sceptical too.
  • wavee
    wavee Posts: 3 Newbie
    Hello, I did not find the article in google, but from another forum (that i found in google) I also asked in some other places too :)
    Anyways, I said I downloaded Avast and later Malwarebytes ( I did not download Spyhunter, because the ones I mentioned earlier were what others advised me to use) :)
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