UPortal Removal Guide

Do you know what UPortal is?

An application that is known as UPortal should never be active on your personal computer. After a careful analysis of this program, our malware experts have classified it as one more browser hijacker. Like any other application that belongs to this category, it is fully capable of making unwanted and unauthorized changes within your web browser's default settings. It goes without saying that such alterations will not helpful; instead, modifications made by this browser hijacker are known to have negative effects as they will be the fundamental reason why surfing the web the way you are used to will be virtually impossible. If that was not enough, you must also know that in some cases this browser hijacker could prove to be a gateway for other suspicious and malicious applications into your operating system. Thus, if you are a security-conscious user and unfortunately already have UPortal running on your personal computer do not waste your time and delete it by following the instructions that we provide below.UPortal Removal GuideUPortal screenshot
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As soon as UPortal is fully embedded on your operating system, you will notice the changes made by it within your web browser. Since the hijacker is fully capable of affecting major web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, virtually every Internet users could be affected by it. The invasive modification of this intrusive program alters your default homepage and search engine. Due to aggressive nature of this browser hijacker, you will simply be forced into using the newly appointed home page and search engine whether you like it or not. This means that your daily online activities will be changed as you will no longer have the ability to surf the web the way you are used to. Unfortunately, these seemingly simple changes are not the easy to revert as they could constantly restore themselves if the whole application responsible for them is not removed. Therefore, we highly advise you to delete UPortal as soon as it is located running on your personal computer. By following the instructions that we present below you will be able to regain standard settings of your web browser; if you fail to do so, the browser hijacker in question will continue to annoy you.

What is even worse than the inconveniences caused by UPortal is the fact that using it could prove to be rather dangerous. Even though modifications might seem rather benign, we highly advise you not to use the newly set search engine as it could lead you to unknown and even potentially harmful sites. This is so because as it turns out some of the results presented by it could be embedded with redirect links thus, by clicking on them, you risk of being redirected to suspicious third-party websites. The dangerous thing about all of this is the possibility to land on sites that might be running an arbitrary code execution exploit, meaning that just entering it can be more than enough to get your PC infected with some unknown malware. In other instances, you could be redirected to fake online shops, which could prove to be even more dangerous since they are constructed for one reason only - to steal your credit card data. Such potentially malicious functionality is the primary reason you must remove UPortal as soon as it is located on your PC.

By following the instructions that we present below you will be able to regain the default settings of your web browser; thus, you will be able to surf the web safely and in a way that you are used to. Carefully execute each step since a mistake or are missed steps might result in an incomplete removal of UPortal. If you wish to be sure that every single bit of this browser hijacker has been removed from your personal computer, make sure to run an in-depth analysis of your PC for traces linked to UPortal. If all of this seems a bit too complicated, we highly advise you to delete this intrusive hijacker with a help of a professional malware detection and removal tool.

How to delete UPortal from your operating system

Google Chrome

  1. Start your web browser.
  2. Click the Chrome Menu button and select Settings.
  3. Scroll down and click Show advanced settings.
  4. Scroll down and select Reset settings.
  5. Click the Reset option to confirm your choice.

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Launch your web browser.
  2. Select the Menu button and click the question mark icon at the bottom.
  3. Select Troubleshooting Information.
  4. Click Refresh Firefox.
  5. Click Refresh Firefox to confirm your choice.

Internet Explorer

  1. Open your web browser.
  2. Click the Menu button and select Internet Options.
  3. Select the Advanced tab and click Reset.
  4. Check Delete personal settings and then click the Reset button.
  5. Click Close.

In non-techie terms:

The complete removal of this hijacker is the only way that you will be able to surf the web the way you are used to. If you find manual analysis and the whole removal process too complicated, do not worry. Our research team, has crafted a alternative guide that will allow you to delete this hijacker automatically.