Monday, April 28, 2014

How to Remove Aartemis Portal Site (Removal Guide)


Today, this post will show you how to remove Aartemis Portal Site from your PC. You should remove it as early as possible as this pest is able to worsen your operating system.

Aartemis Portal Site Virus Description

Aartemis Portal Site (as known as Aartemis.com), is an annoying redirect virus which often makes many troubles to victims. If your PC meets with this nasty browser hijacker accidentally, your installed web browsers like IE, Chrome and Firefox will be in a mess. This browser hijacker makes changes to your original homepage without your approval. At the same time, it forcibly adds a bunch of unknown browser plug-ins and extensions to your browser. Each time you work or study on the affected browser, you suffer a lot of bothersome redirections. Additionally, this redirect virus triggers a pile of pop-up ads and unknown links with the view of coaxing you into purchasing some specified products and services.

Apart from that, Aartemis Portal Site has the ability to modify the search results from Google or Bing. All sort of commercial ads are displayed on the search result pages. If you make a click, you will be misled into a plenty of questionable websites that might contain insecure factors like viruses. Even sometimes, this browser hijacker will download some unwanted programs from these malicious websites and install them to your PC, and then Aartemis Portal Site can reduce the amount of system resources and lower computer performance. Worst of all, this redirect virus helps remote hackers track your browser histories so as to collect your sensitive information. As you see, Aartemis Portal Site is malevolent and dangerous to you. You ought to take steps to get rid of it without hesitation.


Manual Removal Guide of Mapbird.infoVirus

Step 1: Restart the computer, keep pressing F8 till the option appears, and then use arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Networking.



Step 2: End related processes of Marcity.info adware. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete together to run Task Manager.


Step 3: Uninstall all suspicious programs. Click Start menu, then Control Panel, and click Programs and Features.
 

Step 4: Open Start Menu and then go to Control Panel. Use the search bar to look for Folder Option. Check Show hidden files and folders and uncheck Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) in the View tab of Folder Option window.


%AllUsersProfile%\ Aartemis.com.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ Aartemis.com.exe


Step 5: Remove dropped registry files of Marcity.info. Hit Win+R to activate Run, and then type “regedit” and press OK. Find unfamiliar keys and click Delete.



HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ Aartemis.com
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\run\Aartemis.com HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Regedit32


Step 6: Remove toolbars and extension from your web browser.

For Google Chrome

1. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and navigate to Tools > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions by clicking Bin button.


2. Click the icon that looks like a spanner and click Settings > Appearances > Show Home button > click Change button to reset your homepage.


For Mozilla Firefox

1. Click Ctrl+Shift+A at the same time to open Add-ons page > Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.
 


2. Click the Firefox button > Help > Troubleshooting Information > click on Reset Firefox button.


For Internet Explorer

1. Click Tools > Manage Add-ons > Toolbars and Extensions to remove all unknown extensions.


2. Click Search Providers, delete Marcity.info from IE.


3. Click Tools > Internet Options > General. And create a new homepage on Home page box.

Step 7: Reboot your PC.