Should I remove Portal Sender?

What percent of users and experts removed it?

76% remove it24% keep it

Overall Sentiment

Bad

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How common is it?

Reach 0.0002%

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.0.0.0	100.00%

Portal Sender

Remove Portal Sender

What is Portal Sender?

This is an ad Injector type of malware that is typically bundled with unwanted software offers for legitimate software and once installed is deceptive, difficult to remove as well as impacts the security of the user's computer by displaying intrusive advertisements in the web browser which promote and trick users into installing other unwanted adware or malware. Once installed, it runs as a startup process in the background works by injecting into the browser ads on web pages that either do not normally appear or by replacing existing ads that are part of the existing site with ads from different companies with low quality offerings as well as malware. It works by monitoring and intercepting the user's web browser connections and injecting new content before the browser serve it up. (This is a variant of the CMI/WinCheck family of adware.)

Overview

The main program executable is pnsb68a8.exe. Typically most users end up uninstalling this just after a few days. The software installer includes 4 files and is usually about 691.92 KB (708,523 bytes).

Possible malware installed by this program
Displays unwanted advertisements
The experts agree, you should remove it!

Warning, multiple anti-virus scanners have detected possible malware in Portal Sender.

pnsb68a8.exe (fcc4bb58097e7ab48180c5a18b19fabd) has been flagged by the following 4 scanners:
Anti-Virus software	Version	Detection
Baidu-International	4.0.3.15816	Adware.Win32.ConvertAd.FC
ESET-NOD32	9.11588	Win32/Adware.ConvertAd.FC
SUPERAntiSpyware	9687	Trojan.Agent/Gen-FakeDefender
Symantec	8/16/2015 rev. 1	WS.Reputation

Program details

Installation folder: C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1427721484-5210-8048-b7c04f4c5231

Uninstaller: C:\users\user\appdata\Local\4C4C4544-1427721484-5210-8048-B7C04F4C5231\Uninstall.exe

Estimated size: 691.92 KB

Files installed by Portal Sender

Program executable:	pnsb68a8.exe (Malware detected)
Path:	C:\users\user\appdata\local\4c4c4544-1427721484-5210-8048-b7c04f4c5231\pnsb68a8.exe
MD5:	fcc4bb58097e7ab48180c5a18b19fabd

Additional files:

rnsl6896.exe
Uninstall.exe
rnsl8556.exe

How do I remove Portal Sender?

You can uninstall Portal Sender from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.

On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.

When you find the program Portal Sender, click it, and then do one of the following:

Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).

Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Portal Sender.
If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.