How To Remove ConverterSearchPlus Hijacker

Simple Steps To Delete ConverterSearchPlus

ConverterSearchPlus is a browser hijacker that has been specially designed by a team of vicious cyber actors for promotional and commercial purposes. Once this notorious threat successfully infiltrates your device, it makes various unwanted modifications in default browser’s settings to promote convertersearchplus.com- a deceptive search engine. In addition, it can also track people’s web activities, collect vital information rand then serves intrusive advertisements based on their browsing preferences. This perilous hijacker replaces the default browser’s settings such as home page, new tab page and search engine with convertersearchplus.com and grabs full control over the entire browser.

Depth Analysis of ConverterSearchPlus:

ConverterSearchPlus also inserts several plug-ins, extensions, toolbars etc. on the browser to prevent the settings from being restored. These add-ons also work as spyware and record all the keystrokes. It gathers vital information regarding users’ interests and needs that can be helpful for producing and displaying eye-catching adverts. This is the reason, your computer screen is flooded with tons of attractive-looking advertisements all over the day that makes your web surfing very complex and problematic. Ads delivered by ConverterSearchPlus are based pay-per-click scheme and earn revenues for the developers once clicked on.

You need to be very careful while interacting with these adverts as they might include spiteful links and redirect you to potentially infectious sites that are filled with malevolent contents. Due to landing on such pernicious web domains, you may end up with getting more hazardous threats in the machine. This nasty hijacker can also steal your personal and confidential data such as user IDs, passwords, credit card, bank account and other financial details. Your sensitive information can be misused by the scammers for generating illicit profits. And thus ConverterSearchPlus can be a big hazard for your privacy.

In order to get automatically activated with each system restart, this nasty PUP makes vicious entries in Windows registries and alters its default settings. While using convertersearchplus.com as the default search tool, you are redirected to Yahoo since these fraudulent search tools are not able to deliver results. Nonetheless, the outcomes are still not what you can expect from a genuine engine like Yahoo. They often include commercial material and sponsored links at the top that reroute people to affiliated sites some of which can be malware-laden, hosting trojan, spyware or even destructive ransomware. And therefore, a quick ConverterSearchPlus removal is strongly recommended.

Infiltration of ConverterSearchPlus:

Users often get infected with these hijackers or adware infections when they download freeware from unreliable web portals and then install it using the pre-set option. Various malicious contents along with the free programs are added by third-parties in order to earn pay-per-install revenues. When such apps are installed, all the objects included to the package also manage to settle down on the machine together with the carrier program. Furthermore, clicking on malicious ads or hyperlinks can also trigger hijacker installation or redirect users to domains that host such unwanted threats.

How To Prevent Hijacker Intrusion?

It is recommended to be very careful while browsing the web to prevent these PUPs from being installed. Download any software or product from trustworthy sources or direct links only and avoid using Peer-to-peer sharing networks, unofficial sites, third-party downloaders etc. Additionally, always select the Advanced or Custom options to install software where you can opt-out all the components that look suspicious. In addition, avoid interacting with suspicious ads or hyperlinks as you never know where they might take you to. But at the moment, you must remove ConverterSearchPlus from the work-station as early as possible.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove ConverterSearchPlus:

Remove the related items of ConverterSearchPlus using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing ConverterSearchPlus issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (ConverterSearchPlus) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to ConverterSearchPlus removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to ConverterSearchPlus still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove ConverterSearchPlus plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in ConverterSearchPlus removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete ConverterSearchPlus (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.