Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker - How to remove

Search.bestfileconverter.com is the first thing you see when you open a web browser on a computer? Well, that means your machine is infected with a browser hijacker. Even though there are a lot of more severe viruses that can cause various damage. However, Search.bestfileconverter.com shouldn’t be looked through, because it can still deliver various unwanted consequences.

Actually, that’s probably the worst thing you can do – simply ignore the fact that your web browser is hijacked and continue to use it. This way you can lose your personal information, get infected with other viruses or even get scammed.

In case you don’t want all this to happen, it’s highly recommended to eliminate Search.bestfileconverter.com from your computer right now. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. It can be a struggle for a regular user to eliminate Search.bestfileconverter.com, so we will assist you – keep reading the article and you will learn how to eliminate this infection both manually and automatically.

Search.bestfileconverter.com Features

Search.bestfileconverter.com is promoted as a free tool that should provide you with the ability to convert various files. For instance, you should be able to convert .word files to .pdf and vice versa. However, there is no point to install some kind of application just to be able to do that, when you can do it online, for free.

Search.bestfileconverter.com operates as a browser extension named Best File Converter. It is compatible with all most popular web browsers, including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and so on. This extension was developed by Polarity Technologies LTD, and this company is infamous for developing malware. So you don’t need to think twice to understand that Search.bestfileconverter.com is a browser hijacker.

Once inside of a computer, Search.bestfileconverter.com will be set as a new tab page and default search engine on the infected browser. This will be done without your consent. As a result, you will be forced to use this website on a daily basis. And this is why it’s dangerous.

We highly recommend staying away from Search.bestfileconverter.com web search. It will return a lot of sponsored results in top positions that are not even relevant to your search queries. They are making money this way – redirecting web traffic from hijacked web browsers to affiliated websites. The problem is that those websites might turn out to be malicious. This way your computer can be infected with other viruses or you can even get scammed and lose your money.

There are a lot of similar tools developed by Polarity that we have already analyzed – Search.searchipdf2.com, FreePDFCombiner, or Pdf2DocPro. Eventually, we know how to deal with them and perform efficient removal.

How To Get Rid of Best File Converter Extension

As you already know, the infection operates as a browser extension and it’s relatively easy to eliminate extension. However, not this time. You can successfully remove the extension, but it will come back after the computer is restarted. That’s because some malicious files might be placed directly on your computer and they can be used to restore the malware.

Removal of Search.bestfileconverter.com can be performed either manually or automatically, so it’s up to you which method to choose. Since it is much easier and faster to do it automatically, we recommend going for this method. All you have to do is to perform a full scan with Spyhunter. Any of those programs will immediately detect and remove Search.bestfileconverter.com for good.

Or, if you not a fan of downloading additional anti-malware software (even though you should, just to ensure your security in the future), you a free to scroll down below the article and follow a step-by-step Search.bestfileconverter.com removal guide. Also, you can ask us a question in the comments section.

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How to remove bestfileconverter Hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to bestfileconverter Hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove bestfileconverter Hijacker from macOS

Delete Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the bestfileconverter Hijacker app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to bestfileconverter Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall bestfileconverter Hijacker and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.bestfileconverter.com Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.