Betterconverterprotab.com - How to remove

Betterconverterprotab.com replaces the new tab page of those who installed Better Converter Pro. It offers some file conversion functionality – and multiple features for hijacking the user’s browser to show ads. To get rid of Betterconverterprotab.com, you need to find and remove all malicious browser extensions and to block notifications from sites that you don’t want to get pop-ups from.

About Betterconverterprotab.com:

Classification	Browser hijacker.
Problems caused by Betterconverterprotab.com	Replaced new tab page, ads on the new tab page, browsing history made accessible to the operators of Better Converter Pro.
How it gets installed	Better Converter Pro is advertised online, often in ways that result in misunderstandings and lead to unintentional installations, it might come included in free installers of unrelated programs, it might be bundled with other, related browser extensions.
How to remove Betterconverterprotab.com	Uninstall Better Converter Pro and other unwanted browser extensions and malicious programs if there are any, find and remove them manually or with an anti-malware application like Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, and others, check browser settings, especially notification settings that Betterconverterprotab.com might be using to show pop-up ads.

Problems with Betterconverterprotab.com

A browser hijacker

Better Converter Pro, the browser extension related to Betterconverterprotab.com, is found on the Chrome Web Store. It has over 3 thousand users. Not a single rating or review, though, so we don’t know if users like it.

Better Converter Pro is advertised on Betterconverterpro.com as giving users fast access to file converting tools (and, in smaller print, giving “sponsored web search update on your New Tab”). Pressing the big bright “Continue” button leads users to the Web Store, where Better Converter Pro can be installed. Before the installation, it shows a list of permissions that it requires:

• To read and change your data on Betterconverterprotab.com.
• To replace your new tab page (this often affects your home page, too).
• To read your browsing history.

Once installed, Better Converter Pro replaces the new tab page with Betterconverterprotab.com which is a pretty bad page to have as your  entryway to the internet:

• It features a bunch of links to promoted sites and clickbait sites (ads, basically).
• It features an internet search box that only goes to Yahoo.
• Barely any customization of this page is possible.

File conversion is indeed part of Betterconverterprotab.com. Its developers did not need to hijack your new tab page to deliver it. But they did because having control over your new tab allows them to place the promoted links right in your face.

Unintentionally installed

Betterconverterprotab.com is made by Eightpoint Technologies. This company releases browser extensions targeting all kinds of topics: recipes, video and audio streaming, clipart, privacy, internet speed checking, email, package tracking, gaming, weather, and more. Multiple extensions for each topic. They all do the same thing – replace your new tab page and then link to a few third-party sites that roughly fit the theme of the extension.

We’ve seen these extensions being advertised on sites like Faqtoids.com, Top10answers.com, and others when you search for certain keywords. The ads that appear above search results have headlines like “Install Now – Latest Version (2020)” and “Download Now”. Some even incorporate the keyword that you searched for.

Following such an ad to Betterconverterpro.com, it would be easy to skip the small print and go straight to clicking the big green button. And from there, it’s easy enough to install Betterconverterprotab.com without even meaning to.

That’s just one example of how Betterconverterprotab.com may spread. Others are:

• Browser extensions being bundled with free programs. Infected installers can usually be found on freeware download sites.
• Extensions being advertised with fake download buttons and pop-up ads that trigger when you try to download files on certain sites.
• Browser hijackers being advertised by other browser hijackers, often through notifications.

By the way, sites like Faqtoids.com might show up thanks to adware browser extensions similar to Betterconverterprotab.com but much more sneaky. Such extensions inject ads into your webpages.

How to remove Betterconverterprotab.com

Those whose browsers are taken over by Betterconverterprotab.com can fix that by right-clicking Better Converter Pro’s icon and clicking the “Remove” option in the menu that shows up. But that is probably not enough.

• Check every extension that is installed on your browser. There might be some other search hijackers – extensions that change your default search engine, like Fastsearchassist.com. They also should be deleted.
• If there’s any malware on your computer, remove it. Scan your computer with an anti-malware app like Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, or others.
• Check your browser settings for what the new tab page is and what the setting for the default search engine is. Decide how you prefer your browser to behave now that it’s not being controlled by a hijacker.
• Also in browser settings, block unwanted notifications. Betterconverterprotab.com and related sites show offers for notifications and if you allow them, ads start popping up.

The instructions for finding and removing browser extensions can be found below. And here’s how to block notifications:

• Access your notification settings:
  • Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
  • Edge (Chromium) – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
  • Firefox – open Settings, Preferences, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.
• Scroll until you see a list of “Allowed” sites that might include Betterconverterprotab.com. These are the sites that your browser accepts notifications from.
• Press the button next to each of them and then click “Block”. This prevents them from showing new pop-ups in your browser.

If your browser starts behaving strangely in the future, look in browser extensions first. Though many extensions are safe and helpful, a lot are predatory and deceptive. Betterconverterprotab.com is far from the worst one.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manually remove extensions

TopHow To remove Betterconverterprotab.com 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 Betterconverterprotab.com, 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 Betterconverterprotab.com 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 Betterconverterprotab.com 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 Betterconverterprotab.com, 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 Betterconverterprotab.com 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 Betterconverterprotab.com, 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.