ConvertMyVid Search Redirect - How to remove

ConvertMyVid Search is a bad browser extension. It is advertised on video converter sites by aggressive pop-up ads. ConvertMyVid Search itself is an adware infection that forces your search results to appear in Yahoo.com and reads your browsing history. It’s made to monetize your web searching and inject ads into every list of results. ConvertMyVid Search is very similar to GetVideoConverter Search and RadioFanatics Search, all made by the same company to profit from redirecting users’ search to their own sites.

ConvertMyVid Search redirects your search and can cause pop-up ads in your browser:

Type of threat	Adware Browser hijacker
ConvertMyVid Search distribution	Ads on video converter sites
Effects of infection	Search results appear in Yahoo and have more ads Browsing history and other data is collected for advertising purposes Harmful content is in the ads
Remove ConvertMyVid Search pop-up sand redirects	Delete adware using anti-malware programs, like SpyHunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for MacOS, or other ones. Remove the ConvertMyVid Search extension Block unwanted notification pop-ups in browser settings

How ConvertMyVid Search gets installed

ConvertMyVid Search is installed on the convertmyvid.com website. This site is opened by shady pop-up ads on video converter sites. If you’re trying to convert, for example, a YouTube video into a downloadable file, you’d go to one of those sites. They have very aggressive ads that open new browser tabs almost at random. Some of those ads open convertmyvid.com, which has a download button that could be mistaken for your converted video download. Instead of downloading your video, though, it installs ConvertMyVid Search.

Online video converters do not need you to have ConvertMyVid Search installed to work correctly. This is just a case of deceptive ads spreading a bad browser extension. ConvertMyVid Search is totally unnecessary and will only cause problems.

By the way, while you’re installing ConvertMyVid Search, the convertmyvid.com site asks you to allow notifications. If you do, it starts showing you pop-up ads in your browser. This problem is not caused by the ConvertMyVid Search extension and will need to be taken care of separately.

Dangers of ConvertMyVid Search

Convertmyvid.com pop-up ads

Convertmyvid.com might be flooding you with pop-up ads. They are somewhat dangerous. These ads appear in your browser regularly and they are labeled “convertmyvid.com”. They lead to a bunch of dubious content:

• diet pill ads and other medicine,
• scam sites like the recent “Like of the year”,
• other unwanted browser extension installation sites,
• fake phone and other prize giveaways,
• fraudulent betting sites,
• investment scams and get-rich-quick schemes.

Some of convertmyvid.com’s ads might be made to look like social media alerts or warnings about viruses on your computer. They are not that, they’re just trying to get your clicks. None of convertmyvid.com’s ads are worth clicking on. If you do, you’ll only be exposing yourself to harmful content. Some people lose all of their savings to fraudulent betting sites or investment scams, it’s not worth the risk.

ConvertMyVid Search redirecting

The ConvertMyVid Search extension is also dangerous. Not just because your web search results are delivered in Yahoo.com, though that can be very annoying. Because of ConvertMyVid Search interfering with your search, loading times will be longer and you’ll have to waste time scrolling past numerous ads almost every time you search for something.

ConvertMyVid Search reads your browsing history, your search queries, and records which links and ads you click on. It sets feed.convertmyvid.com as your new search engine and injects ads into your search results. Some of those are not safe – they promote malware, adware, and more dangerous content, like convertmyvid.com does. ConvertMyVid Search is basically a hazard.

When ConvertMyVid Search is installed, you can see the text “Search ConvertMyVid or type a URL” in your browser’s address bar. No new homepage and no visible functionality at all. ConvertMyVid Search does nothing but redirect your search. If you read its description in the Chrome Web Store, it’s honest and really thin:

This extension lets you browse the web and get easy access to search, images, videos and news. This is a single purpose extension.

How to remove ConvertMyVid Search Redirect

ConvertMyVid Search changed your search settings to redirect your search and the only way to fix that is to remove this extension. The instructions are in the following section, but, in short, it should be enough to right-click ConvertMyVid Search’s icon and choose the removal option. If something goes wrong or if you’d rather use automatic tools, anti-malware scanners like SpyHunter for Windows or Combo Cleaner for MacOS can help you. In fact, it’s a good idea to scan your computer either way. ConvertMyVid Search promotes adware and various scams, so you might want to make sure you didn’t catch anything.

Removing ConvertMyVid Search allows you to search the web uninterrupted again, but it doesn’t stop the pop-up ads by convertmyvid.com. For that, you need to manage your web push notification settings:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Firefox – type “about:preferences#content” in the address bar, find the Notifications section.

Find convertmyvid.com and block it. Find other sites you’re not interested in hearing updates from and block them, too.

Automatic Malware removal tools

TopHow To remove ConvertMyVid Search Redirect 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 ConvertMyVid Search Redirect, 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 ConvertMyVid Search Redirect 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 ConvertMyVid Search Redirect 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 ConvertMyVid Search Redirect, 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.