ConvertrzSearch Redirects - How to remove

ConvertrzSearch (also known as Convertrz-search.com) hijacks the browser and redirects your searches to Yahoo.com. Many of those infected with ConvertrzSearch might not know about it because ConvertrzSearch tricks people into downloading it and is quite difficult to notice once it’s installed. Its effects are pretty obvious, though: search results are opened in Yahoo. This is yet another Yahoo redirect virus.

About Convertrz-search.com:

Classification	Browser hijacker.
How ConvertrzSearch gets installed	Advertised online, sometimes with fake download buttons or other misleading text, promoted by adware and by low-quality ads.
Effects on the browser	Search queries are taken and sent to Yahoo or another site, new tabs open affiliate sites, pop-up ads show up on the screen.
How to remove Convertrz-search.com	Uninstall ConvertrzSearch and other browser hijackers, remove malware (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others), restore browser settings.

How ConvertrzSearch works

Sneaks in thanks to deceptive ads

ConvertrzSearch uses deceptive ads, spam links, and redirects to show people the offer to install Convertrz-search.com. It looks like a Download Ready page, or maybe a Recommended Extension page. Either way, it’s far from an honest presentation. People install ConvertrzSearch when they mistakenly believe they’re getting a software update or downloading a completely unrelated file.

Once installed, ConvertrzSearch displays a thank-you page with an affiliate link. After that, you can see ConvertrzSearch in your address bar, but that’s it. Your new tab page may look a little different but ConvertrzSearch doesn’t replace it.

There is a kind of a page that ConvertrzSearch has, you can find it on Portal.convertrz-search.com.

Hijacks searches

After hijacking the address bar, ConvertrzSearch redirects searches to Yahoo.com. It takes your search query, then creates a new URL with the query. ConvertrzSearch creates a URL to open whichever site it wants, whether it’s Yahoo or something else.

You can still manually visit other search sites, such as Google and Bing. But, in theory, ConvertrzSearch has control over anything you type in your address bar – it could redirect to affiliated websites and even change some search queries or their search results.

To help with advertising, ConvertrzSearch also uses notifications. If you clicked “Allow” when Convertrz-search.com or another shady site asked you, you may get pop-ups from those sites. That’s more money for advertisers and for the sites showing the notifications. Search hijacking is a way for creators of browser extensions to make money, but it’s also the sort of thing that gets extensions removed from the Chrome store.

ConvertrzSearch is very similar to StreamsSearch, VideozSearchs, SportsHDSearchs, and other search hijackers. They all are extremely similar and are likely created by the same company.

How to remove Convertrz-search.com

Remove malware

To remove ConvertrzSearch and stop the search redirects, there are a few things you may want to do:

• Uninstall ConvertrzSearch and other suspicious browser extensions.
• Check browser settings (notification permissions, default search engine settings).
• Find and remove malware (scan your computer).

ConvertrzSearch can be uninstalled normally, from browser settings or by right-clicking ConvertrzSearch’s extension icon and removing it from there. If the Remove button doesn’t work, then there might be some OS settings that need to be changed. Detailed instructions for uninstalling an extension are below, in the next section. You can also disable ConvertrzSearch from the place where search engines are set.

To check for other malicious files and browser hijackers, perform a scan of your computer with an anti-malware application, like Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others.

Check browser settings

Browser settings need to be reviewed next. ConvertrzSearch was in control over the default search engine setting, so now that the hijacker has been removed, you should be able to set the setting to whatever site you want.

Notification settings can be seen this way:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• 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.

If you see Convertrz-search.com in the list of sites that are allowed to send notifications to your browser, go ahead and block it.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Restore browser settings

TopHow To remove ConvertrzSearch Redirects 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 ConvertrzSearch Redirects, 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 ConvertrzSearch Redirects from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall ConvertrzSearch Redirects 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 ConvertrzSearch Redirects, 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.

How to remove ConvertrzSearch Redirects 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 ConvertrzSearch Redirects, 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 ConvertrzSearch Redirects 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 ConvertrzSearch Redirects 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 ConvertrzSearch Redirects, 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.