Download Converter Free - How to remove

Download Converter Free is a browser add-on that offers to help you convert files to and from the PDF format. For this purpose, Download Converter Free hijacks your browser’s new tab page and takes the opportunity to offer a new search box, too.

The file conversion is done not by Download Converter Free, but by an unrelated website that you could easily use without any new tab-hijacking browser add-ons. Meanwhile, Download Converter Free makes money from everyone who uses the search box that it puts on their new tabs.

Download Converter Free in short:

Classification	Browser hijacker, potentially unwanted program.
How Download Converter Free changes the browser	It replaces the new tab page, it links to a few online file converters, it promotes the Yahoo search engine, it allows Downloadconverterfree.com to log the user’s search queries.
Alternative file converters	Use file editors to export documents as PDFs, use PDF readers and file editors to convert from PDF.
How to remove Download Converter Free	Uninstall the extension manually, check browser settings for the new tab page and default search engine, use anti-malware apps (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Malwarebytes, others) to remove malware.

What is Download Converter Free?

Download Converter Free replaces the new tab page

Download Converter Free is a browser extension. It’s connected to the website Downloadconverterfree.com. It’s operated by Neefla Technologies Ltd. Related extensions include EmailCheckNow, MyWeatherFree, and MyNewsFree.

When Download Converter Free is installed, it replaces the new tab page with its own. For many users, this means that the Download Converter Free new tab is the page they see whenever they open their browser or a new blank page.

This new tab has links to a few popular websites – Gmail, Youtube, and more. However, it doesn’t list the user’s frequently visited sites and doesn’t let them pin links to this new tab. As a result, Download Converter Free has fewer personalization options than the default new tab of all the main browsers.

It tracks searches

The Download Converter Free new tab also has a search bar in the middle. It allows searching the web and opens the results in Yahoo.com. Browser hijackers (add-ons that change browser settings in unhelpful ways) often promote Yahoo.com, which leads to people seeing their browsers open Yahoo.com for seemingly no reason.

The operators of Download Converter Free make money by promoting certain search engines. In my case, the extension was using DDC, a monetization company that helps websites make money by promoting Yahoo search.

Based on Download Converter Free’s privacy policy, it is able to read the search queries that are typed into its search bar. This is bad for privacy, as search queries can include very private information. Normally, our search queries are between us and the search engine that we use (such as Google) and can’t be seen by any other site.

Download Converter Free links file converters

To provide its file converter functionality, Download Converter Free links to a few sites – Fileviewerplus.com, Freepdfconvert.com.

While there’s nothing wrong with these sites, remember that many file type conversions can be done without any special software:

• Documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images, and various other files can be exported or saved as PDFs by using their editors.
• PDFs aren’t intended to be edited, so your results might be iffy with any converter, but you likely already have a program to turn PDFs into Word files.

Not to mention, converting private files by using online services is risky, as the files might be uploaded on a server that you don’t control.

How to remove Download Converter Free

Uninstall the extension manually as described in the instructions below. See what other extensions you have installed – there might be some that you don’t need. For your privacy, it’s good to limit the number of add-ons that you have.

You can also use antivirus programs, such as Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Malwarebytes, and others, to protect your device from malware.

However, not all dubious browser extensions trigger antivirus tools, so it’s important to be careful about what you install. Some dishonest ads might try to trick you into adding extensions that you don’t want.

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Manual removal instructions

How to remove Download Converter Free using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free from macOS

Delete Download Converter Free from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free, 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 Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free, 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 Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free, 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 Download Converter Free from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Download Converter Free 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 Download Converter Free, 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.