Fast Media Converter - How to remove

Fast Media Converter is described as a PUP (potentially unwanted program) and an adware. By the definition Fast Media Converter should help you to convert your personal files into other formats. This application is absolutely free and available for everyone to use. For that reason, you will be displayed lots of ads by this adware and most of those ads come from third parties. Ads can be displayed in lots of various ways, for example pop-ups, banner ads or pop-unders. It will also open new tab every time you start your browser. Fast Media Converter has some attributes of browser hijacker as well – it can change your default search engine or set new home page. It works as a browser add-on that can be added to all most popular web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Because it is an ad supported system, a lot of distributors of malicious software and scammers use this network to promote their products. That’ why it is not recommended to click on those ads. If you do so, you will be immediately redirected to third parties websites and that may result in your computer being infected or you being scammed. This adware makes money by generating web traffic and collecting sales leads, so that’s why they try to make you click on those ads. For this same purpose, Fast Media Converter will collect your personal information, such as browsing history, top visited sites, IP address or search queries and transfer it to mentioned third parties. They adjust their ads according to it and make them more attractive to you this way, so the chances that you will click on it rise. Even though it’s not officially a dangerous virus, you should stay away from this program and if your computer is infected uninstall it right now.

Fast Media Converter is distributed bundled with other free software. I.e. when you download and install something from the internet for free, there is a chance that Fast Media Converter was installed behind your back. To avoid this happening, you need to be very attentive during the installation of such a software. Do not skip any steps and opt out for a custom or advanced install mode. Read all terms and conditions as well. If you see that some additional software that you are not aware of is being installed alongside – do not allow it. In case your computer is already infected with this adware and you are tired of all those continuous ads, the only way to get rid of them is to completely uninstall Fast Media Converter. To do this, you should use a trustworthy anti-malware, such as Spyhunter or malwarebytes. It will detect and remove this adware automatically. If you don’t want to use any additional software to perform this, you can always follow our step-by-step Fast Media Converter removal guide given below.

How to get rid of Fast Media Converter

Using Control Panel to remove the main Fast Media Converter components and installers

1. Go to Control Panel. On Windows XP/Vista/7 open Start -> Control Panel , Add/Remove Programs or Uninstall . On Windows 8 enter Control Panel in the search box, then look for Uninstall a program. You may need to confirm that you are the administrator on this PC, in both cases.
2. Look for Fast Media Converter and /or similar looking items on the list of programs. By default, I recommend removing Yontoo, WebCake, anything “savings” or “coupon” related. Scanning with Anti-Malware programs like Spyhunter or Stopzilla might give a good idea of what programs you should remove from there as well.
3. Close Control Panel.

Removing Fast Media Converter from Internet Explorer

1. Press on the Wench icon->Manage Add-ons.
2. Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Fast Media Converter and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
3. Close the Options.

Removing Fast Media Converter from Firefox

1. Enter about:addons in URL field.
2. Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Fast Media Converter 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 probably you do not need it.
3. Optionally, reset Firefox: go to Firefox ->Help (Help in menu for OSX users) -> Troubleshooting Information. Then Reset Firefox.

Removing Fast Media Converter from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions in url field.
2. Go through extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Fast Media Converter. If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
3. Restart Chrome.

Optionally, you can enter chrome://settings in URL bar, press Advanced settings, scroll to the bottom of the list and press Reset browser settings.

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