Search.hmyquickconverter.com - How to remove

Search.hmyquickconverter.com is a browser hijacker. It belongs to an infamous company, Eightpoint Technologies LTD/Polarity. We mention both of these names in our articles and you can read more about similar variants in investigations about Search.watchsportslive.co and Search.hconvert2pdfnow.com. Polarity creates a multitude of knockoff search engines and attempts to earn money from advertisements and displays of sponsored results.

Most of the users of Search.hmyquickconverter.com are from the United States of America (over 80% of web traffic comes from this country), less from other English-speaking countries. Search.hmyquickconverter.com is a global site that gets hundreds of thousands of visits each month.

About Search.hmyquickconverter.com:

Classification	Browser hijacker, adware.
How Search.hmyquickconverter.com hijacks browsers	It replaces the home page, it shows links to advertisement sites on the home page and elsewhere.
How hijackers are installed	They’re advertised online by deceptive ads, they’re bundled with free programs.
How to delete Search.hmyquickconverter.com	Find with antivirus tools (Spyhunter for PC, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others) and delete all suspicious and unwanted programs and apps, remove bad browser extensions, check browser settings.

How Search.hmyquickconverter.com hijacks browsers

It replaces the home page and new tab

Search.hmyquickconverter.com is a browser hijacker. This means that the extension makes unwanted changes to your browser settings. In this case, Search.hmyquickconverter.com replaces your homepage and the new tab. The new page has a search box and a few links to various websites.

But when Search.hmyquickconverter.com gets installed, it might not come alone. For instance, we noticed that Searchencrypt.com (also by Polarity) refers to the Hmyquickconverter.com hijacker.

It shows ads in the browser

Search.hmyquickconverter.com also features some attributes of an adware infection.

Many of the links on the Search.hmyquickconverter.com new tab are dangerous. They lead to Emailhelper.org, Theweathernation.com, and other Enghtpoint-owned clickbait sites. These sites are full of low-quality ads, some of which lead to dangerous websites.

At worst, malicious ads lead to phishing sites, fake giveaways, subscription scams, scareware pages and fake virus alerts (The 11 most sophisticated online scams right now). These malicious sites can steal your information or infect your computer with other viruses (What is Malvertising).

On top of that, Search.hmyquickconverter.com gets access to your notifications and shows non-stop pop-up ads. It may even flood your web browsers with ads in all kinds of forms, such as pop-up, pop-under, in-text, banner or contextual advertisements. A new tab or window with ads on it can be opened at any time, as well.

How Search.hmyquickconverter.com is installed

Search.hmyquickconverter.com is usually shared bundled with various free programs that are downloaded from the Internet. I.e. when you download and install some PDF generator or media player from a shady website, there is a chance for Search.hmyquickconverter.com to be downloaded and installed alongside – without you even being aware of that happening.

That’s why you should always pay close attention to the installation process of free programs. Never skip any steps. Opt for custom/advanced install mode – this way you will be able to see all the options and make needed changes.

It is also recommended to keep your system secured with reliable anti-malware software all the time. Be wary of any random programs that ask you to disable your antivirus.

How to remove Search.hmyquickconverter.com

You can delete Search.hmyquickconverter.com manually:

• find and remove all suspicious browser extensions (as described in the instructions below),
• check if there are potentially unwanted programs or apps installed on your device.

Anti-malware programs (such as Spyhunter for Windows, Spyhunter for Mac, Combo Cleaner for macOS, other reliable security programs) can check your programs and files and discover if there are any bundlers or other potentially unwanted programs.

But an automatic removal process might not catch all the issues. In addition to a thorough antivirus scan, it is important to check your browser settings yourself:

• review your new tab and home page settings,
• check your default search engine,
• block unwanted notifications as described in this post.

Some of these steps might be unfamiliar to you. That’s why we have developed a step-by-step Search.hmyquickconverter.com manual removal guide – scroll down below this article and take a look at it. You should be able to get rid of this infection on your own. And if another bad extension hijacks your browser, you’ll know how to remove it.

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How to remove hmyquickconverter using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Hmyquickconverter.com 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 Search.hmyquickconverter.com . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make hmyquickconverter 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 Search.hmyquickconverter.com from macOS

Delete hmyquickconverter from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Hmyquickconverter.com 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 Search.hmyquickconverter.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 Hmyquickconverter.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 Search.hmyquickconverter.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 Search.hmyquickconverter.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 Hmyquickconverter.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 Search.hmyquickconverter.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 Hmyquickconverter.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.

How to remove Search.hmyquickconverter.com from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall Hmyquickconverter.com 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 Search.hmyquickconverter.com, 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.

Manual removal