PdfConverter.pro virus - How to remove

PdfConverter.pro is a website that will be constantly on your web browser if it is infected with “MediaTab TV – PdfConverter” add-on. It is classified as browser hijacker due to obvious reasons – this tool is distributed using unfair methods and automatically changes personal settings.

Probably the worst part about this infection that users struggle to get rid of it – even if they remove the add-on, it just keeps coming back and that can be truly irritating. That’s because this virus can insert malicious files directly on your computer and use them to restore removed extension.

This post is dedicated to inform our readers about effective methods to completely remove this infection and make sure that it never comes back. We will also provide you with important information about features of PdfConverter.pro.

Malicious Extension for Google Chrome Web Browser

We have already mentioned that PdfConverter.pro is powered by a malicious extension called MediaTab TV – PdfConverter. It is available at Google Chrome extensions store and it is clearly related to other mediatab viruses like Search.futuremediatab.com or Search.smartmediatabsearch.com.

Even though it is available to be installed directly from the extensions store, usually it’s not the way it enters the computer. As most of other browser hijackers, PdfConverter.pro is distributed as a bundle to various free software. That means it gets installed when your intention is to install some free program downloaded from the Internet.

When it comes as a bundle, you can not even notice that PdfConverter.pro will be added as this feature is default for most of such installations. That being said, you should always be very careful during the installation of freeware or keep your computer protected with real-time protection anti-malware software. By the way, you can take a look at such software on our Reviews section.

After the installation, MediaTab TV – PdfConverter will automatically make some changes on your web browser. It will set www.pdfConverter.pro to be your new tab page as well as default search provider.

It can also manage your applications and themes (on Google Chrome) and even read and change all data on the websites that you visit – that is very dangerous.

Now, when your browser is finally infected, you will see this website every time you open a new tab or try to search for something using URL bar search.

This tool is described as a free and efficient way to convert documents from .pdf to .doc and vice versa, but in reality, it will only redirect you to the website where you will be offered to install some additional software that will be actually able to do that.

Besides that, you will be also presented with search feature and even though it redirects users to Yahoo results pages, we do not recommend to use it. First of all, it can modify results and display various links at top positions that are completely not relevant to your search queries. Secondly, it can spam results page with banner advertisements that will distract you and lead to possibly problematic websites.

Remove PdfConverter.pro for good

As it can be seen in this graph by SimilarWeb, PdfConverter.pro is relatively new and rising threat. It is most popular in Indonesia and United States, France, Spain. It is estimate that this website receives over 400K monthly visits – most of them from users with infected web browsers.

If you are one of them and would like to remove PdfConverter virus from your computer, here’s what you should do. First, paste this url (“chrome://extensions/”) into URL bar, detect MediaTab TV – PdfConverter add-on and click “Remove”.

After that, a confirmation window should pop-up – confirm your selection and click “remove” again. Now a “goodbye” page should be opened on a new tab – that means you have successfully removed the extension from a browser.

However, in order to make sure that it won’t come back, you have to detect and remove all files associated to this infection that are stored on your computer. This task can be really difficult to perform manually, so do yourself a favour and download anti-malware tool, such as Spyhunter. Either one of those programs will be able to detect and remove all malicious files automatically.

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