SearchConverterInc Redirects - How to remove

SearchConverterInc is a malicious browser add-on that hijacks your internet search. It also collects your web browsing data and it can display ads on your screen. There’re no useful features offered by this extension, so it’s recommended to remove it as soon as you discover it.

It’s not always obvious that SearchConverterInc is installed – the main effect of this hijacker is that your search results are delivered by an unexpected website. But you can see SearchConverterInc in your list of installed add-ons.

About SearchConverterInc in short:

Classification	Browser hijacker, adware.
How SearchConverterInc works	It changes the default search engine, it collects user data.
How it gets installed	Advertised by misleading ads.
How to remove SearchConverterInc	Remove unwanted browser extensions and programs, check your device with antivirus tools – Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, Malwarebytes, or others, disable notifications from unwanted websites.

What is SearchConverterInc?

Search hijacker

SearchConverterInc is a browser extension – a little app that gets installed on browsers. It’s related to the website Searchconverterinc.com

Extensions are supposed to offer cool new features or change browser settings in helpful ways. For instance, dark mode extensions help you change the color schemes of all websites and price comparison extensions help you find where to find the cheapest items.

SearchConverterInc, though, doesn’t do anything that could be seen as useful. In fact, it removes features by restricting certain settings.

When SearchConverterInc is installed, it takes over the default search engine of the browser. Normally, users can choose between Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, and Ecosia, as well as an option to choose any website you want. SearchConverterInc sets Feed.searchconverterinc.com as the default, which means that it can control which site shows your search results.

Indeed, SearchConverterInc’s description on the Chome Web store says that, though in a nicer way:

This product lets you browse the web and get easy access to search, images, videos and news.

Usually, SearchConverterInc leads to Yahoo.

A spy

SearchConverterInc is also not great for your privacy. It logs lots of user data:

• search queries,
• browsing history,
• your location,
• your language settings and other technical data.

Some of this data is not accessible to websites that you visit. Browser extensions are uniquely able to track your data – and they sometimes misuse it by sharing it with third parties (Browser extensions collect and sell data with almost no oversight).

Installed without permission

SearchConverterInc doesn’t get installed by users intentionally. Instead, it tricks people into allowing it on their computers.

It might be distributed by being bundled with free programs. But it often appears in deceptive ads online. It’s advertised by fake extension recommendations, download pages, and other misleading ads. You’re most likely to encounter these ads on file hosting sites, free movie sites – controversial sites, in short.

Another thing about SearchConverterInc is that it’s only one in a family of search hijackers, together with Nuzzero, NetGameSearch, and others.

How to remove SearchConverterInc

Remove browser add-ons that you don’t want to be installed. It should be very simple – you can just open the main menu of your browser, go into Settings, click on Extensions, and find all the add-ons that you have installed with the option to see more details. You can disable extensions if you’re not sure about them or remove them right away.

I recommend removing SearchConverterInc, as it’s bad for privacy and offers no useful features – all it does is take away your ability to control your search engine.

I can think of some problems that could arise with removing SearchConverterInc. The main one is that there’s no “Remove” button. In this case, Enterprise policy hijackers might have installed SearchConverterInc.

Another possible issue is that SearchConverterInc returns after being removed. This could be a browser syncing issue or an issue with some lingering malware on your device.

Scan your computer with an antivirus app. Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, Malwarebytes, and others. It’s good to have an anti-malware app protecting your computer, as they can help you avoid other such infections by blocking malicious websites and apps.

Searchconverterinc.com sometimes asks people to subscribe to its ads. Check your notification settings and stop all unwanted notifications.

• Chrome – open Settings, scroll down to Site settings (under Privacy and security), click on Notifications.
• Edge (Chromium) – open Settings, click Site Permissions, Notifications.
• Firefox – open Settings, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove browser hijackers

TopHow To remove SearchConverterInc 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 SearchConverterInc 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 SearchConverterInc 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 SearchConverterInc 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 SearchConverterInc 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 SearchConverterInc 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 SearchConverterInc 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.