Search.searchdconvertnow.com Virus - How to remove

Download Converter Now is the free app, which, as it is self-explanatory from its title, is a program, which functions as a file converter. However, it is not an ordinary application, which you could download and install on your PC to have it on the hard drive. Download Converter Now file-converter is bundled with another application, which is, actually, a web application, functioning as a browser extension. It is the Search.searchdconvertnow.com application. Its relation with the latter file conversion tool is apparent in its title. The letter d stands for the word download, the other words, which the name of the Download Converter Now app contains, are not abbreviated. If you look once again into the first page your web browser loads, you are sure to notice the Download Converter Now inscription on the right upper corner of the page and the Convert To PDF, as well as Convert To DOC links below the search bar. Thus, interconnection between the Download Converter Now file converter and the Search.searchdconvertnow.com extension cannot be denied.

Download Converter Now app is available on the chrome.google.com website, which is the official website of chrome web store. It is available for free there, however, the app’s compatibility is limited to the Google Chrome web browser. In addition to this, Download Converter Now includes additional functionality, that of the changing of the browser settings as regards the DNS configuration. As it is disclosed in the description of the program provided on the online store:

Download Converter Now changes your current new tab page and new tab search functionality.

Which refers to the fact that once you have downloaded the converter, your homepage will be replaced with Search.searchdconvertnow.com, which is an add-on supposed to be having a web search functionality. Download Converter Now is also available on its official website, that of downloadconverternow.com:

From here you can download the versions of the app, which are compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, and even the software by Apple, which is, in this case, the Safari browser. No matter what source you choose to download the file converter from, your browser’s start page will be changed with Search.searchdconvertnow.com, which is not, actually, an online search tool, but a browser hijacker. And Download Converter Now program is a mere lure to have the users’ computers infected with the latter hijackware infection.

Search.searchdconvertnow.com is, in fact, an online advertising tool, redirecting to search.yahoo.com search compromised by the advertising content of unknown advertising companies:

When Search.searchdconvertnow.com plug-in is redirecting your web searches, it is pretty easy to land on some suspicious third-party advertising site or click on some malicious ad, generated by unknown publishers. Either of the latter web journeys can possible end in the viral infection of your computer’s system. For this reason, the users, who have their homepage replaced by Search.searchdconvertnow.com are recommended to remove the app together with its supplements – the most importantly together with the Download Converter Now app.

The removal of the Search.searchdconvertnow.com app can be accomplished with Spyhunter or Hitman antivirus applications. Even though Search.searchdconvertnow.com is a relatively new cyber threat reported, the databases of the latter anti-malware tools are updated regularly. In addition to this, you will find the manual removal guide of the hijacker below the post, which will cover the manual removal details from the most widely-used browsers. As regards the best removal method to be chosen, be wise. The above named security applications are recommended because no manual removal instructions can help you do all the tasks, which are needed to be done in the face of hijackware infection. In the latter case, it is highly possible that we are talking about a multiple adware infection, which can only be terminated in the automatic way.

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Manual removal of Search.searchdconvertnow.com Virus

How to remove searchdconvertnow Virus using Windows Control Panel

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

Delete Search.searchdconvertnow.com Virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the searchdconvertnow Virus 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.searchdconvertnow.com Virus 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 Search.searchdconvertnow.com Virus, 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.searchdconvertnow.com Virus 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.searchdconvertnow.com Virus 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 searchdconvertnow Virus, 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.searchdconvertnow.com Virus 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 Search.searchdconvertnow.com Virus, 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.searchdconvertnow.com Virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall searchdconvertnow Virus 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.searchdconvertnow.com Virus, 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.