ConvertItSearch Hijacker - How to remove

ConvertItSearch is an extension that hijacks your browser and causes your internet search to behave unexpectedly. ConvertItSearch replaces your usual search engine and opens unexpected websites on your screen (Yahoo, Mybrowser-search.com, others). It also records your usage data, including your search history.

It’s recommended to uninstall ConvertItSearch and to check your device for other potentially unwanted apps and extensions.

About ConvertItSearch:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How ConvertItSearch gets installed	Advertised online in a misleading way.
Symptoms of a hijacker being installed	Redirects to unexpected sites, reloads and shifting site layouts, unknown sites delivering search results, more than usual pop-up ads.
How to remove ConvertItSearch	Remove malware and adware with security programs (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac, others), check your notification settings and stop unwanted sites from sending you unwanted ads.

How ConvertItSearch works

Installed unintentionally

Normally, people install browser extensions for their valuable browser-enhancing features.

But if you installed ConvertItSearch, then you most likely did it unintentionally. This add-on is advertised on file download sites, free movie sites, and similar websites. Vague pop-ups that invite you to “Continue”, “Download”, or “Install” something might look like they’re part of whatever site you’re browsing. In reality, they’re just ads for ConvertItSearch or another hijacker.

These intentionally vague ads lead people to browser add-ons without really explaining what the add-ons do. In the case of ConvertItSearch, this is a hijacker:

• It changes your browser’s search settings. It makes Feed.convertitsearch.com your default search engine. This gives Feed.convertitsearch.com control over your search results.
• It also reads your browsing history and your search terms. It may share this data with third parties.

You might not even notice that ConvertItSearch is installed. At first, nothing looks too different. But the ads and search redirects soon become obvious.

Hijacks web search

In its description on the Chrome web store, ConvertItSearch says that it changes your search settings so that Yahoo delivers search results. But, in my experience, it also opens some untrustworthy websites, such as Landdays.xyz and Mybrowser-search.com. So, you never know what you’ll get with ConvertItSearch.

Even with your search engine hijacked, you can still navigate to websites normally. It just takes a little longer and is a little annoying. But you shouldn’t have to deal with inconveniences like that. Remove ConvertItSearch, check your search settings, and your browser will be free again.

If your browser starts behaving in a strange way, it’s important to check what’s causing this behavior. More ads, ads on sites that don’t usually show them, redirects and reloads, and other small problems could all show that there’s a browser add-on messing with your browser.

And though ConvertItSearch and other hijackers are very mild compared to other malware, they can cause problems in the long term. They could expose you to low quality ads and dangerous content. So, it’s better to find and solve such problems quickly.

How to stop ConvertItSearch redirects

Since ConvertItSearch is a browser add-on, you can uninstall it like any other add-on: by going into your browser settings and then the Extensions page, or by right-clicking ConvertItSearch’s icon in the top right of your browser.

If ConvertItSearch is missing the “Remove” button or if the Remove button is grayed out, then it’s likely that ConvertItSearch was installed by a malicious program, which is when removal becomes a little complicated.

You can find and remove malware Spyhunter for Windows, Combo Cleaner for macOS, and others. It’s recommended to check your computer and to always have a good security program running in the background.

The instructions for removing browser extensions can be found below, in the next section.

Since ConvertItSearch’s website, Convertitsearch.com, asks visitors to subscribe to its notifications, take a look at those settings, as well:

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

If Convertitsearch.com is “Allowed” to send you notifications, change that permission to “Blocked”.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Restore browser settings

TopHow To remove ConvertItSearch Hijacker 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 ConvertItSearch Hijacker, 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 ConvertItSearch Hijacker 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 ConvertItSearch Hijacker, 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 ConvertItSearch Hijacker 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 ConvertItSearch Hijacker 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 ConvertItSearch Hijacker, 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.