PDF Converter by Safely - How to remove

PDF Converter by Safely is a hijacker promoted by means of adware installed in your computer right now. PDF Converter by Safely specifically attacks Google Chrome. It is classified as a browser hijacker because it modifies a lot of default parameters, such as the home page and search engine settings. It is additionally involved in spying over user’s browsing habits, tracking IP addresses, visited web pages and other private information. For this reason, PDF Converter by Safely must be immediately deleted from the browser.

PDF Converter by Safely is advertised as a helpful extension that allows you to easily convert files or websites from and to PDF. At first glance, it looks like a useful feature, however, there would be no point writing this article if there were no other unwanted browser modifications introduced by the extension.

How does PDF Converter by Safely affect browser

Based on the information available in the Chrome Web Store concerning PDF Converter by Safely, here is what the extension may perform in addition to PDF conversion feature:

• reading and modify user’s data on www.gosearchsafely.com;
• reading user’s browsing history;
• displaying notifications;
• changing user’s search settings to gosearchsafely.com.

It is obvious that PDF Converter by Safely extension, once enabled, will perform a lot of other activities apart of converting files or websites from and to PDF. The extension, once enabled, will cause a lot of intrusive advertisement banners and sponsored links to be displayed on your hijacked home page. Plus, irrelevant ads and sponsored links may be located on top of the pseudo search results delivered by the hijacker. So, instead of any relevant data that would match your search queries, PDF Converter by Safely first shows links to third-party websites that are absolutely not related to the search queries made by users.

PDF Converter by Safely will also open its page whenever you attempt to open the blank tab in Google Chrome. No matter how many times you try to open the new blank tab you will encounter gosearchsafely.com page instead. Plus, the hijacker may display its intrusive alerts in the form of push notifications through your browser. This description regarding PDF Converter by Safely leads us to the conclusion that it is worth immediate elimination.

PDF Converter by Safely distribution channels

Pop-ups encouraging people to install PDF Converter by Safely extension may appear in the browser as a result of clicking on some suspicious links, for example, the ones contained in suspicious emails from unknown senders. Or you may visit some unsafe sites that promote a lot of malicious websites. It is quite likely that one of such redirections brought you to the landing page promoting PDF Converter by Safely.

In most of the cases, the ongoing appearance of PDF Converter by Safely extension pop-ups is explained by the availability of adware currently active in your computer. There is a high probability that the adware was brought into your system along with some other free programs that you could have dealt with lately. Many free utilities additionally contain other programs in their installers. The problem is that sometimes people fail to notice these extra offers, so they may agree with everything the installer suggests. This may result in the installation of other unwanted software.

How to remove PDF Converter by Safely

First, let us talk about the manual method to delete the extension. Simply go to your Google Chrome settings, click on “More Tools” and select “Extensions”. Once you locate PDF Converter by Safely, disable and delete it right away. Be careful next time when you surf the web and especially when you notice some additional offers in freeware installers. Pay attention to important details to avoid unauthorized installations.

Disabling and deleting the PDF Converter by Safely extension does not remove the adware that could still perform its illegal activities within your system. So, we recommend scanning with Spyhunter that will help you to properly identify and delete all adware and malware remnants and to protect your system in future.

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How to remove PDF Converter by Safely using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely from macOS

Delete PDF Converter by Safely from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely, 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 PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely, 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 PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely, 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 PDF Converter by Safely from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall PDF Converter by Safely 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 PDF Converter by Safely, 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.