Searchtheconverter.com - How to remove

Searchtheconverter.com is an adware site that hijacks internet browsers by redirecting search queries to Yahoo. It also logs browsing data and search history. To top Searchtheconverter.com from interfering with your searches, uninstall SearchTheConverter and other adware from your computer.

Searchtheconverter.com in short:

Classification	Browser hijacker.
Removing Searchtheconverter.com	Uninstall SearchTheConverter and other suspicious extensions, delete malware with an anti-malware tool (Spyhunter for PC, Combo Cleaner for Mac), block notifications from Searchtheconverter.com.
How Searchtheconverter.com spreads	Promoted by adware and by other browser hijackers, advertised online.
Dangers and problems	It redirects your searches to potentially unwanted sites, it logs your browsing and search history, it displays ads.

How to remove Searchtheconverter.com

Uninstall Searchtheconverter.com from the extension menu in the upper right corner of your browser or from the extensions page as described in the last section (I put the extension removal instructions with screenshots at the bottom of this page).

Scan your computer with an anti-malware program if you want to search thoroughly for malware and for potentially unwanted programs. You can use any anti-malware program that you trust, such as Spyhunter for Windows, Combo for macOS, and others.

And lastly, check if Searchtheconverter.com has permission to send notifications to your browser:

• Open notification settings.
  • Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
  • Safari – in the Safari menu choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
  • Firefox – open Settings, Preferences, Privacy & Security, scroll down to Permissions, and click on Settings next to Notifications.
  • Edge (Chromium) – type “edge://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• In the Allow list are the addresses of the sites that can show pop-up notifications on your screen.
• Check if Searchtheconverter.com is on the list. If it is, click the menu button to its right.
• Choose Block/Deny from the drop-down menu.

How SearchTheConverter infects browsers

Ads by adware viruses and ads on movie streaming sites are the most likely to infect your browser with the Searchtheconverter.com hijacker. Ads for Searchtheconverter.com don’t even look like ads, they look like warnings, required installations, or download buttons and links. This happens on torrenting and pirating sites that already have a lot of redirects on them. Ads like those for Searchtheconverter.com are meant to confuse you and to trick you into thinking that they’re legitimate download links.

Do not install programs to download files or watch videos unless you know exactly how it works.

Alternatively, Searchtheconverter.com might come embedded in the installer of a free program. This is called bundling. Some websites that offer free programs, drivers, mods for you to download bundle them with adware such as Searchtheconverter.com.

Be careful when installing programs that you downloaded from an iffy site.

Searchtheconverter.com is similar to Videoz-searchs.com, Streamsbros.com, Allmoviessearch.com, and many others. There are many adware sites out there, taking advantage of people by hijacking their browsers.

Problems caused by Searchtheconverter.com

Searchtheconverter.com is a website, so it exists independently of your browser. The reason it shows up on your screen is that a related extension is installed on your system. This extension is called SearchTheConverter and, according to its description, it is “The best way to search”. It lets you browse the internet and search for relevant content.

Considering that you can already do these things without any browser extensions, Searchtheconverter.com is very useless.

To be fair, searching with Searchtheconverter.com is a bit different:

• you get a lot more ads with your search results,
• your browsing data is shared with more companies,
• results take longer to load,
• you get pop-up ads on your screen,
• you can no longer control your default search engine.

I compared the search results for the same queries on Searchtheconverter.com and on plain Yahoo.com. Yahoo already has a lot of ads. And sometimes, Searchtheconverter.com would add even more.

The point of Searchtheconverter.com is to advertise to you and to collect your data. It does nothing useful whatsoever. It should be removed as soon as possible.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove unwanted extensions

TopRemoving Searchtheconverter.com from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Searchtheconverter.com. Click on the trash bin icon next to Searchtheconverter.com or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Searchtheconverter.com, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset 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 Searchtheconverter.com from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Searchtheconverter.com. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Searchtheconverter.com or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Searchtheconverter.com from Firefox

• 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 Searchtheconverter.com 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.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Searchtheconverter.com, 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.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Searchtheconverter.com from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Searchtheconverter.com. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Searchtheconverter.com, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the 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.