PDFConvertTools is a fake extension which looks useful to the user by claiming to provide features such as ability to convert and view pdf files, quick access to social networking sites. But in reality, this extension silently gets into your PC and infects it. PDFConvertTools is a browser hijacker which comes bundled with other programs that the user might have downloaded from free websites.
How does it get into the computer?
PDFConvertTools Toolbar comes bundled with other programs that the user might have downloaded from the free websites.
Malicious effects on the computer
After gaining access to the PC by breaching user’s permission, PDFConvertTools alters the browser settings and redirects to unwanted websites.
Detected Behavior
If you’ve become a victim to this browser hijacker, you’ll notice the following behavior:
1. When you launch the infected web browser, the homepage has been changed.
2. Unnecessary bookmarks such as ‘pdf to doc’ and ‘doc to pdf’ have been added to the toolbar.
3. The default search engine has been changed.
4. Whenever you search anything, it redirects you to a different URL.
5. It adds useless thumbnails on your homepage.
Targeted Browsers
This browser hijacker acts differently on different browsers. It targets:
1. Mozilla Firefox
2. Google Chrome
3. Internet Explorer
How to Remove ‘PDFConvertTool’ Using PDFConvertTools_RemovalTool?
1. Download “PDFConvertTools_RemovalTool”.
2. Open it.
3. When the Windows prompt appears, select ‘Yes’ to run it.
4. After the launch of the setup, click ‘Next’ on the window that opens.
5. In the next window, press ‘Y’ for ‘Yes’, to start scanning.
6. In the following screen, press ‘Y’ for ‘Yes’, to allow the tool to close all the browsers and continue the cleaning process.
7. The removal process is now completed. You can read the text file which appears after the removal process to check the logs of the deleted files.
