How to remove Pdfconverterguru.com ads

What are Pdfconverterguru.com

Pdfconverterguru.com is considered to be a mixture of both adware and browser hijacker that causes an absolute calamity around your browser. Initially, Pdfconverterguru.com stands for a legitimate host that offers you to install a browser-based extension for Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, called File Conversion Now, that provides quick links to the most popular file converters and updated search. Unfortunately, besides the aforementioned, It also installs special scripts that generate suspicious advertisements and banners across the web. Moreover, it is capable of initiating multiple redirects to different websites on its own which means that your data may be exposed to third-parties figures that can exploit it for revenue purposes. Pdfconverterguru.com is focused on putting your privacy under risk, but not on improving customer experience. Thus, you should remove an extension or program that leads to its redirects.

How Pdfconverterguru.com ads infected your computer

Whilst ransomware use fake spam messages, adware and browser hijackers are infiltrated a little bit differently. Developers bundle their software into third-parties installers that are happily spread on dubious pages to earn some cash and fool gullible users. During the installation of pre-packed software, users stumble upon additional options like “Advanced” and “Custom”. Because of illiteracy or inattentiveness, people either leave marked boxes unchanged or simply skip them to install the desired program faster. Obviously, this leads to infections of Potentially Unwanted Programs that change multiple settings causing discomfort as a result. To get rid of Pdfconverterguru.com, you can follow the guide prepared by our experts below.

1. Download Pdfconverterguru.com Removal Tool
2. Stop Pdfconverterguru.com notifications in browsers
3. Remove/Uninstall Pdfconverterguru.com from Control Panel and Applications
4. Remove Pdfconverterguru.com extensions from browsers
5. Reset browser search and homepage settings
6. Block Pdfconverterguru.com search redirects
7. How to protect from threats like Pdfconverterguru.com

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com manually for free

Here is the manual step-by-step tutorial for full Pdfconverterguru.com removal from your computer. This works 99% and was checked with the latest versions of the Pdfconverterguru.com installer on operating systems with the latest updates and browser versions.

Disable push notifications from Pdfconverterguru.com in browsers

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Google Chrome

1. Go to Google Chrome settings, by clicking 3-dots icon in the top-right corner and choosing Settings.
2. On a Mac you can also go to Chrome and choose Preferences.
3. Under opened Privacy and security tab, choose Content settings.
4. Click on Notifications menu (with the bell icon).
5. Set up preferred overall settings for push notifications and click Manage exceptions… button.
6. Find Pdfconverterguru.com in the list and click cross icon to remove it. Click Done button to confirm the action.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Mozilla Firefox

1. Go to Mozilla Firefox options, by clicking 3-bars icon in the top-right corner and choosing Options.
2. Choose Content tab on the left side.
3. Under Notifications, set up preferred overall settings for push-notifications and click Choose… button.
4. Find Pdfconverterguru.com in the list and click Remove site to remove it.
5. Click Save Changes button to confirm the action.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Safari

1. Open Safari, and in the top menu click Safari, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences window, click on Websites tab.
3. On the left side, choose Notifications. You will see the list of websites and their settings for showing notifications.
4. Find Pdfconverterguru.com in the list and click Remove button.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Android (Chrome)

1. Open Google Chrome app on Android, and tap on three dots to open main menu.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, scroll down and under Advanced section tap on Site Settings.
3. In the Site Settings menu tap on Notifications.
4. In the Allowed list of websites allowed to show notifications find Pdfconverterguru.com, tap on it and in the bottom of the window tap on Clean & Reset button.
5. Confirm your action by tapping on Clean & Reset again in opened dialog box.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from websites, allowed to show push-notifications in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge, and click on the three-dots menu, in the top-right corner.
2. In the drop-down menu choose Settings, and in the left part click Advanced.
3. Under Website permissions section, click Manage permissions button.
4. Find Pdfconverterguru.com in the list and click on the cross sign to remove the setting and disable its notifications.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from Control Panel or Applications

To start removing Pdfconverterguru.com you should uninstall it using Control Panel. It can be present by different names – “File Conversion Now” or “PDF Converter Guru. It should uninstall correctly, however, we recommend you to use IObit Uninstaller to clean leftover items after uninstalling. Here are instructions for Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Mac.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from Mac:

1. In the Finder sidebar, click Applications.
2. File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru might have an Uninstaller.
3. Otherwise, drag File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru from the Applications folder to the Trash (located at the end of the Dock).
4. Then choose Finder > Empty Trash.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from Windows XP:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Choose Control Panel.
3. Click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru.
5. Click Uninstall.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from Windows 7:

1. Click Start button.
2. Then go to Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru and click Uninstall.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from Windows 8:

1. Hover mouse pointer to the bottom-right corner to see Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru, click Uninstall.

Remove Pdfconverterguru.com from Windows 10:

There are 2 ways to uninstall Pdfconverterguru.com from Windows 10

Way one

1. Click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Settings.
3. Click on the System tile.
4. Click Apps & features and locate File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru in the list.
5. Click on it and then click Uninstall button near it.

Way two (classic)

1. Right-click on the Start button.
2. In opened menu choose Programs and Features.
3. Locate File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru in the list.
4. Click on it and then click Uninstall button above.

Cannot uninstall Pdfconverterguru.com

In some cases, Pdfconverterguru.com won’t uninstall and gives you a message that “You do not have sufficient access to uninstall Pdfconverterguru.com. Please, contact your system administrator” when you try to remove it from Control Panel or “Access denied” error when removing the Pdfconverterguru.com folder and files. This happens because the process or service does not allow you to do it. In this case, I will recommend you to use SpyHunter 5 or Malwarebytes or uninstall Pdfconverterguru.com in Safe Mode. To boot in Safe Mode do the following:

1. Reboot your computer.
2. While it starts booting press F8 button.
3. This will open Advanced Boot Options menu.
4. Choose Safe Mode and wait until Windows loads.
5. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program and remove File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru

>> See detailed instructions and video tutorial on how to boot in Safe Mode

and for Mac:

If you can’t uninstall Pdfconverterguru.com using instructions above, or it keeps coming back, you can use free AppCleaner for Mac to remove all residual data and libraries of Pdfconverterguru.com. Follow instructions below:

1. Download free AppCleaner.
2. Drag File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru from Applications folder to AppCleaner window.
3. Choose files and folders you want to remove along with Pdfconverterguru.com.
4. Click Delete button.

Remove malicious add-ons from your browsers

Uninstalling Pdfconverterguru.com from Control Panel often does not bring the desired effect. It sometimes has browser extension and it may still be active in Safari, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. Here are instructions on how to remove Pdfconverterguru.com related extension from your browsers manually.

Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Click Extensions tab.
3. Find File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button to remove it.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://extensions.
3. Find File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru extensions.
4. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:addons.
3. Choose File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru extensions.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.
5. Remove all suspicious extensions from the list.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

Note: There is no feature to remove browser extensions from browser in latest version of Internet Explorer. To remove Pdfconverterguru.com from Internet Explorer, please, perform instructions for uninstalling program from Control Panel. To disable Pdfconverterguru.com, please, do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru extensions.
6. Also disable other suspicious extensions from the list.

Opera Browser:

Generally, Pdfconverterguru.com does not install in Opera browser however you can always double check. Do the following:

1. Start Opera browser.
2. Go to Tools > Extensions > Manage Extensions.
3. Find File Conversion Now or PDF Converter Guru extensions.
4. Click Uninstall button.
5. Also remove other suspicious extensions from the list.

Reset browsers settings (homepage, default search)

Pdfconverterguru.com installs a search engine that hijacks your browsers. Here is an instruction to reset your browser’s homepage, new tab and search engine to default values.

Reset Safari:

1. Start Safari on your Mac, click Safari to open drop-down menu and choose Preferences
2. Go to the Privacy section of Safari’s preferences.
3. Click Remove All Website Data button.
4. In opened window click Remove Now button to remove data stored by websites in Safari.
5. Go to the Advanced section of Safari’s preferences.
6. Click the Show Develop menu in menu bar option.
7. In the menu click Develop and select Empty Caches from this menu.
8. Again, go to Safari menu and choose Clear History….
9. Choose to clear all history and click Clear History button.

Google Chrome:

1. Start Google Chrome browser
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) chrome://settings.
3. Scroll down and find Show advanced settings link.
4. Click on it and scroll down to the bottom again.
5. Click Reset browser settings button and click Reset to confirm.

Mozilla Firefox:

1. Start Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. In address box type (or copy-paste) about:support.
3. Click Reset Firefox… button.
4. Click Reset Firefox to confirm.

Internet Explorer (9, 10, 11):

1. Start Internet Explorer.
2. Click on gear/asterisk icon in the top-right corner.
3. In opened menu choose Internet options.
4. Click Advanced tab.
5. Click Reset button.
6. Choose Delete personal settings and click Reset.

Opera Browser:

1. Close Opera and open command prompt from the start menu.
2. Type following command del %AppData%\Opera\Opera\operaprefs.ini
3. Start Opera.

How to block ads and pop-ups from Pdfconverterguru.com

Pdfconverterguru.com push notifications, in most cases, are caused by a program installed on your PC or add-on installed in browsers. However, sometimes it can appear on a clean computer when visiting a malicious website, using an advertising script. Also, apps that generate “Pdfconverterguru.com” ads and banners are themselves installed from pop-ups. To protect your PC and browsers from phishing websites, pop-up ads, banners, malicious scripts it is recommended to use AdGuard. Download free trial here:

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Final tips

Be careful surfing the internet and downloading software, as programs, like Pdfconverterguru.com, may become a real headache as they are hard to remove and break your privacy. To keep safe from such threats we recommend you always use antivirus and one of the anti-malware programs available on the market. One of the best anti-spyware and anti-malware programs is SpyHunter 5. It can protect your PC from threats, like Pdfconverterguru.com.