ConverterSearchPlus Removal Guide

Surely, ConverterSearchPlus is not a useful extension. If you know this, you might have installed and used it yourself. In fact, we are surprised that people install it at all, considering that it is a self-proclaimed “single purpose extension” with basically nothing to offer. Perhaps people are misled by the name of this add-on, or perhaps they are tricked into installing it. In any case, it is now evident that this extension is not very useful and that removing it is the best move. If you have found some function of this potentially unwanted program (PUP) to be intriguing or useful, perhaps you need more information about how it actually works. Our team of experts has analyzed the PUP, and we can explain why we recommend deleting ConverterSearchPlus from Google Chrome. It is notable that those are the same reasons we recommend deleting PDFConvertersSearch, HDMusicStreamSearch, PDFConverterSearch4Free, and many other clone extensions.

Although it is possible that some users of ConverterSearchPlus have been tricked or perhaps even forced to install the extension, we are sure that many of them have installed the extension with free will. At the time of research, it could be downloaded from get.convertersearchplus.com/?pid=58515 as well as the Chrome Web Store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/convertersearchplus/imhjnjiiejomomgdaemekdcggpmjohnk). If you used the latter source, you might have not read the description carefully enough. This description reveals that the extension is useless, and the introduced permissions reveal that it can read the browsing history, change search settings, and also read and change your own data on the websites you visit. Cautious users are likely to abandon the PUP right there and then. That said, over 10,000 Chrome users have downloaded this extension, and that means that its creator has found a way to promote it. According to our researchers, PUPs like this one are often promoted with the help of suspicious pop-ups that redirect to the installer. In some cases, we have seen the installers’ pages go in full screen, making it harder for visitors to exit them.

Even though we are still looking into how ConverterSearchPlus spreads, it is probably most interesting how this PUP works. As you know, it changes search settings, and feed.convertersearchplus.com is placed as the default search provider after installation. How does this search tool work? Well, here’s what’s interesting – it redirects search to Yahoo Search, at search.yahoo.com, which many people are likely to trust. However, the PUP is set to adjust the shown results to include third-party content. Yes, the extension collects information that can be both personal and non-personal, and yes, it can share it with third parties. They can use that data to introduce more attractive search results, but that does not mean that the content hiding behind the injected links can be trusted. For all we know, the injected links could lead to unreliable and malicious websites. If you have not yet read the Privacy Policy, you can find it at convertersearchplus.com/privacy.html. All in all, it certainly does not look like the PUP can offer anything useful, and if you do not want it spying on you and aiding unknown advertisers, removing it is recommended.

So, now that you know how ConverterSearchPlus truly works, what are you going to do with it? If your choice is to delete this extension, we have a few options for you to consider. First, we have the manual removal option. Since the PUP is an extension, eliminating it should not be too difficult. Our guide below shows exactly how to do it, and it also shows how to clear browsing data, which you want to do to erase browsing history and also clear cookies and cache in the time that the PUP was installed. Another option is to remove ConverterSearchPlus using an automated anti-malware tool. This is what we recommend using if the PUP was installed with other threats, or if you are ready to take action to protect your operating system and browsers. Hopefully, we have answered all of your questions, but if we have not, let’s continue the discussion in the comments area below.

How to delete ConverterSearchPlus from Chrome

1. Enter chrome://extensions into the browser’s address bar.
2. Click Remove next to the undesirable extension.
3. Enter chrome://settings/clearBrowserData into the address bar.
4. Move to the Advanced menu and, first, pick the right time range.
5. Pick the boxes you wish and, finally, click Clear data.