Convertdocsonline hijacks your browser and sets your homepage to a default homepage. It is a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and often bundled with free software. Convertdocsonline is recognize as a malicious browser hijacker virus and you should be more aware of the ads displayed.

How does it enter into your PC? How malicious is it?

This malware generally creep into your system quietly and even users cannot remember when they get Convertdocsonline hijacker in their PC. It display ton of Irritating pop-up ads, banner, offer and advertisement on your PC which can create problems on your system. It engage large amount of memory and CPU space. Being a hijacker, convertdocsonline toolbar is suspected to change the browser’s setting and replace the homepage to free.convertdocsonline.com. New extension is being added by name Ask.com.

Detected behaviors:

• Hijacks homepage and creates its own search engine.
• Convertdocsonline displays continuous pop-ups, irritating ads and marketable advertisements.
• Convertdocsonline can freeze your system also.
• Records your browsing activities.
• Makes your browsing speed slow which can annoy you.

Targeted browsers:

• Google chrome
• Mozilla firefox
• Internet explorer

How to Remove Search Convertdocsonline:

You can remove it using the given methods:

• Automatic: Remove convertdocsonline using ConvertDocsOnline_RemovalTool.exe
• Manual: Remove convertdocsonline manually.

Scan your PC with:

1. Download ConvertDocsOnline_RemovalTool by clicking on the given link below:
2. ConvertDocsOnline_RemovalTool Windows will prompt you to allow running this program. Select ‘Yes’ to allow it to run.
3. When the setup launches, click ‘Next’ on the window that appears.
   
4. In the following screen, type ‘Y’ for ‘Yes’ to start the scanning process.
   
5. In the next screen that appears, type ‘Y’ for ‘Yes’ to automatically close all the browsers and continue the cleaning process.
   
6. Wait for the removal process & you’re done. You can then check the logs of the deleted files in the text file that appears after the removal process.

How to Remove Convertdocsonline Manually?

Google Chrome:

Steps to remove convertdocsonline from Google Chrome:

1. Press Windows key on your keyboard and tap the R key
2. In the Run box which appears, type the path: ‘%localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data‘.
3. Search for Default folder and then Extensions
4. Delete the folder that would be named somewhat like this: ‘gjdifccnhlfimkdpegnfbdlicilmaocg’ and ‘bkbpfdkbpbckgkcelkfjjhepmdcdmahi’.
5. Go back to Google Chrome.
6. Now go to Menu > More Tools > Extensions.
7. Delete the extension named ‘convertdocsonline’ and ‘Ask’.

 Mozilla Firefox:

Steps to remove ‘convertdocsonline’ from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Press Windows key on your keyboard and tap the R key
2. In the Run box, type this path: ‘%appdata%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles‘.
3. Click on the folder with ‘.default’ appended in the folder name. For eg: ‘e6x5wbsb.default‘.
4. In this folder, delete ‘json.mozlz4‘.
5. In the same folder, click on ‘Extensions’ folder and delete the folder named [email protected] and [email protected].
6. Set your favorite homepage.
7. Now restart your browser.

Internet Explorer

Steps to remove File Send Suite from Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer (IE).
2. Go to Toolsà Click on Internet Options.
3. From the listed tabs, click on ‘Advanced’ tab.
4. Under ‘Reset Internet Explorer settings’ option, click on ‘Reset…’.
5. Set the homepage of your choice.

Browser settings will be reset and the browser hijacker will be removed