How to remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com [Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge]

If your FF, Chrome, IE and Microsoft Edge internet browser home page have replaced to Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com somehow, and you have tried to modify home page and search engine from browser settings, but it did not help, then this might be a sign that your web-browser has become the victim of potentially unwanted program from the browser hijacker family. The browser hijacker is an one type of unwanted software that alters internet browsers settings without your’s permission, to reroute you into unwanted web-pages. The hijacker infection mostly replace the Google Chrome, FF, MS Edge and Internet Explorer current new tab page, startpage and search engine by default with its own.

In order to force you to use Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com as often as possible this hijacker infection can modify your web-browsers’ search engine. The authors of this hijacker do so in order to make money via Google AdSense or another third-party ad network. Thus every your click on advertisements which placed on the Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com generates money for them.

While redirecting, your web-browser’s status bar may show the following messages: ‘Waiting for Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com’, ‘Transferring data from Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com’, ‘Looking up Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com’, ‘Read Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com’, ‘Connected to Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com’.

The Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com browser hijacker mostly affects only the Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and MS Edge. However, possible situations, when any other web browsers will be affected too. The browser hijacker infection will perform a scan of the system for internet browser shortcuts and change them without your permission. When it infects the web-browser shortcuts, it will add the argument such as ‘http://site.address’ into Target property. So, each time you launch the web-browser, you will see an unwanted web page.

So, it is very important to clean your computer of browser hijacker infection as soon as possible. The step by step guide, which is shown below, will allow you to remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com from the Chrome, Firefox, IE and Microsoft Edge and other internet browsers.

How to remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com from personal computer

In the step-by-step tutorial below, we’ll try to cover the Google Chrome, FF, Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer and provide general advice to remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com . You may find some minor differences in your Microsoft Windows install. No matter, you should be okay if you follow the steps outlined below: delete all suspicious and unknown applications, reset web browsers settings, fix browsers shortcuts, use free malicious software removal utilities. Certain of the steps below will require you to shut down this page. So, please read the guide carefully, after that bookmark or print it for later reference.

To remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com, use the following steps:

1. How to manually remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com
   • Removing the Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com, check the list of installed programs first
   • Get rid of Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com from Firefox by resetting internet browser settings
   • Get rid of Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com startpage from Internet Explorer
   • Remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com from Google Chrome
2. How to automatically get rid of Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com hijacker infection
   • Run Zemana Free to delete Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com search
   • Remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com homepage with Malwarebytes
   • Double-check for potentially unwanted software with AdwCleaner
3. How to block Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com home page
4. How did you get infected with Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com hijacker
5. Finish words

How to manually remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com

Steps to remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com browser hijacker infection without any software are presented below. Be sure to carry out the step-by-step steps completely to fully remove this undesired Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com startpage.

Removing the Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com, check the list of installed programs first

In order to remove potentially unwanted software like this hijacker infection, open the Microsoft Windows Control Panel and click on “Uninstall a program”. Check the list of installed software. For the ones you do not know, run an Internet search to see if they are adware, browser hijacker or PUPs. If yes, uninstall them off. Even if they are just a programs which you do not use, then removing them off will increase your PC system start up time and speed dramatically.

1. If you are using Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 then press Windows button, next click Search. Type “Control panel”and press Enter.
2. If you are using Windows XP, Vista, 7, then press “Start” button and click “Control Panel”.
3. It will display the Windows Control Panel.
4. Further, click “Uninstall a program” under Programs category.
5. It will show a list of all software installed on the PC.
6. Scroll through the all list, and remove suspicious and unknown programs. To quickly find the latest installed applications, we recommend sort programs by date.

See more details in the video guidance below.

Get rid of Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com from Firefox by resetting internet browser settings

The Firefox reset will keep your personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, web form auto-fill data and remove unwanted search engine and start page like Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com, modified preferences, extensions and security settings.

Start the Firefox and click the menu button (it looks like three stacked lines) at the top right of the internet browser screen. Next, press the question-mark icon at the bottom of the drop-down menu. It will display the slide-out menu.

Select the “Troubleshooting information”. If you’re unable to access the Help menu, then type “about:support” in your address bar and press Enter. It bring up the “Troubleshooting Information” page as on the image below.

Click the “Refresh Firefox” button at the top right of the Troubleshooting Information page. Select “Refresh Firefox” in the confirmation prompt. The FF will start a procedure to fix your problems that caused by the browser hijacker which redirects your web browser to unwanted Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com web site. Once, it is complete, press the “Finish” button.

Get rid of Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com startpage from Internet Explorer

In order to restore all web-browser home page, newtab page and search engine by default you need to reset the IE to the state, that was when the MS Windows was installed on your PC.

First, launch the Microsoft Internet Explorer, then press ‘gear’ icon . It will open the Tools drop-down menu on the right part of the web browser, then press the “Internet Options” as shown on the screen below.

In the “Internet Options” screen, select the “Advanced” tab, then click the “Reset” button. The Internet Explorer will show the “Reset Internet Explorer settings” prompt. Further, click the “Delete personal settings” check box to select it. Next, press the “Reset” button as displayed in the figure below.

Once the task is done, click “Close” button. Close the IE and restart your personal computer for the changes to take effect. This step will help you to restore your browser’s newtab page, startpage and search provider by default to default state.

Remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com from Google Chrome

Like other modern browsers, the Chrome has the ability to reset the settings to their default values and thereby recover the web-browser start page, new tab page and search engine by default that have been changed by the Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com browser hijacker infection.

First launch the Google Chrome. Next, click the button in the form of three horizontal stripes (). It will display the main menu. Further, press the option named “Settings”. Another way to display the Google Chrome’s settings – type chrome://settings in the browser adress bar and press Enter.

The internet browser will show the settings screen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and press the “Show advanced settings” link. Now scroll down until the “Reset settings” section is visible, as shown in the following example and press the “Reset settings” button.

The Google Chrome will display the confirmation dialog box. You need to confirm your action, press the “Reset” button. The browser will run the process of cleaning. After it is finished, the web browser’s settings including startpage, new tab and search engine by default back to the values that have been when the Chrome was first installed on your machine.

How to automatically get rid of Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com hijacker infection

Manual removal tutorial does not always allow to completely delete the hijacker, as it is not easy to identify and remove components of browser hijacker and all malicious files from hard disk. Therefore, it is recommended that you run malware removal tool to completely get rid of Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com off your computer. Several free malware removal tools are currently available that can be used against the browser hijacker. The optimum method would be to run Zemana, Malwarebytes Free and AdwCleaner.

Run Zemana Free to delete Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com search

You can remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com start page automatically with a help of Zemana Anti-Malware. We recommend this malware removal tool because it can easily remove browser hijacker infections, PUPs, adware and toolbars with all their components such as folders, files and registry entries.

Download Zemana Free from the link below and save it directly to your Microsoft Windows Desktop.

After downloading is finished, close all programs and windows on your machine. Double-click the setup file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” prompt pops up as shown in the following example, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” which will help you install Zemana on your computer. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is complete successfully, Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will automatically start and you can see its main screen as on the image below.

Now click the “Scan” button to perform a system scan for the browser hijacker infection which changes web browser settings to replace your newtab, start page and search provider by default with Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com site. A scan may take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the number of files on your personal computer and the speed of your computer. While the Zemana AntiMalware program is scanning, you can see count of objects it has identified as threat.

Once the scan is done, you can check all threats found on your system. You may move items to Quarantine (all selected by default) by simply click “Next” button. The Zemana AntiMalware will delete hijacker infection which redirects your web browser to annoying Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com web-site and move threats to the program’s quarantine. When the procedure is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the computer.

Remove Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com homepage with Malwarebytes

Manual Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com startpage removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the hijacker can be not completely removed. We advise that run the Malwarebytes Free that are completely free your computer of browser hijacker. Moreover, the free program will help you to delete malware, potentially unwanted applications, adware and toolbars that your computer can be infected too.

1. Download MalwareBytes AntiMalware by clicking on the link below. Save it on your Desktop.
   
   

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2. After the download is complete, close all software and windows on your PC. Open a file location. Double-click on the icon that’s named mb3-setup.
3. Further, press Next button and follow the prompts.
4. Once setup is finished, press the “Scan Now” button to perform a system scan with this tool for the browser hijacker which cause a redirect to Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com web-site. Depending on your system, the scan may take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour. When a malicious software, adware or potentially unwanted software are found, the count of the security threats will change accordingly.
5. When MalwareBytes Anti-Malware has finished scanning, you will be shown the list of all found items on your machine. All found threats will be marked. You can delete them all by simply press “Quarantine Selected”. Once the procedure is finished, you can be prompted to reboot your system.

The following video offers a step by step guide on how to remove browser hijacker infections, adware and other malicious software with MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM).

Double-check for potentially unwanted software with AdwCleaner

AdwCleaner is a free removal utility which can check your computer for a wide range of security threats such as ‘ad supported’ software, malicious software, potentially unwanted programs as well as browser hijacker that cause Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com page to appear. It will perform a deep scan of your machine including hard drives and Windows registry. When a malicious software is found, it will allow you to remove all found threats from your computer by a simple click.

Download AdwCleaner tool from the link below.

After downloading is finished, open the folder in which you saved it and double-click the AdwCleaner icon. It will launch the AdwCleaner tool and you will see a screen as shown below. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to launch the application, click Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Scan” to perform a system scan for the hijacker infection that alters web browser settings to replace your start page, newtab and search engine by default with Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com web page. This task can take some time, so please be patient.

When the scanning is finished, AdwCleaner will open you the results as displayed on the screen below.

Make sure all threats have ‘checkmark’ and click “Clean” button. It will open a dialog box. Click “OK” button. The AdwCleaner will remove browser hijacker which redirects your web browser to unwanted Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com web-page. Once the process is finished, the utility may ask you to reboot your personal computer. After restart, the AdwCleaner will open the log file.

All the above steps are shown in detail in the following video instructions.

How to block Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com home page

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1. Download AdGuard program by clicking on the link below. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.
   

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2. Once the download is finished, start the downloaded file. You will see the “Setup Wizard” program window. Follow the prompts.
3. After the installation is finished, click “Skip” to close the setup program and use the default settings, or press “Get Started” to see an quick tutorial that will help you get to know AdGuard better.
4. In most cases, the default settings are enough and you do not need to change anything. Each time, when you launch your PC system, AdGuard will start automatically and stop pop up ads, web pages such Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com, as well as other harmful or misleading web-sites. For an overview of all the features of the program, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the icon named AdGuard, that may be found on your desktop.

How did you get infected with Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com hijacker

The Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com browser hijacker usually come along with certain free software that you download off of the Web. Once started, it will infect your PC system and alter browser’s settings like newtab page, start page and search engine by default without your permission. To avoid infection, in the Setup wizard, you should be be proactive and carefully read the ‘Terms of use’, the ‘license agreement’ and other installation screens, as well as to always choose the ‘Manual’ or ‘Advanced’ setup mode, when installing anything downloaded from the Web.

Finish words

Now your personal computer should be clean of the hijacker that cause Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com page to appear. Uninstall AdwCleaner. We suggest that you keep Zemana (to periodically scan your PC for new browser hijacker infections and other malicious software) and AdGuard (to help you block intrusive advertisements and harmful web pages). Moreover, to prevent browser hijackers, please stay clear of unknown and third party software, make sure that your antivirus application, turn on the option to detect PUPs (potentially unwanted programs).

If you need more help with Videoconverter.freedownload-now.com homepage related issues, go to our Spyware/Malware removal forum.