What is ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar?
ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar is a free piece of software that promises to enable users to “perform simple file conversions.” It seems that some users believe that it can act beneficially because there are people out there who willingly install this application from its official website http://free.convertdocsonline.com/index.jhtm or the Chrome Web Store https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/convertdocsonline/pebplbnpogfdllkijjlabbjbbngdadjl. We do not say that it is a useless program, but, unfortunately, we cannot confirm that it is a fully reliable application either because specialists have noticed that it has several drawbacks typical for potentially unwanted applications. It is the reason it has been classified as a potentially unwanted program as well. Although these are not harmful infections, they should not be kept active on the system because of undesirable activities they might perform, so if we were you, we would delete ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar fully in the near future. Of course, you are the one who can decide upon its destiny.
What does ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar do?
ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar does not differ much from other browser plugins developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. That is, it sets its own page on users’ browsers after it gets onto their computers. This page contains a toolbar containing quick-access buttons that open third-party file conversion services. Users can convert all popular formats of documents and pictures straight from their browsers’ main windows and, on top of that, they can open popular pages like Facebook, Youtube, Gmail, Amazon, and others with the single mouse click. Some users find ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar quite useful, but not all the people are happy to see the changes applied to their browsers. That is, they want to bring back their good old pages they used to see. There is only one way to do that – to remove the Mindspark toolbar completely. If you decide to keep it, you should be careful with the search tool this browser plugin promotes – search.myway.com. It has been noticed that it uses the modified Google search engine, meaning that it might present you with third-party links leading to dubious pages. What else you should know about this potentially unwanted program is that it collects information about users. Its Privacy Policy document has revealed that it should collect some non-personally identifiable details like IP address, browser type and language, a time-stamp, search queries, websites visited, and other details automatically. On top of that, it will record details provided by the user “when using the MS Services.” The collected information will not be kept somewhere privately. Instead, the chances are high that it will be shared with authorized service providers, advertisers/ad networks, and other third parties. The removal of ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar is the only way to stop it.
Where does ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar come from?
If you have not installed ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar from any of its official sources, it means that it has entered your computer without your permission. Specialists at anti-spyware-101.com say that it could have arrived on your PC in a software bundle, or you could have installed it incidentally by clicking on a pop-up promoting it. Pop-ups promoting software are usually shown to users when they enter untrustworthy pages; however, if you keep seeing them periodically no matter you surf the Internet or not, the chances are high that a program distributing ads, i.e., an advertising-supported application is active on your computer. In such a case, you must delete it from your system too. Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. has already released a ton of similar browser plugins that are considered potentially unwanted software by specialists, so installing a powerful security tool on the system would be a smart move.
How to delete ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar
Luckily, Mindspark toolbars are not harmful infections, so it is usually quite easy to remove them. If you are using Internet Explorer, you could delete ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar through Control Panel. Unfortunately, it will not be that easy to remove this browser plugin from Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome because you will need to remove extensions representing this toolbar from them. Of course, it should be easier to eliminate this potentially unwanted application if you follow our step-by-step instructions, but you should know that you can delete it automatically instead if you want to. In the latter case, you will have to acquire a powerful scanner and then perform a scan with it. All other suspicious applications will be deleted from your system as well at the same time.
Remove ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar
Internet Explorer
Windows XP
- Click Start.
- Select Control Panel and click Add or Remove Programs.
- Select ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar and click Remove.
Windows 7/Vista/8/8.1/10
- Press Win+R.
- Enter Control Panel in the box and click OK.
- Click Uninstall a program.
- Select the program you want to delete.
- Click Uninstall.
Mozilla Firefox
- Start Mozilla Firefox.
- Tap Ctrl+Shift+A to open the Extensions menu.
- Select ConvertDocsOnline Toolbar.
- Click Remove.
Google Chrome
- Launch Google Chrome.
- Press Alt+F.
- Click More tools and open Extensions.
- Locate the extension you want to disable, select it, and click the trash button.
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