Converters Now Toolbar

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Ranking: 3,284
Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 12,952
First Seen: May 17, 2017
Last Seen: September 19, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Converters Now Toolbar by Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. is promoted at convertersnow.com/index.jhtml as an excellent tool that can help you convert PDFs to Microsoft Word documents and explore related content on dictionary.com, britannica.com, thesaurus.com and translate.google.com. The Converters Now Toolbar works as an extension to your Web browser and may change your new tab page and start page to a customized version of Myway.com. The Converters Now Toolbar is a free-to-use and free-to-install software that may be compatible with Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. The Converters Now extension is an ad-supported product that may arrive on your computer in the company of other freeware. You may be interested to know that the Converters Now is a re-branded version of the MyFileConvert by MyWay. Both apps are developed by Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. and believed to be clones of MergeDocsNow and the PDFConverterHQ Toolbar that are associated with customized pages under the hp.myway.com domain as well.

The Converters Now Toolbar is deemed as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may perform browser redirects via redirect.viglink.com whenever you click on the icons at hp.myway.com/convertersnow/ttab02 to monetize your activity for its developers. The Converters Now Toolbar may change the default new tab and start page to hp.myway.com/convertersnow/ttab02 and provide search results at int.search.myway.com. As mentioned above, the Converters Now extension is an ad-supported product, and it requires access to various data on your PC to help marketers push related promotional materials to your computer when you load hp.myway.com/convertersnow/ttab02. The Converters Now app by Mindspark is reported to require the following browser privileges:

  • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
  • Read and change your browsing history.
  • Manage your downloads.
  • Manage your apps, extensions and themes.

You might want to read the documentation on the Converters Now Toolbar service available at convertersnow.com/index.jhtml very carefully. Also, you should read over to eula.mindspark.com/eula and eula.mindspark.com/privacypolicy that host the Privacy and EULA Agreements employed by Mindspark. The new tab provided by Converters Now includes links to Amazon, Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Twitter, Groupon, and Macys.com, which you may find useful. However, the browser redirects and targeted advertisements might not be welcomed by many users. PC users should note that there is a daily limit of 10 files regarding the number of documents that can be processed online via hp.myway.com/convertersnow/ttab02. You might want to seek a viable alternative to the Converters Now by Mindspark and use a credible anti-spyware scanner to clean tracking cookies that it may have downloaded to your drive. AV scanners are known to flag objects associated with Converters Now as:

SpyHunter Detects & Remove Converters Now Toolbar

Registry Details

Converters Now Toolbar may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
File name without path
convertersnow.dl.myway[1].xml
convertersnow.dl.tb.ask[1].xml
http_convertersnow.dl.myway.com_0.localstorage
http_convertersnow.dl.myway.com_0.localstorage-journal
http_convertersnow.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstorage
http_convertersnow.dl.tb.ask.com_0.localstorage-journal
Software\ConvertersNow
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\convertersnow.dl.myway.com
Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DOMStorage\convertersnow.dl.tb.ask.com

Directories

Converters Now Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\ConvertersNowTooltab
%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\ConvertersNowTooltab

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