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My Smart Converter

Posted: June 30, 2020

My Smart Converter is a browser utility that is meant to serve as a neat file conversion tool that will be at your disposal whenever you browse the Web. However, there is a catch – the content that My Smart Converter offers is only found in your new tab page, and this is why My Smart Converter will demand permission to change your Web browser's default new tab to Mysmartconverter.com/newtab/v1. While this change is not a major problem, many users are unlikely to enjoy being forced to use an alternative website that has not proven to be trustworthy.

Users who rely on reputable anti-malware software are unlikely to be troubled by My Smart Converter's changes since they will see a warning as soon as they attempt to interact with this add-on – this is because My Smart Converter is known as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), and, naturally, anti-malware software attempts to block the installation of such software.

If your Web browser's configuration has been changed by My Smart Converter's installation, then we suggest that you remove this PUP with the help of a suitable computer security scanner. By removing this add-on, your Web browser's settings should be restored to their previous values.

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