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My Video Converter

Posted: February 25, 2020

The My Video Converter is the name of a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may be installed as an extension for your Web browser. You are likely to come across this add-on while looking for a handy utility to help you convert video file formats or compress your favorite videos to save space. However, the truth is that the My Video Converter is not a utility that you should use for this purpose – it does not contain a video converter embedded into it and, instead, all it does is to introduce you to a new search engine that contains links to popular online video conversion services. Needless to say, the latter content can be accessed via a quick Web search, and you do not need to install the My Video Converter to achieve this certainly.

Apart from not packing any relevant features, the My Video Converter may worsen your Web browsing experience by forcing you to use an alternative search engine – when this PUP is installed, it will replace your favorite search aggregator with Search.hfilevideoconverter.com immediately. While this change is not harmful, it may have an adverse impact on your Web searching experience. Search.hfilevideoconverter.com may show more advertisements than you are used to seeing while searching the Web, and it may prioritize results from affiliates.

If the My Video Converter is on your computer, we advise you to complete its removal either manually or with the use of an up-to-date PC security tool.

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