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PDF To Pro

Posted: May 26, 2020

PDF To Pro is a browser extension, which you may be tempted to install because it promises to give you the ability to quickly convert PDF files into various document formats and vice versa. However, users who opt to install PDF To Pro soon may see a prompt, which tells them to authorize the extension to change their default new tab page to Search.hpdftopro.com – the installation cannot be completed unless this condition is met. This is a very aggressive way to promote a website, and software that uses such strategies is usually frowned upon.

PDF To Pro, in particular, is categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) since it may provide its users with false promises – the 'file conversion' features it claims to support are hosted on 3rd-party websites and services that the user will be redirected to. All of this content can be accessed without using the PDF To Pro at all. Last but not least, PDF To Pro cannot be used without agreeing to have your default new tab page changed to Searc.hpdftopro.com.

If your Web browser has the PDF To Pro add-on attached to it and you are unhappy with the changes the extension made, then we suggest that you take care of its immediate removal. This can be done manually, or by running a suitable PC security scanner that specializes in identifying and eradicating PUPs.

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