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Speedy Media Converter

Posted: September 7, 2015

Speedy Media Converter is a program that is not as useful as it appears to be initially. The experts have enough reasons to label it as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). This classification means that the application comes with some annoying features, so any user should decide whether keeping it is worth it. Speedy Media Converter claims that it can change the extensions of various files. Allegedly, the supported formats are Mp3, FLV, MP4, MPG, WAV, AVI, OGG, M4A, 3GP. We cannot say if the offered function works as it is announced, but we can list the unpleasant modifications that Speedy Media Converter causes. The primary reason not to have this PUP on your PC is that it inserts additional commercial materials. They appear within Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and any other browser that you may have. The ads come in various shapes, most annoying of which seem to be the pop-ups, banners, automatically launched videos and interstitial ads. Speedy Media Converter may also replace your default homepage with some less known search provider, which tries to redirect you towards sponsored domains. The marketing materials made by this PUP may worsen the performance of your browsers. It is even possible their presence to cause occasional freezes. You may be surprised to notice that the displayed offers correspond to your interests. This fact is not some coincidence or a lucky guess – the Speedy Media Converter checks your history to find out what may seem appealing to you. Nevertheless, it is not a good idea to follow the newly generated pop-ups and banners because they may open some suspicious websites. If the built-in uninstall module of Speedy Media Converter doesn't work, you should delete the PUP with a credible security application.

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