ViewMyPDF

ViewMyPDF is a browser add-on compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. Just a quick look at its name reveals its primary purpose – to provide users with a neat way to view PDFs in their Web browser, as well as give them access to a variety of editing tools that can help them manage documents and other PDF files. While this might sound useful, you should be careful when installing add-ons like ViewMyPDF, because they may sometimes bring odd changes to your Web browser’s configuration.

Although extensions of this sort may often replace the default new tab page, this does not appear to be the case with the ViewMyPDF. Instead, its official website reveals several interesting and worrying things – according to Viewmypdf.com, the add-on is meant to provide users with access to online games. It is entirely possible that the publisher behind ViewMyPDF might have forgotten to change the description since their portfolio is likely to consist of numerous browser add-ons, which claim to be useful when their only purpose is to inject advertisements in the user’s Web browser. Users who opt to download the ViewMyPDF and take a look at the official website may quickly see that by installing this add-on, they agree to authorize it to inject advertisements in their Web browsing sessions – the advertisements will be tagged as ‘Viewmypdf Ads.’

It is clear that the ViewMyPDF add-on is not meant to be helpful and its primary purpose is to generate revenue for its publishers. If you have this extension installed on your computer, you should attempt to remove it manually or with the help of a suitable cyber security application immediately.