pdfconverterhd.com

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Short bio

The domain pdfconverterhd.com was blocked because it was associated with a  potentially unwanted program (PUP) called PDF Converter HD Search.

Malicious behavior

The domain pdfconverterhd.com promotes and links to a search hijacker and asks permission to show web push notifications which turn out to be advertisements.

website pdfconverterhd.com

Protection

block pdfconverterhd.com

Malwarebytes blocks pdfconverterhd.com

Add an exclusion

Should users wish to visit a blocked Domain and exclude it from being blocked, they can add it to the exclusions list. Here’s how to do it.

  • Open Malwarebytes for Windows.
  • Click the Detection History
  • Click the Allow List
  • To add an item to the Allow List, click Add.
  • Select Allow a website.
  • Select Add a URL and enter the domain that you wish to exclude.
  • Click on Done and the domain should appear in your Allow List.