Posted on 01/08/2015 8:44:26 AM PST by pabianice
I made the mistake of trying Wondershare converter to convert .pdf to .pub. It doesn't. Instead it demands about $100 for the "authorized" version. When I try to delete it from my PC it won't delete (using the control panel) and whenever I bring-up a .pdf file it now has "Wondershare" stamped all over it.
How do I get this malware out of my PC? Thanks.
Good idea, get him to try a free version to remove a free version?
I used Malwarebytes and it seemed ok. It’s not bad.
True that, CNET ended up costing me mucho.
Thanks for that info I have not downloaded anything for quite awhile, but previously considered CNET a reliable source and in fact had the site bookmarked, I do trust freepers to give the most solid advice.
Love that
That cuts the over-all cost by 50%, correct?
If the program is Maleware, it might very well screw with Internet explorer where anytime you try to access the Internet, it cuts you off.
True. It also hits Chrome.
BMFL
I have had good luck through the years with Revo Uninstaller
http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html
“I made the mistake of trying Wondershare converter to convert .pdf to .pub. It doesn’t.”
For your original need to convert PDF to Epub, try Calibre. Calibre is open-source software.
Convert PDF to EPUB in calibre - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G74n_wGI1Q
Calibre E-book Management
http://calibre-ebook.com/
For converting Epub to PDF and a lot of other formats try Pandoc:
Pandoc
http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/installing.html
Pandoc is open-source, is for Windows/Mac/Linux, and is almost universally used in the Linux world for document format conversion.
As you have already discovered, wondershare is garbage. I had problems with them but the uninstall went well but it wasn’t the pdf thing. It was the ‘convert-powerpoint- to video’. Communicating with ‘tech support’ was worthless.
Good luck!
Open Default Programs by clicking the Start button, and then clicking Default Programs.
In Default Programs, you can:
Show all
Set your default programs
Associate a file type with a program
Change AutoPlay settings
Set default programs for this computer
I ‘third’ that! It screwed me big time. I ended up reformatting and reinstalling — lost, not all, but much data.
Excuse me, what is wrong with CNet now? I haven’t been in years, but just because I havent had a need.
Thank you,
I downloaded a free malware program from CNET and it had a virus attached that affected my new laptop so bad, and after trying to get rid of it myself, finally took it to a tech pro and spent $210 getting it fixed.
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