Do you know what RadioSearches is?
Browser extensions might enhance your browsing experience, but researchers recommend thinking twice when it comes to applications like RadioSearches. The application was classified as a potentially unwanted program, which suggests that it could have functionality that could annoy users and might not be wanted. If you want to find out more about its working manner, its possible distribution channels, and other important details, we invite you to read our full report. If you slide a bit below it, you can find our removal guide that shows how you could erase RadioSearches directly from your browser. Our instructions show how to delete the potentially unwanted program from Google Chrome alone, because, to our knowledge, the extension does not work on other browsers. Feel free to use our steps if you decide that installing this extension was a bad idea.
At the moment, RadioSearches is still available on the Chrome Web Store page. However, by the time you read this article, it could be already gone. As you see, some of the similar potentially unwanted programs get removed because of negative user reviews. While this extension does not have such reviews yet, it is also worth mentioning that so war it has only one review. Besides the Chrome Web Store page, the extension is offered on its official website called get.radio-searches.com. Our researchers say that users could come across it while visiting file-sharing websites, clicking pop-ups, and advertisements. Thus, if you want to avoid potentially unwanted programs alike our recommendation would be to research all software that you encounter thoughtfully before installing it. If you employ a reputable antimalware tool, it might also be able to help you keep away from such applications and, most importantly, it could guard your system against threats.
RadioSearches screenshot
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If you place RadioSearches on your Google Chrome, the extension might change your default search engine with portal.radio-searches.com. Consequently, every time that, for example, you search for something by typing a keyword into your browser’s address bar, you would be searching via portal.radio-searches.com. However, it might seem like you are searching via the Yahoo search engine. That is because the extension’s search website may redirect you to a modified version of search.yahoo.com. Results displayed by it could be modified, for instance, they could be injected with ads that may come from unknown sources, which is why it is advisable to be cautious with such content. You should also be aware that RadioSearches could require permission to view your browsing history. Such data might be valuable for purposes like analyzing user browsing habits, creating targeted ads, and so on. If you do not feel comfortable about sharing any data with a potentially unwanted program or do not find it that useful, you could get rid of this extension.
As mentioned earlier, users can remove RadioSearches right from their browsers. All you have to know is how to access Google Chrome’s extensions menu. If you have no idea how to access it, you could use the removal guide available below. On the other hand, the extension falls under the classification of potentially unwanted programs, which means that antimalware tools should be able to identify and delete RadioSearches. Thus, if you do not want to deal with it manually, you could employ a reputable antimalware tool instead.
Delete RadioSearches
- Open Google Chrome.
- Paste this link: chrome://extensions into the browser’s address bar.
- Press Enter and search for the potentially unwanted program.
- Tap Remove located next to RadioSearches.
- Click Remove and exit the Extensions menu.
- Restart your browser.
In non-techie terms:
RadioSearches is a potentially unwanted program that might change users’ default search engines. It’s offered search engine called portal.radio-searches.com might redirect to a modified Yahoo search engine. It means that the search results ought to be gathered and displayed by Yahoo, but they might be injected with content from the potentially unwanted program or its third-party partners. Also, users ought to know that the application may collect data from their browsing history. If you do not want to share such data even anonymously or do not like that the extension changes your default search engine with a website that could show modified search results, you could erase RadioSearches. To learn how to delete it from Google Chrome manually, you could use the removal guide available above. If you would rather use automatic features, you could employ a reputable antimalware tool that would detect and erase the potentially wanted program.