RadioSearchPro – What is it?

“RadioSearchPro” search hijacker is a potentially unwanted application (PUA)¹, that is promoted as a plugin for your web browser. It is usually marketed as an add-on for Chrome or Firefox, that helps to search some specific info, as an example, about sport events, make your web browser far more safe, allow downloading of any kind of video, et cetera. Also, this app adds the “Managed by your organization” feature (on Chrome browsers).

However, the “RadioSearchPro” plugin is fairly pointless due to the fact that all such functions are currently built-in to your web browser and/or system. Such marketing slogans are targeted at low-skilled computer users, for example, pensioners or schoolchildren. However frequently even expert users are getting caught on such a lure. In particular scenarios, this hijacker is spread together with free apps.

How harmful is RadioSearchPro hijacker?

Besides its uselessness, RadioSearchPro hijacker is additionally quite hazardous for browser use. It transforms your search engine to its specific – Radiosearchpro.com, and additionally modifies your background, adding its watermark on your wallpaper (or, sometimes, changing it to default with the mentioned sign).

Apart from aesthetic changes done by RadioSearchPro hijacker, you might see that several of your search questions are redirecting to the dubious websites, filled with web links and advertisements – so-called doorway sites. Such websites can have web links for malware downloads. The chance of redirecting surges if you attempt to launch Google search page forcibly.

But all these activities are far more annoying than truly harmful. The biggest danger, particularly for people who have a huge amount of secret information in their browsers, is embedded in information gathering functionalities. Cookie files, conversations, often-visited websites, and other activities are simply gathered by RadioSearchPro hijacker.