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Listen To The Radio Now Extension

The Listen To The Radio Now Extension is an ad-supported program created and maintained by Polarity Technologies Ltd. The Listen To The Radio Now Extension can be found on the Chrome Web Store — Chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/listen-to-the-radio-now/mnaimnpepifhhfolncihkcdafimdgeeo. The app is promoted to help users tune to their favorite radio stations and listen to the latest hits in the musical world. Some of the advantages listed on Listentotheradionow.com include world radio, music videos, lyrics, and music news. Web surfers can add the Listen To The Radio Now Extension by Polarity from Listentotheradionow.com and the Chrome Web Store for free. The Listen To The Radio Now Extension requires the following rights:

  • Read and change all your data on the websites you visit.
  • Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
  • Manage your apps, extensions and themes.

You may want to know that computer security researchers classify the Listen To The Radio Now Extension as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). The Listen To The Radio Now Extension is programmed to change the new tab to hxxp://search[.]/?&ap=nocache&i_id=radio_1.1&page=browseraction& that is an URL, which triggers a browser redirect to ,hxxp://search[.]/?&ap=nocache&cid=mnaimnpepifhhfolncihkcdafimdgeeoi_id=radio_1.1&page=newtab&. The aforementioned page is bugged, and browsers like Google Chrome are unable to load content from it. A quick view would let you notice that the initial link is configured inappropriately. The Listen To The Radio Now Extension is seen to manifest as an icon in the navigation panel. Clicking on the Listen To The Radio Now Extension icon does not seem to open a radio player, a new tab and a drop-down menu as you might expect it would. Instead, the Listen To The Radio Now Extension loads hxxp://search[.]/?&ap=nocache&i_id=radio_1.1&page=browseraction& and redirects the user to hxxp://search[.]/?&ap=nocache&cid=mnaimnpepifhhfolncihkcdafimdgeeoi_id=radio_1.1&page=newtab&. Judging by the reputation of Polarity, they may have intended to release a modified version of the HD Radio Player (Search.searchhighdrp.com) or the Free Live Radio New Tab Search extension (Query.hfreeliveradio.co). The company is known to publish revamped copies of earlier software products, redirect users to Yahoo, collect browsing history records and facilitate behavioral marketing. You might be willing to try out the HD Radio Player from Polarity, but you should take into consideration the associated EULA, Terms of Use and Privacy Policy first.

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