SearchRadioStation

As its name suggests, SearchRadioStation will supposedly help users find their desired radio station in a more convenient and efficient way. However, in reality, SearchRadioStation is barely anything more than a browser-hijacker application, designed to drive artificial traffic to its promoted address.

The most obvious sign that SearchRadioStation is present on your computer is if your browser suddenly starts to open the feed.searchradiostation.com address upon started. The same will also be through for any new tab page or any search queries conducted through the affected browser. While SearchRadioStation is still installed, it will override any attempts to revert these settings to their original state.

The search engine promoted by SearchRadioStation is categorized as being fake thanks to its inability to produce any search results on its own. When the user decides to perform a search, feed.searchradiostation.com will take it and redirect it through a legitimate engine - search.yahoo.com, for the actual results.

Apart from being regarded as PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) due to their reliance on deceitful distribution methods such as bundling, applications such as SearchRadioStation are often equipped with data tracking functions as well. They could monitor and collect information related to the visited websites, clicked URLs, conducted searches as well as the IP address, geolocation or the ISP (Internet Service Provider).