StreamSiteSearch

StreamSiteSearch, despite its name, is not created to offer users a quick and convenient way to search for their favorite streams. Instead, the application's sole purpose is to promote a fake search engine and generate artificial traffic towards it. 

Once installed, StreamSiteSearch takes over the default browser of the user and modifies certain settings immediately. It changes the homepage, new page tab, and the default search engine to open the address feed.streamssitesearch.com. Every time the user starts up the affected browser, opens a new blank tab, or conducts a search, it will generate traffic for this fake search engine. And since feed.streamssitesearch.com is indeed fake by itself, it cannot generate any search results as it simply lacks the functionality to do so. It operates by taking the user's search query and redirecting it through a legitimate search engine - search.yahoo.com, in this case, for the actual list of search results. 

While StreamSiteSearch is present on the user's device or computer, it will prevent the browser settings from being put back to their original state. This is far from the only red flag around the application. Dubious third-party advertisements may be injected by it into the list of search results. Furthermore, it is common for browser hijackers such as StreamsSiteSearch to collect various data such as browsing history, conducted searchers, visited URLs, IP addresses and geolocation.