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Listen To The Radio Now Extension

Posted: January 22, 2018

Threat Metric

Ranking: 8,102
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 1,689
First Seen: December 9, 2015
Last Seen: October 4, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Listen To The Radio Now Extension is a browser add-on for Google Chrome, whose purpose is to give its users access to hundreds of free online radio stations that they can listen to through their Web browser directly. While this is undoubtedly useful, there are countless online websites and services that offer radio streams without asking you to install 3rd-party browser extensions. Why you should opt for a service that does not require any installation is because by accepting to install the Listen To The Radio Now Extension, you also will permit it to tamper with your Web browser's settings. While the changes that this add-on brings are not harmful, they may turn out to be rather annoying since they might diminish the quality of your Web searches and force you to see websites that you might not be interested in.

The Listen To The Radio Now Extension has been categorized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) by multiple security product vendors, which is not a surprise considering that its publisher is Polarity Technologies LTD, a company linked to a long list of dubious programs. The installation of the Listen To The Radio Now Extension is likely to lead to changes such as:

  • Replacing the Chrome's default search aggregator with an alternative one linked to Polarity.
  • This replacement might have an adverse impact on the quality of the search results the users see.
  • Changing the default Chrome New Tab to promote a website with questionable features and Web search functions.

If the Listen To The Radio Now Extension is not the software you are looking for, but you have already installed it, then it is recommended to remove it as soon as possible. This can be accomplished either via manual removal or with the help of a credible PC security product.

Technical Details

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}ListenToTheRadioNow

Additional Information

The following URL's were detected:
home.searchlttrn.comsearch.searchlttrn.comsearch.searchmorr.com
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