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Search.searchhighdrp.com

Posted: May 16, 2017

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 73
First Seen: May 16, 2017
OS(es) Affected: Windows


The HD Radio Player is a browser add-on that may be compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. This piece of software is developed and published by Polarity Technologies LTD and, according to its official website, it provides the user with the ability to browse free online radio stations, as well as to listen to them. This functionality might be welcomed by many people, but we'd like to remind users who are keen on using the HD Radio Player that there are countless free websites that offer the same service without requiring the installation of 3rd-party browser extensions. In addition to this, it is important to note that the HD Radio Player software is classified as a Potentially Unwanted program (PUP) so that some anti-virus products may detect and remove its files.

The most reliable browser extensions avoid forcing their users to modify their Web browser's settings but, unfortunately, the situation with the HD Radio Player is a bit different. Just like most of Polarity Technologies' other products, the HD Radio Player also asks the users to authorize it to modify their Web browser's default new tab page. The website that the HD Radio Player promotes is Search.searchhighdrp.com, and users who stumble upon this page may end up there exactly because they installed the HD Radio Player extension recently.

Even if the presence of Search.searchhighdrp.com might be unwelcome, users who visit this page will not be put in harm's way. In fact, this website is legitimate, and it offers working features such as a search field that brings results from the Yahoo Search, alongside a collection of hotlinks to popular Web destinations. Last but not least, the toolbar on Search.searchhighdrp.com contains links to online radio and music streaming services that users might enjoy browsing.

Users who wish to remove HD Radio Player and the new tab page it brings can do that via two methods – either manually by uninstalling HD Radio Player from their Web client's settings or using a credible anti-malware tool to dispose of the intrusive PUP.

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