What is HDMusicStreamSearch?
Are you wondering if you made the right decision when you installed HDMusicStreamSearch? If you are, you came to the right place as we discuss the extension’s working manner, possible distribution channels, and its deletion in this article. Since the application was classified as a potentially unwanted program, it means that it might have undesirable qualities. In other words, the tool’s working manner could be annoying. If you find it so irritating that you want to delete it, you can find our step by step instructions that show how to erase HDMusicStreamSearch manually at the end of this text. Should you need more help with the removal process or have any questions to ask about the potentially unwanted program, do not hesitate to leave us a message in the comments area.
Where does HDMusicStreamSearch come from?
Many potentially unwanted programs are spread through file-sharing web pages and various advertisements. Since the application’s name includes keywords like music and stream search, it could be promoted as a tool that helps users find music videos to stream.
We cannot know for sure if this extension is spread via ads and file-sharing sites. However, we can tell that HDMusicStreamSearch has its official website and that at least at the moment of writing, it is available on the Chrome Web Store page. Thus, we advise users who do not want potentially unwanted programs to be cautious whether they are downloading tools from legitimate websites too. You should first learn if the chosen tool comes from reputable creators. Of course, avoiding unreliable file-sharing websites and ads would help too because they may offer not just potentially unwanted programs but also malicious applications.
How does HDMusicStreamSearch work?
We said earlier that potentially unwanted programs can have undesirable or irritating qualities. One thing that could be annoying about HDMusicStreamSearch is that it may change a user’s default search engine. Moreover, researchers say that it might replace it with a search engine that may redirect to search.yahoo.com instead of displaying search results itself. Naturally, if you thought you would get to use a different search engine than the Yahoo search engine when you installed this plugin, you could be disappointed.
Another irritating thing that this potentially unwanted program might do is view your browsing history. It would allow it to see what websites you visit, what ads you click, what do you search for on the Internet, and so on. Such information might not be considered personal, but some users do not like sharing it, especially if they do not trust the tool that gathers it. Also, data about users’ interests is often used to create targeted advertisements, and some users cannot stand such ads. It is possible that HDMusicStreamSearch could show tailored ads too, as the potentially unwanted program’s Privacy Policy says that collected data can be shared with third parties and might be used to “recommend content based on your preferences.” If you do not want to receive such content or want to use a different search website as your default search engine, you could erase HDMusicStreamSearch.
How to erase HDMusicStreamSearch?
There are a couple of ways to get rid of it. The first one is to access Google Chrome’s extensions menu and manually delete the potentially unwanted program. If you need step by step instructions to complete this task, you can find them a bit below this paragraph. You can also erase HDMusicStreamSearch with a chosen antimalware tool. Just make sure that you pick a legitimate antimalware application that could deal with this potentially unwanted program.
Delete HDMusicStreamSearch
- Go to Google Chrome.
- Insert the following link into the browser’s address bar: chrome://extensions
- Press Enter and search for HDMusicStreamSearch.
- Click Remove and press Remove to confirm.
- Close the Extensions menu.
- Restart your browser.
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