What is Search By PrsstMusic?
You might think that Search By PrsstMusic is a beneficial tool, but we would like to argue with that idea. Although the extension provides its users with access to music-related content, it is not actually beneficial, and the only thing it can do is redirect users to prsstmusic.com. Yes, this website allows you to search for your favorite musical artist, album, or song, but the information that is available is truly limited. For example, if you enter your favorite artist, you are introduced to a list of albums and songs they have produced, but when you click to listen to them, you are shown videos that are available on youtube.com. Therefore, although the website might seem to offer a music streaming service, it certainly does not do that. Unfortunately, it is just one of the reasons to delete Search By PrsstMusic. At the time of research, this PUP (potentially unwanted program) was compatible with Google Chrome only, and if you have it installed on this browser, we suggest you read this removal guide right now.
How does Search By PrsstMusic work?
Search By PrsstMusic might be presented by third-party downloaders that carry a bunch of different add-ons and programs bundled together. If you downloaded the PUP along with anything else, you must inspect it also because it is possible that it is malware that requires immediate removal. We recommend scanning the operating system even if you downloaded the extension on its own from the Chrome web store (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-by-prsstmusic/lahegkdkjbonnklbghcfkihdflfljfce). Hopefully, other threats do not exist, but if they do, use the search box on the right to find the removal guides you need to successfully eliminate these threats, or contact our Anti-Spyware-101.com research team directly via the comments section below. Of course, regardless of how you download this program, it should work the same. Once you launch your Google Chrome browser, you should be able to enter “M” into the address bar and tap “Tab” or “Space” on the keyboard to enable a personalized search engine. Then, you should be able to enter the name of an artist, album, or song to open an appropriate page on prsstmusic.com.
As you might have noticed already, even if you do not use the “M+Tab” combination, your default search provider acts funny. You would not notice if Yahoo Search was your usual default search provider. If that is not the case, you should realize that your searches are redirected to search.yahoo.com without permission. Aztec Media is presented as the creator of Search By PrsstMusic, but the searches are redirected via blpsearch.com by BLPsearch. At this time, we do not have enough information about the connection between these two seemingly different companies. We know, however, that the Privacy Policy of BLPSearch (at blpsearch.com/privacy) is the one we are supposed to look at. The good news is that the company claims that it does not record or leak any personally identifiable information. The bad news is that it redirects without permission to a search engine whose good name is exploited to showcase sponsored and, therefore, unreliable search results. Furthermore, its main service is pretty much useless.
How to delete Search By PrsstMusic
It is strongly recommended that you remove Search By PrsstMusic for the reasons discussed in this report. Even if you think that you enjoy the service – which we believe to be useless – you have to think about the PUP’s ability to hijack your default search provider, redirect you to Yahoo Search, show sponsored links, and, eventually, track information about your activity. If you do not want to be dealing with that, we recommend that you delete Search By PrsstMusic without any hesitation. As we discussed earlier, it is very important that you know if other threats or PUPs exist, which you can check using a malware scanner. If they do, installing an anti-malware program to have all infections deleted automatically might be the best idea. On the other hand, if you want to eliminate the PUP manually, you can follow the instructions below.
Removal Guide
- Open Chrome and enter chrome://extensions/ into the address bar.
- In the Extensions menu Remove all undesirable extensions.
- Enter chrome://settings/clearBrowserData into the address bar.
- Select the time range, check the boxes, and click Clear data.
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