Discover Live Radio PUP - How to remove

Discover Live Radio toolbar has been released by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. It is a browser extension, which is supposed to provide the user with the functionality of listening to a number of radio stations right from his homepage. The toolbar is, actually, packed with another extension, which is supposed to provide the web search feature. So the homepage of the browser gets replaced with myway.com domain, which contains the DiscoverLiveRadio toolbar at the top of the page. Thus, the radio toolbar is put into the second place. Consequently, it is quite clear that it was only the means for the Myway extension to get on your browser.

The Purpose of Discover Live Radio Toolbar

Discover Live Radio add-on does actually contain some links to online radio stations, but its primary function is to replace the default start page of your browser with myway.com browser hijacker. It is an application, which is used as a distributor of the latter malicious extension. Accordingly, we can claim that all the issues, which follow the usage of myway.com hijacker, are the primary responsibility of Discover Live Radio plug-in.

The problems arise from the adware components, which the products of MS (MindSpark) are enhanced with. It is noted in the EULA (End User License Agreement) of the software:

The MS Services may integrate, be integrated into, bundled, or be provided in connection with third-party services.

These third party services is mainly the content of 3rd party malvertisers, which, upon the mutual agreement made between the malvertisers and MS, are displayed by the latter. Thus, the user is not only put screws to experience the general slowdown of the system, the constant redirect, but he is also put squeeze on to view online scams, which threaten real security issues.

It is not so easy, on the one hand, to remove Discover Live Radio program together with its malicious elements from your PC. Either the restoration of your previous browser settings or reinstallation of the browser will not change the situation for any good. These amateur methods of coping with such rogue applications do not work, because, even though neither the Discover Live Radio toolbar nor the Myway.com browser hijacker are viruses to the real sense of the term, these malicious programs can, indeed, modify the system’s registry. Thus, you need a professional outlook to the issue, which will be made clear in the following section.

How to Remove Discover Live Radio Toolbar?

Discover Live Radio PUP (potentially unwanted application) and all of its concomitant program codes, as well as registry keys added, can be quickly removed by running one of the following security applications: Spyhunter or Malwarebytes. This is an automatic method of removal. The manual removal of the PUP can delete the program and its registry entries, but all the malware apps, which, besides Myway.com hijacker, could have been installed on the compromised system will not be affected. Thus, you will need to inspect the system yourself and this, obviously, requires a little more knowledge than the average user has.

How Has Discover Live Radio PUP Gotten on Your PC?

Well, it is more or less clear what Discover Live Radio PUA (potentially unwanted application) can fetch over on your computer. But what is the reverse direction? The malicious toolbar can also be spread by other PUPs or adwares. Or it can be itself bundled into some useful free tools such as media players, file converters and similar free software. This extension can also be dowloaded from its official downloading website free.discoverliveradio.com.

Thus, users are advised to read the supplementary documentation and review the installation wizards in the Custom or Advanced settings, as they are definitely enclosed some portion of PUPs.

Manual removal of Discover Live Radio PUP

How to remove Discover Live Radio PUP using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Discover Live Radio PUP install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to Discover Live Radio PUP . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Discover Live Radio PUP easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove Discover Live Radio PUP from macOS

Delete Discover Live Radio PUP from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the Discover Live Radio PUP app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopRemove malicious extensions from Internet Explorer

• Press on the Gear icon→Manage Add-ons.
  
• Go through Toolbars and extensions. Remove everything related to Discover Live Radio PUP and items you do not know that are made not by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle or Adobe.
  
• Close the Options.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Discover Live Radio PUP, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Press on the Gear icon->Internet Options.
  
• Choose the Advanced tab and click on the Reset button.
  
• Select a “Delete personal settings” checkbox and click on the Reset button.
  
• Click on the Close button on the confirmation box, then close your browser.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Discover Live Radio PUP from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Discover Live Radio PUP. Click on the trash bin icon next to Discover Live Radio PUP or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Discover Live Radio PUP, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

TopRemoving Discover Live Radio PUP from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Discover Live Radio PUP related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Discover Live Radio PUP, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Discover Live Radio PUP from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Discover Live Radio PUP. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Discover Live Radio PUP or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Discover Live Radio PUP from Safari (Mac OS X)

• Click on the Safari menu.
• Choose Preferences.
  
• Click on the Extensions Tab.
• Click on the Uninstall button near the Discover Live Radio PUP. Remove all other unknown or suspicious entries too. If you are not sure whether you need the extension or not, you can simply uncheck the Enable check-box to disable the extension temporarily.
  
• Restart Safari.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Discover Live Radio PUP, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari.
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.