Musicstreamsearch.com - How to remove

Musicstreamsearch.com is a website that exists to log user data and to open Yahoo.com. It lurks in the background, collects data, and advertises. It’s not very dangerous but it’s definitely unwanted, as it fails to offer any useful features at all.

Musicstreamsearch.com’s search redirects can be stopped by finding and removing the MusicStreamSearch extension. Notifications can be blocked in settings.

Musicstreamsearch.com in short:

Classification	Adware, browser hijacker.
How to remove Musicstreamsearch.com	Uninstall MusicStreamSearch and other extensions, check for other malware with Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, and other anti-malware scanners, block notifications to stop pop-ups.
How MusicStreamSearch spreads	Bundled with free apps, advertised online (with misleading ads).
Problems caused by Musicstreamsearch.com	Your usage data, like your browsing history and search queries, are logged by Musicstreamsearch.com, Yahoo.com becomes the default search engine, too many ads are in search results, pop-up ads in the corner of your browser may start appearing.

How to remove Musicstreamsearch.com

Remove unwanted browser extensions

Musicstreamsearch.com is a website that your browser is connecting to, probably because some malicious browser extension (MusicStreamSearch) is forcing it. To stop MusicStreamSearch.com, you need to find and delete the browser extension.

This is easy enough. Extensions are found in browser settings, on their own Extensions page. On Chrome, you can also check your extensions by clicking the puzzle button in the upper right corner.

Remove not just MusicStreamSearch, but all the extensions that you don’t recognize and/or did not install yourself.

In addition, scan your computer with an antivirus application, such as Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, or another program that you trust. Check the scan results to see if you missed any dangerous or low-reputation items.

There is the possibility that Musicstreamsearch.com can’t be removed because the Remove button is missing or it’s gray and you can’t click it. That happens when a malicious browser extension abuses certain settings. Luckily, you can fix it as described in this post – “Installed by enterprise policy” (fake).

Block notification ads

If Musicstreamsearch.com is showing pop-up ads on your screen, you can stop this by going into your Site settings and blocking Musicstreamsearch.com’s notifications. How to disable Web Push Notifications.

How MusicStreamSearch gets installed

Musicstreamsearch.com has some webpages on Get.musicstreamsearch.com that lead to MusicStreamSearch’s installation. They might look familiar. “Download Ready”, “Add to Chrome” and “Add to Firefox”, “Recommended Extension” – these formats are used by lots of malicious sites, including Install.notify-service.com and Radio-searches.com.

Musicstreamsearch.com’s ads don’t even look like ads. They look like warnings that firmly instruct you to download and install MusicStreamSearch. Or they look like download links or buttons.

This is intentional – it is meant to confuse people. Ads for Musicstreamsearch.com appear on sites where people download files (free programs, games, mods, songs, videos) and where they stream movies. If you’ve visited such sites, you know that their ads can be very aggressive: opening in a new browser tab or even taking over your whole screen, triggering even when you didn’t click on anything.

Sometimes, people see Musicstreamsearch.com’s ads and think “Oh, MusicStreamSearch must be some software that I need to be able to download the file/watch the video. I will just follow the instructions, then.”

In reality, Musicstreamsearch.com is just random adware. Feel free to ignore any webpage that looks like those used Get.musicstreamsearch.com.

Also, MusicstreamSearch could also come with infected freeware installers (like those on Softfamous.com). Be very careful when installing programs from download sites.

Is Musicstreamsearch.com dangerous?

Musicstreamsearch.com is just a fake search site. When MusicStreamSearch gets installed, it changes your web browser’s settings so that Feed.musicstreamsearch.com gets all of your search queries. It then redirects to Yahoo.com, which delivers your search results. Very simple and not really dangerous.

Here are the main things that Musicstreamsearch.com does:

• Gets installed dishonestly and stays hidden. It doesn’t want to get your attention.
• Reads your browsing history and logs all of your search queries. It also collects data about your computer.
• Musicstreamsearch.com opens your search results in Yahoo. In my experience, Yahoo used through Musicstreamsearch.com has a slightly different design (for example, more obvious ad labels) and a few more ads. Possibly, Musicstreamsearch.com gets some money from Yahoo for redirecting traffic to it.
• If you allowed Get.musicstreamsearch.com’s notifications, it can use those to show pop-ups on your screen.

Musicstreamsearch.com is adware – it causes you to see more ads, but it doesn’t provide a valuable function in exchange. In a way, it’s robbing you of time and it’s hurting your privacy for profit.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Remove extensions manually

TopRemoving Musicstreamsearch.com 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 Musicstreamsearch.com. Click on the trash bin icon next to Musicstreamsearch.com 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 Musicstreamsearch.com, 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 Musicstreamsearch.com 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 Musicstreamsearch.com 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 Musicstreamsearch.com, 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 Musicstreamsearch.com 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 Musicstreamsearch.com. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Musicstreamsearch.com 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.