RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware - How to remove

Radio Fanatics Search, Search by Radio Fanatics, or simply Radiofanatics.com is a search-hijacking browser extension. RadioFanatics Search makes search results appear in Yahoo.com and profits from ads in them. It has no useful features and even uses misleading ads to get installed.

RadioFanatics Search is a search hijacker and its installation page spams users with ads:

Classification of RadioFanatics Search	Adware Browser hijacker
What makes RadioFanatics Search a hijacker and adware	Browser pop-ups shown by Radiofanatics.com Search settings are hijacked for the purpose of showing you ads
How browser hijackers get installed	Downloaded with free programs Offered by misleading pop-up ads Advertised by low-quality ads
How to remove RadioFanatics Search	Uninstall unwanted extensions Block pop-ups from Radiofanatics.com Get rid of malware (Combo Cleaner for MacOS, SpyHunter for Windows)

How to remove RadioFanatics Search

First of all, you might want to get rid of Radiofanatics.com’s pop-up ads. You can do this by going to your browser settings, finding the sites that can send you ads, and blocking them. You can access notification settings like this:

• Chrome – type “chrome://settings/content/notifications” in the address box.
• Safari – in the Safari menu, choose Preferences, Websites, Notifications.
• Edge – open Settings, Advanced settings, Notifications, Manage.
• Firefox – type “about:preferences#content” in the address bar, find the Notifications section.

Next, it’s advisable to scan your computer with an anti-malware program like Combo Cleaner for MacOS or SpyHunter for Windows. Delete malware and, form now on, scan all installers. A competent anti-malware program should catch most infections and warn you.

Finally, remove RadioFanatics Search and the other bad extensions from your browser. Those instructions are in the last section of this post.

RadioFanatics Search search hijacker and adware

RadioFanatics Search is simply a browser extension that changes your search settings to feed.radiofanatics.com. It works like any normal search engine, except its creators get money for the ads shown in search results. It’s a small income with each RadioFanatics Search’s user, but it definitely scales, which is why browser hijackers need a lot of users.

RadioFanatics Search is like a parasite: it gets attached to your browser, monetizes your searches, and tries to remain installed for as long as possible. While it’s installed, RadioFanatics Search makes you use feed.radiofanatics.com and quietly displays only a few ads in every search results page. More ads than in normal search engines, but nothing crazy. It gets a little bit of money with your every view and click. RadioFanatics Search tries to stay quiet and unnoticed, to not interfere with your browsing more than needed. This way, it’s like there’s no problem at all. That’s how parasites work – they don’t try to hurt their host, they just want to take stuff without working for it.

RadioFanatics Search might also show ads in your browser. If RadioFanatics.com is sending you pop-up ads through notifications, that’s also a way that RadioFanatics Search’s creators are making money from you without offering you a product. They’re just sending ads to your browser. And not just normal ads – dangerous ones, with scams, malware, and more adware viruses.

How RadioFanatics Search spreads

Almost nobody wants to install RadioFanatics Search on their own. I mean, RadioFanatics Search’s description is just vague promises of a free web search that can deliver you results based on your queries free of charge – in other words, it’s a search engine. Who would install that?

So, RadioFanatics Search’s makers need to get creative. They use a few ways to distribute their hijacker:

• Adware bundlers install RadioFanatics Search without you realizing it.
• Misleading redirects lead to RadioFanatics Search’s installation where people install it after a misunderstanding.
• Adware promotes RadioFanatics Search.

When bundlers distribute RadioFanatics Search, this hijacker gets installed without you even knowing about it. Bundlers are free programs that have additional software included in the installer and installed by default. Legal consent is hidden in terms of service and advanced settings, where most users don’t even look. It’s totally deceptive and unfair how this happens.

When a bad ad promotes RadioFanatics Search, some social engineering is employed. A significant share of traffic comes to Radiofanatics.com from filesharing sites and streaming sites. Radiofanatics.com has a download button and says “Download Ready” as if you were in the middle of downloading something, so getting forwarded to it from a site like fileup.org can be confusing. People sometimes accidentally install RadioFanatics Search thanks to all tris trickery.

Similarly, ads by notification spammers and adware help trick people into installing the search hijacker by showing ads for it and opening new browser tabs with Radiofanatics.com. By the way, if you allow this site to send you notifications, it’ll start spamming you with unwanted ads in your browser.

RadioFanatics Search is made by Webcoapps. Other hijackers by the same company include GetVideoConverter Search, PDFPros, and PDFConverterHD Search. Sometimes all these hijackers get installed together, one after another. You might have more than one hijacker in your browser.

Automatic Malware removal tools

TopRemoving RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware 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 RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware. Click on the trash bin icon next to RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware 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 RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware, 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 RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware 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 RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware 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 RadioFanatics Search Hijacker Adware, 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.