How to remove Radio Streaming Tool (Virus removal guide)

IT security experts have confirmed that the Radio Streaming Tool is a browser hijacker. When downloaded and started onto a PC system, this hijacker quickly alters the Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome or Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser’s settings such as startpage, newtab page and search engine by default to its own web page without any permission. For this reason, every time you launch the affected web browser, it being redirected to the Radio Streaming Tool web site.

When you perform a search via Radio Streaming Tool, in addition to search results from Yahoo, Bing or Google Custom Search which provide links to web pages, news articles, images or videos you will also be shown lots of unwanted advertisements. The developers of Radio Streaming Tool doing this to earn advertising money from these ads.

While the Radio Streaming Tool browser hijacker is active, you won’t be able to return the Google Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer’ settings such as search provider, newtab and start page. But this does not mean that you should just ignore it or get along with this fact. Because this is not the best option, due to the Radio Streaming Tool you can have problems with the Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox, unwanted advertisements and even personal information theft.

Threat Summary

Name	Radio Streaming Tool
Type	browser hijacker, search provider hijacker, home page hijacker, toolbar, unwanted new tab, redirect virus
Symptoms	advertising links appear in places they shouldn’t be every time you perform an Internet search, your web browser is redirected to another webpage unexpected application installed without your consent new toolbars suddenly installed on your web browser your computer settings are being modified without your request
Removal	Radio Streaming Tool removal guide

 

How can a browser hijacker get on your PC system

In many cases browser hijackers spreads bundled with various free applications. Therefore it’s very important at the stage of installing apps downloaded from the World Wide Web carefully review the Terms of use and the License agreement, as well as to always select the Advanced, Custom or Manual installation option. In this mode, you can turn off all unwanted add-ons, including the Radio Streaming Tool hijacker, which will be installed along with the desired program.

If the Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Internet Explorer have been affected with the Radio Streaming Tool hijacker, you must have complete any of the steps above. Once you’ve cleaned your machine by following our step-by-step guide below, make sure not to commit the same mistakes again in the future.

How to remove Radio Streaming Tool from computer

In most cases hijacker infections requires more than a simple uninstall through the use of MS Windows Control panel in order to be fully deleted. For that reason, our team made several removal ways that we have summarized in a detailed tutorial. Therefore, if you’ve the annoying Radio Streaming Tool hijacker on your computer and are currently trying to have it deleted then feel free to follow the guidance below in order to resolve your problem. Read it once, after doing so, please bookmark this page (or open it on your smartphone) as you may need to exit your internet browser or restart your computer.

To remove Radio Streaming Tool, execute the following steps:

1. Get rid of Radio Streaming Tool search without any tools
   • Removing the Radio Streaming Tool, check the list of installed programs first
   • Remove Radio Streaming Tool from web-browsers
2. How to automatically remove Radio Streaming Tool
   • How to automatically remove Radio Streaming Tool with Zemana
   • Scan and free your computer of hijacker with HitmanPro
   • Automatically delete Radio Streaming Tool homepage with MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM)
3. How to block Radio Streaming Tool
4. Finish words

Get rid of Radio Streaming Tool search without any tools

Manually removing the Radio Streaming Tool home page is also possible, although this approach takes time and technical prowess. You can sometimes locate hijacker in your computer’s list of installed applications and uninstall it as you would any other unwanted program.

Removing the Radio Streaming Tool, check the list of installed programs first

When troubleshooting a system, one common step is go to Windows Control Panel and delete dubious apps. The same approach will be used in the removal of Radio Streaming Tool search. Please use instructions based on your MS Windows version.

Windows 7	Windows 8
Click ‘Start’. In the Start menu select ‘Control Panel’. Find and select ‘Programs and Features’ or ‘Uninstall a program’. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.	Press and hold Windows key and hit X key. Select ‘Programs and Features’ from the menu. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.
Windows 10	Mac OS
Press and hold Windows key and hit X key. Select ‘Programs and Features’ from the menu. Select the program. Click ‘Uninstall’.	On the top menu select ‘Go’, then ‘Applications’. Drag an unwanted application to the Trash bin. Right-click on the ‘Trash’ and select ‘Empty Trash’.

Remove Radio Streaming Tool from web-browsers

This step will show you how to delete malicious extensions. This can remove Radio Streaming Tool and fix some surfing problems, especially after browser hijacker infection.

Google Chrome	Mozilla Firefox
In the top right corner, click on Google Chrome’s main menu button, represented by three vertical dots. When the drop-down menu appears, choose ‘More tools’ and click on ‘Extensions’. Click ‘Remove’ to uninstall an extension. Click ‘Remove’ in the dialog box. You can also try to remove Radio Streaming Tool home page by reset Chrome settings.	Click on ‘menu’ button and select ‘Add-ons’. Go to ‘Extensions’ tab. To uninstall an add-on, click on ‘Remove’ button next to it. If you are still experiencing problems with Radio Streaming Tool removal, you need to reset Firefox browser.
Internet Explorer	Safari
Click ‘Tools’ button in the top-right corner. Select ‘Manage add-ons’. In the drop-down menu under ‘Show’, select ‘All add-ons’. To delete an add-on, double-click it; in the new window click ‘Remove’. Another solution to get rid of Radio Streaming Tool search from Internet Explorer is reset Internet Explorer settings.	On the top menu select ‘Safari’, then ‘Preferences’. Select ‘Extensions’ tab. Select an extension you want to delete and click ‘Uninstall’ button next to it.

How to automatically remove Radio Streaming Tool

If you are unsure how to delete Radio Streaming Tool browser hijacker easily, consider using automatic browser hijacker removal software that listed below. It will identify the browser hijacker that developed to redirect your web browser to the Radio Streaming Tool webpage and remove it from your PC for free.

How to automatically remove Radio Streaming Tool with Zemana

Zemana is a malware removal utility developed for Windows. This utility will allow you remove Radio Streaming Tool hijacker infection, various types of malicious software (including adware and potentially unwanted applications) from your system. It has simple and user friendly interface. While the Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) does its job, your system will run smoothly.

Visit the following page to download the latest version of Zemana for MS Windows. Save it on your Microsoft Windows desktop or in any other place.

After the downloading process is finished, close all apps and windows on your computer. Double-click the set up file called Zemana.AntiMalware.Setup. If the “User Account Control” dialog box pops up as shown on the image below, click the “Yes” button.

It will open the “Setup wizard” that will help you install Zemana Anti Malware on your PC. Follow the prompts and do not make any changes to default settings.

Once installation is finished successfully, Zemana will automatically start and you can see its main screen as displayed in the following example.

Now click the “Scan” button for scanning your computer for the Radio Streaming Tool browser hijacker infection and other internet browser’s malicious extensions. A scan may take anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on the count of files on your computer and the speed of your PC system. While the Zemana Free application is scanning, you can see how many objects it has identified as threat.

After Zemana Anti Malware completes the scan, Zemana Free will prepare a list of unwanted software and browser hijacker. You may delete threats (move to Quarantine) by simply click “Next” button. The Zemana Anti Malware (ZAM) will start to remove browser hijacker infection that causes internet browsers to show intrusive Radio Streaming Tool web site. Once the clean up is finished, you may be prompted to reboot the personal computer.

Scan and free your computer of hijacker with HitmanPro

HitmanPro is a portable tool that finds and removes unwanted apps such as browser hijackers, adware, toolbars, other internet browser plugins and other malicious software. It scans your computer for browser hijacker that causes internet browsers to show intrusive Radio Streaming Tool web page and produces a list of threats marked for removal. HitmanPro will only remove those undesired programs that you wish to be removed.

Installing the Hitman Pro is simple. First you’ll need to download HitmanPro by clicking on the following link. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

Once the downloading process is done, open the file location and double-click the HitmanPro icon. It will run the Hitman Pro utility. If the User Account Control prompt will ask you want to open the application, press Yes button to continue.

Next, click “Next” . HitmanPro application will scan through the whole computer for the hijacker that alters internet browser settings to replace your search engine, homepage and new tab page with Radio Streaming Tool webpage. Depending on your system, the scan can take anywhere from a few minutes to close to an hour.

When HitmanPro is done scanning your computer, you can check all items found on your system as displayed on the screen below.

You may delete items (move to Quarantine) by simply click “Next” button. It will show a prompt, click the “Activate free license” button. The HitmanPro will remove hijacker infection that developed to reroute your web browser to the Radio Streaming Tool web site and move threats to the program’s quarantine. Once disinfection is done, the utility may ask you to reboot your machine.

Automatically delete Radio Streaming Tool homepage with MalwareBytes Anti Malware (MBAM)

Manual Radio Streaming Tool start page removal requires some computer skills. Some files and registry entries that created by the hijacker can be not fully removed. We advise that run the MalwareBytes Free that are fully free your system of browser hijacker infection. Moreover, this free program will help you to delete malicious software, potentially unwanted programs, adware software and toolbars that your personal computer can be infected too.

MalwareBytes Anti-Malware can be downloaded from the following link. Save it to your Desktop so that you can access the file easily.

After downloading is complete, run it and follow the prompts. Once installed, the MalwareBytes Free will try to update itself and when this task is done, click the “Scan Now” button . MalwareBytes program will scan through the whole machine for the Radio Streaming Tool hijacker infection and other internet browser’s harmful add-ons. When you’re ready, press “Quarantine Selected” button.

The MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) is a free application that you can use to delete all detected folders, files, services, registry entries and so on. To learn more about this malware removal utility, we advise you to read and follow the steps or the video guide below.

How to block Radio Streaming Tool

In order to increase your security and protect your PC against new annoying ads and harmful webpages, you need to run ad-blocker program that stops an access to malicious advertisements and websites. Moreover, the application can block the open of intrusive advertising, which also leads to faster loading of web-sites and reduce the consumption of web traffic.

Visit the page linked below to download the latest version of AdGuard for Microsoft Windows. Save it on your Windows desktop or in any other place.

When downloading is complete, double-click the downloaded file to launch it. The “Setup Wizard” window will show up on the computer screen like below.

Follow the prompts. AdGuard will then be installed and an icon will be placed on your desktop. A window will show up asking you to confirm that you want to see a quick instructions as shown on the image below.

Press “Skip” button to close the window and use the default settings, or click “Get Started” to see an quick guidance which will allow you get to know AdGuard better.

Each time, when you start your computer, AdGuard will launch automatically and stop undesired ads, block Radio Streaming Tool, as well as other malicious or misleading websites. For an overview of all the features of the application, or to change its settings you can simply double-click on the AdGuard icon, that can be found on your desktop.

Finish words

Now your PC system should be free of the browser hijacker responsible for changing your web browser settings to Radio Streaming Tool. We suggest that you keep Zemana Anti-Malware (ZAM) (to periodically scan your PC for new hijackers and other malicious software) and AdGuard (to help you stop intrusive pop up ads and harmful web pages). Moreover, to prevent any hijacker, please stay clear of unknown and third party programs, make sure that your antivirus program, turn on the option to search for potentially unwanted apps.

If you need more help with Radio Streaming Tool start page related issues, go to here.