How To Remove Web Search Weather adware from PC

Know How To Delete Web Search Weather from PC

Are you getting various kinds of annoying ads on the running webpage? Are your System web browser redirects to other phishing webpage without any your approval? If yes your PC is infected by an adware program. In order to know more details and its removal instruction please follow this guide till the end.

Depth Analysis of Web Search Weather:

Web Search Weather is a nasty application that presents itself a genuine and useful application that claims to provide various weather forecasts. Judging at the first inspection this tool seems legitimate and useful as well as appropriate to handle. However, it is identified as a potentially unwanted program by the security expert.  It was developed by the team of cyber crook with the main target to makes illegal money through manipulate innocent users. It gets inside into the System via the bundling methods and other tricky ways. Once gets inside it starts to execute various kind of annoying activities.

Once installed successfully, it will start to display promotional ads like as commercial ads, pop-up ads, coupons, banners, discounts etc. on the running webpage with the aim to generates illegal web traffic on the low quality webpage as well as earn illegal profit for the creator on pay per click methods. Clicking on these adverts might cause the installation of potentially unwanted program (PUP) and other harmful threats.

Web Search Weather is able to compromised the target System and infect all popular web browsers like as Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Edge and others. It changes the default web browsers homepage, search engine and new tab setting. It replaces the homepage and default search engine with fake webpage which displays result generated by yahoo. While users search any query on it then it shows sponsored search result as well as redirect users to other phishing webpage where forces users to purchase unsafe product.

Harmful Properties of Web Search Weather:

• It is able to corrupt the system files and Windows registries.
• It disables the System security and privacy by inactivate firewall, task manager, control panel and real antivirus program.
• It installs other harmful infections like as malware, spyware, adware etc.
• It gathers user’s vital information including email-id, password, bank account details etc.
• It gradually decreases surfing speed and makes your browser totally useless.
• It connects the PC with remote server to access the System remotely.

How Web Search Weather get spreads into the System:

Web Search Weather mostly spreads into the target system via the bundling methods, spam email attachments. Bundling is a deceptive marketing trick which contains third party software program. People mostly download and install freeware program from third party webpage with careless which contains additional malicious packages that gets installed with them without any users knowledge. Spam email contains malicious attachments and suspicious links. Once open attached files or click on embedded links cause the execution of malicious script that leads lots of infections. It also spreads while users update system software from third party site like as downloader.com, downloader32.com etc. peer to peer sharing files through bad network environments and others social engineering techniques.

How To Protect your System from Web Search Weather:

It is highly important to avoid the installation of freeware program from third party site. Always use official or trustworthy site while download and install no cost program. Don’t try to skip to read the installation guide carefully till the end. It is important to choose the custom or advance options to install other harmful and infected program. Users must ignore the spam email attachments which come from unknown sources. If you don’t know the sender name and address please try to verify firstly.  If any file seems suspicious do not open without deeply scanning. It is important to check grammatical error and spelling mistakes of the content body before open any file. Must update the system from relevant address or direct links. In order to keep the PC safe and secure please scan the System with reputable antimalware tool.

 Threat Summary:

Name: Web Search Weather

Threat Type: Adware, PUP

Threat level: High

Fake Functionality: Web Search Weather is a nasty application that presents itself a genuine and useful application that claims to provide various weather forecasts.

Symptoms: Shows unwanted third party ads, redirect browser to questionable site, bring more harmful threats.

Distribution Methods: It mostly distributed via the bundling, spam email attachments, update System software, peer to peer sharing files and other tricky ways.

Removal Tool: In order to keep the PC safe and secure please scan the System with reputable antimalware tool.

Antimalware Details And User Guide

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Important Note: This malware asks you to enable the web browser notifications. So, before you go the manual removal process, execute these steps.

Google Chrome (PC)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the Menu button
• Select “Settings”. Scroll the mouse downward to choose “Advanced” option
• Go to “Privacy and Security” section by scrolling downward and then select “Content settings” and then “Notification” option
• Find each suspicious URLs and click on three dots on the right side and choose “Block” or “Remove” option

Google Chrome (Android)

• Go to right upper corner of the screen and click on three dots to open the menu button and then click on “Settings”
• Scroll down further to click on “site settings” and then press on “notifications” option
• In the newly opened window, choose each suspicious URLs one by one
• In the permission section, select “notification” and “Off” the toggle button

Mozilla Firefox

• On the right corner of the screen, you will notice three dots which is the “Menu” button
• Select “Options” and choose “Privacy and Security” in the toolbar present in the left side of the screen
• Slowly scroll down and go to “Permission” section then choose “Settings” option next to “Notifications”
• In the newly opened window, select all the suspicious URLs. Click on the drop-down menu and select “Block”

Internet Explorer

• In the Internet Explorer window, select the Gear button present on the right corner
• Choose “Internet Options”
• Select “Privacy” tab and then “Settings” under the “Pop-up Blocker” section
• Select all the suspicious URLs one by one and click on the “Remove” option

Microsoft Edge

• Open the Microsoft Edge and click on the three dots on the right corner of the screen to open the menu
• Scroll down and select “Settings”
• Scroll down further to choose “view advanced settings”
• In the “Website Permission” option, click on “Manage” option
• Click on switch under every suspicious URL

Safari (Mac):

• On the upper right side corner, click on “Safari” and then select “Preferences”
• Go to “website” tab and then choose “Notification” section on the left pane
• Search for the suspicious URLs and choose “Deny” option for each one of them

Manual Steps to Remove Web Search Weather :

Remove the related items of Web Search Weather using Control-Panel

Windows 7 Users

Click “Start” (the windows logo at the bottom left corner of the desktop screen), select “Control Panel”. Locate the “Programs” and then followed by clicking on “Uninstall Program”

Windows XP Users

Click “Start” and then choose “Settings” and then click “Control Panel”. Search and click on “Add or Remove Program’ option

Windows 10 and 8 Users:

Go to the lower left corner of the screen and right-click. In the “Quick Access” menu, choose “Control Panel”. In the newly opened window, choose “Program and Features”

Mac OSX Users

Click on “Finder” option. Choose “Application” in the newly opened screen. In the “Application” folder, drag the app to “Trash”. Right click on the Trash icon and then click on “Empty Trash”.

In the uninstall programs window, search for the PUAs. Choose all the unwanted and suspicious entries and click on “Uninstall” or “Remove”.

After you uninstall all the potentially unwanted program causing Web Search Weather issues, scan your computer with an anti-malware tool for any remaining PUPs and PUAs or possible malware infection. To scan the PC, use the recommended the anti-malware tool.

How to Remove Adware (Web Search Weather ) from Internet Browsers

Delete malicious add-ons and extensions from IE

Click on the gear icon at the top right corner of Internet Explorer. Select “Manage Add-ons”. Search for any recently installed plug-ins or add-ons and click on “Remove”.

Additional Option

If you still face issues related to Web Search Weather removal, you can reset the Internet Explorer to its default setting.

Windows XP users: Press on “Start” and click “Run”. In the newly opened window, type “inetcpl.cpl” and click on the “Advanced” tab and then press on “Reset”.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users: Press the Windows logo, type inetcpl.cpl in the start search box and press enter.  In the newly opened window, click on the “Advanced Tab” followed by “Reset” button.

For Windows 8 Users: Open IE and click on the “gear” icon. Choose “Internet Options”

Select the “Advanced” tab in the newly opened window

Press on “Reset” option

You have to press on the “Reset” button again to confirm that you really want to reset the IE

Remove Doubtful and Harmful Extension from Google Chrome

Go to menu of Google Chrome by pressing on three vertical dots and select on “More tools” and then “Extensions”. You can search for all the recently installed add-ons and remove all of them.

Optional Method

If the problems related to Web Search Weather still persists or you face any issue in removing, then it is advised that your reset the Google Chrome browse settings. Go to three dotted points at the top right corner and choose “Settings”. Scroll down bottom and click on “Advanced”.

At the bottom, notice the “Reset” option and click on it.

In the next opened window, confirm that you want to reset the Google Chrome settings by click on the “Reset” button.

Remove Web Search Weather plugins (including all other doubtful plug-ins) from Firefox Mozilla

Open the Firefox menu and select “Add-ons”. Click “Extensions”.  Select all the recently installed browser plug-ins.

Optional Method

If you face problems in Web Search Weather removal then you have the option to rese the settings of Mozilla Firefox.

Open the browser (Mozilla Firefox) and click on the “menu” and then click on “Help”.

Choose “Troubleshooting Information”

In the newly opened pop-up window, click “Refresh Firefox” button

The next step is to confirm that really want to reset the Mozilla Firefox settings to its default by clicking on “Refresh Firefox” button.

Remove Malicious Extension from Safari

Open the Safari and go to its “Menu” and select “Preferences”.

Click on the “Extension” and select all the recently installed “Extensions” and then click on “Uninstall”.

Optional Method

Open the “Safari” and go menu. In the drop-down menu, choose “Clear History and Website Data”.

In the newly opened window, select “All History” and then press on “Clear History” option.

Delete Web Search Weather (malicious add-ons) from Microsoft Edge

Open Microsoft Edge and go to three horizontal dot icons at the top right corner of the browser. Select all the recently installed extensions and right click on the mouse to “uninstall”

Optional Method

Open the browser (Microsoft Edge) and select “Settings”

Next steps is to click on “Choose what to clear” button

Click on “show more” and then select everything and then press on “Clear” button.

Conclusion

In most cases, the PUPs and adware gets inside the marked PC through unsafe freeware downloads. It is advised that you should only choose developers website only while downloading any kind of free applications.  Choose custom or advanced installation process so that you can trace the additional PUPs listed for installation along with the main program.