How to remove Search.hweatherdiscover.com browser hijacker

Easy guide to delete Search.hweatherdiscover.com from system

Search.hweatherdiscover.com is new browser based malware infection that manipulates the users search results to drive web traffic on malicious websites in order to earn illegal commission. This dubious browser hijacker is mainly designed to promote hweatherdiscover.com which is described as an address of fake search engine by altering certain browser’s settings. Further, most of the times it has been noticed that users do not download and install such apps intentionally as most of the times they get redirected to them by potentially unwanted applications that are already present into their device.

Despite this, this app is also designed to gather users various data. Like most apps of this type, Search.hweatherdiscover.com is designed to modify settings of installed browsers like homepage, default search engine and new tab URL and changes them to hweatherdiscover.com. Simply, we can say that users are forced to visit this domain whenever they open browser or enter any query into URL bar. Remember that, you should not use this fake search engine because it does not generate independent results as well as redirect you to search.yahoo.com. Mainly, browser hijackers are designed to prevent users from removing address of such search engine as long as they are installed.

Furthermore, this nasty virus also records your browsing habits and surfing history. It can steal your personal and sensitive data along with financial details. Afterwards, all those data are shared with third parties who might be cyber criminals who misuse those details in order to make illegal online profit as much as possible for its creators. Thus, installed browser hijackers can be the reasons behind problems related to browsing safety, online privacy and other similar issues. In order to keep computer harmless and secured, apps like Search.hweatherdiscover.com, Hide My History and other browser hijackers should not be trusted and installed in any way.

Distribution methods of Search.hweatherdiscover.com:

This virus mainly intrude into your machine through bundled with free third party programs and cracked software. It can also get inside from spam emails, porn or torrent websites, and peer to peer file sharing. Once installed, it will prohibit you from reversing the changes it made to your system and browser settings. It will also disable your antivirus to avoid its removal and block firewall security in order to make your PC vulnerable. It will redirect your searches on harmful and phishing websites by showing misleading ads on your computer. So, it is highly recommended to remove Search.hweatherdiscover.com virus completely and safely from the machine.

How to prevent intruding unwanted apps?

The key to system safety is carefulness therefore you must pay close attention while downloading and installing any program as well as browsing internet. It is advised to always use official and verified sources in order to install any applications. Other unreliable channels like third party installer, unofficial pages and other similar tools should be used as they can be used to distribute potentially unwanted or malicious apps. Further, it is not safe to click on intrusive ads as they are mainly designed to open potentially untrustworthy websites or even download and install unwanted apps. While installing, it is important to read terms and agreements carefully till the end and select custom or advance options of the download and installation processes.

Remove Search.hweatherdiscover.com

If your computer is already infected with Search.hweatherdiscover.com, then we recommend you running a scan with reliable anti malware removal tool that has the capability to eliminate all infiltrated browser hijackers immediately from the PC. Despite this, here given below are some more removal instructions that has been provided for you under this article.

 Quick Glance

Name: Search.hweatherdiscover.com

Type: Browser hijacker, Redirect, PUA, Search hijacker

Mostly affected browsers: Google chrome, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox and many other browsers.

Targeted OS: This hijacker usually targets all versions of Windows based operating system including Windows 10.

Functionality: This app supposed to provide quick links to various weather forecast sites.

Distribution: deceptive pop-up ads, software bundling, peer to peer sharing networks such as torrent clients, eMule and so on, porn or torrent sites and many more.

Symptoms: alter homepage, default search engine and new tab settings, redirect you to dubious websites that contain lots of infections and display lots of intrusive advertisements.

Risks: exposes user to suspicious and potentially dangerous content, collect and track users browsing related information including IP addresses, entered search queries, pages viewed and other similar details.

Elimination: To remove Search.hweatherdiscover.com and all infiltrated browser hijackers, our security expert recommend users to use some reputable antivirus removal tool such as Spyhunter.

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 Search.hweatherdiscover.com:

Remove the related items of Search.hweatherdiscover.com 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 Search.hweatherdiscover.com 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 (Search.hweatherdiscover.com) 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 Search.hweatherdiscover.com 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 Search.hweatherdiscover.com 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 Search.hweatherdiscover.com 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 Search.hweatherdiscover.com 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 Search.hweatherdiscover.com (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.