Remove Search.yourweatherinfonow.com from PC

Proper methods to delete Search.yourweatherinfonow.com

Developers promote Search.yourweatherinfonow.com as a genuine and useful application that claims to quick access to weather forecasts. At the first inspection, this application seems legit and useful as well as appropriate to handle. But while you use this annoying application then you will see lots of annoying advertisements into various forms like as commercial ads, pop-ups, banners, surveys etc on the running webpage. For this reasons, it is categorized as a browser hijacker and a potentially unwanted program.

After infiltration, Search.yourweatherinfonow.com can infect all popular web browsers like as Google chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and many others. To promote the dubious search engine, it changes the browsers settings such as homepage, default search engine and new tab URL. These changes are insignificant but users are unable to restore the browsers settings option. This is because the bogus app reassigns the changes time to time and prevents the user to restore the settings whenever users are trying to do so.

Despite this, Search.yourweatherinfonow.com can gather the users browsing data. These data include IP addresses, address of visited website, geo-locations, search queries and other similar. Some of this information might be personally identifiable. Developer share all collected data with third parties who misuse data to generate revenue. Therefore, presence of Search.yourweatherinfonow.com on your computer can lead to serious privacy issues or even identity theft. Thus, users are advised to uninstall this PUP as soon as possible.

Intrusion techniques of Search.yourweatherinfonow.com:

Users could install the app intentionally from the official website. However, mostly the infection occurs without users consent. This is because developers distribute them via using bundling method. Bundling is the technical name given to this method which allows the stealth installation of unwanted apps with regular software. What the developer does is that they hide bundled apps behind custom/advanced options of download/installation processes and hope that users will not change or check them.

Users are unaware of this and also they rush and skip the installation processes that lead the inadvertently installation of unwanted apps. Sometimes, users cause such download or installation by clicking on deceptive adverts that are designed to execute certain scripts. Despite this, it also spread instantly while users open spam mail files, clicking on malicious links, visiting commercial site, playing online games, sharing files through network environment and performing other annoying activities.

How to prevent intruding unwanted apps?

From the discussion in the previous sub-section, you may understand that the main reasons why the infection occurs are poor knowledge of these threats and careless behavior. It is necessary to be careful when surfing internet and downloading/installing any software. Analyze each step of downloading and installation process using custom/advanced settings. Opt out of additionally included programs and decline all offers with the chosen software for download.

Further, use official website and direct links for any software download and avoid using third party downloader’s, unofficial pages, p2p sharing networks and others as these tools commonly offers bundled content. To keep computer harmless and secured, users are recommended to use professional Spyhunter – an automatic malware removal tool that has the capability to remove Search.yourweatherinfonow.com and all infiltrated PUP from the system.

Short description

Name: Search.yourweatherinfonow.com

Type: Browser hijacker, PUP, Search hijacker 

Description: This dubious malware injects malign codes on your browser as well as in your PC settings that causes more damage.

Functionality: This app supposedly provides information regarding weather forecasts.

Distribution methods: deceptive pop-up ads, illegal patches, spam emails, suspicious websites, software bundling, cracked software and many more.

Damage: redirect to dubious websites, decreased computer performance, causes privacy issues and infiltrate possible additional malware infections.

Removal: To remove Search.yourweatherinfonow.com, we recommend you to use reliable anti-malware removal 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 Search.yourweatherinfonow.com:

Remove the related items of Search.yourweatherinfonow.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.yourweatherinfonow.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.yourweatherinfonow.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.yourweatherinfonow.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.yourweatherinfonow.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.yourweatherinfonow.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.yourweatherinfonow.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.yourweatherinfonow.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.