How to Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar

QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar is a software solution developed by infamous Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. If you are not familiar with this company, you should know that it has a shady reputation among cyber security experts. Not just this fact allows us to categorize QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar as a potentially unwanted program (PUP), though.

What are the main features QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar?

First of all, this program is not an application for checking weather but a toolbar extension for browsers that acts more like a simple hijacker. When any hijacker is installed on your machine, it acts according to the typical scheme for all viruses of this nature. QuickWeatherTracker replaces your start page with an unknown search engine search.myway.com and changes your settings in the default browser. Like it is not enough already, it also alters a bit its appearance. This is already more than enough to remove QuickWeatherTracker from your PC for good.

The developers of this browser hijacker and unwanted program at the same time try to advertise their creation as a useful weather application. They are deliberately trying to give users a wrong impression tricking them into believing that they are using a stand-alone software for quick weather checking instead of a bunch of links to weather websites or other tools. Just simple bookmarking of any weather tracking site gives you the same effect as QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar. As you see using this unwanted application is just a waste of time. But if you have already installed it, you should know how to delete QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar too.

As we mentioned before, apart from that, it also forces you to use unreliable trusted engine. When you search something with it, you will find many sponsored links with results being far from relevant in most cases. Clicking on them might bring you to infected websites. As soon as QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar hijacker gains access to your OS, it might begin scanning your browsing behavior and analyzing it. Rather sooner than later you will see more banners, links, and ads from third parties in cahoots with the PUP’s developer.

How did I get infected?

If you don’t have an anti-malware protection, you automatically become an easy target for hackers who own sponsored websites. QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar browser might even «invite» other threats to sneak in via infected links. There is also a high chance that your PC will get compromised after clicking on any link provided by this fake search engine. To prevent this malware from collecting private information, annoying redirects, and dangerous content deletes QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar using one of the advanced anti-malware programs recommended by our experts. Plumbytes Anti-Malware, for example, is a good and reliable solution for this job.

How to get rid of QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar?

We suggest removing QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar automatically with the help of any reliable anti-malware solution. Advanced anti-malware programs like the one we mentioned above will do that for you in a couple of minutes. Plus, they will also scan your PC and inform you about other possible threats. However, if you have enough computer knowledge to do the manual uninstall we will provide you with detailed instructions in our QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar removal guide.

QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar Removal Instruction

Automatic Removal for QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar

Symptoms of QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar infection on your computer can be: computer crashes, unusual homepage or search engine on your browser, unwanted pop-up ads and advertising banners. We recommend to download our automatic removal tool. This removal tool has been tested for QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar threat removal and it is easy to use.

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Manual Removal Instruction for QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar

Step 1
UNINSTALL QUICKWEATHERTRACKER TOOLBAR AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Windows XP / Vista / 7
  • Click on the Start button in the left lower corner and select → Control Panel. After that find the Programs and Features (if you are running Windows XP , then click on Add/Remove Programs).
    QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar remove from Windows - step 1.1
Windows 8/8.1/10
  • If you are running Windows 8 or Windows 10 operating system , then right-click on the Start which is in the lower left corner of the screen. After that select Control Panel and go to Programs/Uninstall a Program.
    QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar remove from Windows - step 1.2
Uninstall QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar and related programs
  • In the list of installed programs find the QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
  • Click on them to select and then click on Uninstall button to remove them.
    QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar remove from Windows - step 1.3
Step 2
REMOVE QUICKWEATHERTRACKER TOOLBAR FROM YOUR WEB BROWSERS
  • Step 3
Remove suspicious add-ons
  • Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the upper right corner of the browser and select Manage Add-ons.
    Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Internet Explorer - Step 2.1
  • You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Now, find the QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar and other suspicious add-ons. Disable them by right clicking and selecting Disable:
    Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Internet Explorer - Step 2.2
How to change your homepage if it was modified by browser hijacker:
  • Click on the gear icon (menu) on the upper right corner of the browser and select Internet Options.
  • On General tab remove unwanted URL and enter your desired domain name such as google.com. Click Apply to save changes.
    Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Internet Explorer - Step 2.3
Resetting Internet Explorer browser
  • Click on the gear icon (menu) again and chose Internet options. Go to Advanced tab.
  • Now click on Reset button, the new window should appear. Select the Delete Personal settings option and click on Reset button again. Now you have deteled QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar completely.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Internet Explorer - Step 2.4
Remove suspicious extensions
  • Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon which is located in the top right corner. Now select Add-ons and go to Extensions.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.1
  • Now you can see the list of extensions installed within Mozilla Firefox, simply select QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar and other suspicious extensions and click on remove button to delete them.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.2
Resetting Mozilla Firefox
  • Click on the Firefox menu icon which is on the upper left corner of the browser and click on the question mark. Now, choose Troubleshooting Information option.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.3
  • New windows will pop-up where you can see Refresh Firefox to its default state message and Refresh Firefox button. Click this button to remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar completely.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox - Step 2.4
Remove suspicious extensions
  • Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon in the upper right corner and select More Tools and then select Extensions.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Google Chrome - Step 2.1
  • Now, find the QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar and other unwanted extensions and click on trash icon to delete them completely.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Google Chrome - Step 2.2
  • Click on menu icon once again and select Settings and then Manage Search engines it will be right under the Search section.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Google Chrome - Step 2.3
  • Now you will see all of the Search Engines installed in your browser. Remove any suspicious search engines. We advise you to leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Google Chrome - Step 2.4
Resetting Google Chrome
  • Click on menu icon which is on the top right corner of your Google Chrome browser. Now select Settings. Click Show Advanced Settings...
  • Scroll down to the end of the page and find there Reset settings and click on it.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Google Chrome - Step 2.5
  • New window will pop-up where you click on Reset button to confirm the action and remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar completely.
  • Remove QuickWeatherTracker Toolbar from Google Chrome - Step 2.6
Step 3
FINAL QUICKWEATHERTRACKER TOOLBAR REMOVAL PROCEDURE

After performing all of the steps above you should have all of your web browsers clean of the QUICKWEATHERTRACKER TOOLBAR and other suspicious add-ons and extensions. However to complete the removal procedure we strongly advise to scan your computer with antivirus and anti-malware tools like SpyHunter, HitmanPro 32-bit, HitmanPro 64-bit or Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. Those programs might help to you find registry entries of malware and remove them safely.

Information added: 04/04/2017 07:43 PM;