Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker - How to remove

Stheweatherpilot.com is a new tab that links to weather sites, but also promotes clickbait and redirects your searches to Yahoo. If it appeared in your browser, that must be because The Weather Pilot Tab (a browser extension) was installed. Although Stheweatherpilot.com is not harmful, neither is it helpful, and it could expose you to dangerous ads and more browser hijackers. So, it would be safer to get rid of Stheweatherpilot.com by deleting The Weather Pilot Tab from your browser.

About Stheweatherpilot.com:

Classification	Browser hijacker, PUP (potentially unwanted program).
What problems Stheweatherpilot.com causes	Logs your browsing data (search queries, etc.), replaces your new tab page, promotes clickbait sites on your new tab page.
How the add-on got installed	Advertised by other adware and browser hijackers, promoted with deceptive ads, bundled with other programs.
Removing Stheweatherpilot.com	Uninstall The Weather Pilot Tab, check your device for malware (with Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, others), block notifications from sites that you don’t want to see updates from.

Stheweatherpilot.com is adware

Stheweatherpilot.com is a website that serves as the new tab page for those browsers that have The Weather Pilot Tab installed. Stheweatherpilot.com is characterized by a search box in the middle of the page. Above the search box there is a link that says “Click Here To Check Today’s Weather Forecast” and opens Nationalweatheragency.org (a weather site that shows way too many clickbait ads).  Stheweatherpilot.com also has a toolbar that has a menu button that can open another menu with some links to weather forecast sites, including the Weather Channel, a few AccuWeather pages, and a few Myforecast.co pages.

Online, The Weather Pilot Tab is promoted as giving you access to “Live Weather Forecast” and “daily weather forecast”. And though Stheweatherpilot.com does provide these things, it does that really poorly. Why are weather links buried in a submenu? Why is Stheweatherpilot.com a new tab page instead of an extension pop-up? Why must you open Nationalweatheragency.org, a site full of shady ads, to see the forecast?

Stheweatherpilot.com’s forecasting features are inconvenient to use, waste people’s time, and can even expose them to malicious ads. The Weather Pilot Tab is not a good browser extension.

Browser extensions are little programs that can be installed on a browser to change some of its features. Any person or company can create extensions and upload them online. Official extension stores check them for malicious code, but the sheer volume of new submissions makes it impossible to weed out all the malware. Besides, The Weather Pilot Tab isn’t really malware. It’s more like adware, with Stheweatherpilot.com promoting ad-filled sites and tracking people’s online activities.

Stheweatherpilot.com is very similar to the other Eightpoint Technologies creations, like Weather Forecaster and Current Weather Tab.

How The Weather Pilot Tab was installed

There are a few explanations for how Stheweatherpilot.com appeared on your screen:

• The Weather Pilot Tab could have come bundled with a free app installer. Bundling is a marketing technique where the marketed app is included with another program. If you didn’t check the installer settings, it could have installed The Weather Pilot Tab without you even noticing.
• Deceptive ads could also be at fault. Theweatherpilot.com isn’t very clear about it installing The Weather Pilot Tab. It can be confusing and lead to unintentional installations, especially if you’re unfamiliar with browser extensions.
• Promos by other extensions. The Weather Pilot Tab is made by Eightpoint Technologies, a browser hijacker factory. Its extensions often get installed together and promote each other.

A not on deceptive ads is that you’re most likely to encounter them if your web browser is already infected with some kind of search redirector. Sites like Izito, Kensaq.com, Searchincognito.com often advertise browser hijackers – but they themselves are spread by browser hijackers and adware infections. If that matches your situation, check your device for malware (besides The Weather Pilot Tab).

How to remove Stheweatherpilot.com

Uninstall unwanted extensions, such as The Weather Pilot Tab, by clicking their extensions icons and removing them from that menu. Or you could open browser settings and remove unwanted extensions from there (instructions are posted at the bottom).

Check your notification settings and block unwanted notifications if any are bothering you.

It would also be helpful to scan your device with an anti-malware tool (such as Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, and others). These can help you find suspicious items on your device, including potentially unwanted programs, poor reputation programs, and genuine malware.

Automatic Malware removal tools

Manually remove unwanted extensions

TopRemoving Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker from Chrome

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Google Chrome window. Select “Settings”.
  
• Click “Extensions” on the left menu bar.
• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker. Click on the trash bin icon next to Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker or other add-ons you want to remove.
  
• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.
  
• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.
  
• Restart Chrome.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on the Reset settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Go through the extensions list and remove programs you do not need, especially similar to Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker. Click on the "Remove" icon next to Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker or other add-ons you want to remove.

• Press on the “Remove” button on the Confirmation window.

• If unsure, you can disable them temporarily.

• Restart Microsoft Edge.

TopRemoving Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker from Firefox

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Stheweatherpilot.com Hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• Choose Troubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.