Search.weather-genie.com virus - How to remove

Search.weather-genie.com search platform is owned and controlled by Linkury, a company that has already distinguished itself as a developer of questionable browser extensions and engines for searching. Search.weather-genie.com is a fresh variant which automatically generates users’ location and finds the current weather conditions. It might be convenient to keep yourself up-to-date with the latest weather news in your area, but this feature is not essential to have. Linkury has already created such hijackers like Search.showmoreabout.com, Search.safefinderformac.com and Browserhunt.com. Once these malware parasites enter devices, they are to alter browsers’ settings, most importantly their preferences. WeatherGenie browser extension could be noticed among active browser extensions. At some cases, even Windows Registry Keys could be modified.

Features of Search.weather-genie.com virus to look for in an operating system

At first we decided to take a look at the Terms of Use document that Search.weather-genie.com provides to its clients. Every visitor acknowledges that all content, information, offers that are uploaded for the public to see or are presented privately are the sole responsibility of a person or an entity that generated them. The service itself does not monitor the content it distributes: this means that a lot of material could not be following necessary security-related requirements. Content that can be brought from third-parties onto to your screen is identified to be of different kinds like graphics, images, photos, sound recordings, musical works, webcasts, data, information, feedback, suggestions, text content and other materials that a variety of partners is allowed to post.

Search.weather-genie.com virus does not have any editorial rights and presents submitted material as is, without making any modifications or improvements. Certain functionalities will work quite well and we cannot suggest that they won’t: but we are more concerned whether your privacy and security will be safeguarded properly. WeatherGenie could arrive in devices like a potentially unwanted program (PUP) and make modifications to Windows Registry Keys or other custom settings without authorization. After that, it might become difficult to get rid of this infection. Commercial content from all sorts of third-parties could be presented in results to search queries that Search.weather-genie.com virus generates.

However, additional advertisements can also be presented in forms of pop-ups, banners or other shapes that online ads are visualized in. However, crooks are blamed for influencing online promotions by inserting malicious executables or scripts into them. Additionally, we do not doubt that at some cases, results to search queries won’t be detrimental. However, we cannot promise that such reliability will always be guaranteed. It is more appropriate to utilize facilities that are more prepped in the security department.

Search.weather-genie.com virus should not be permitted to remain in your operating system. Since it has occupied home pages, default search providers and new tab pages, it will receive quite solid revenues from web traffic. Additionally, pay-per-click schemes will also take place for the sake of raising money for Linkury. We recommend you switch from an unreliable searching tool to a more appropriate search engine. In order to remove entries and changes that browser hijackers might have inserted, you should run a full security scan of your device. Spyhunter, Plumbytes or Hitman are ready to assist you in this procedure.

Transmission methods for Search.weather-genie.com virus

Search.weather-genie.com virus can delivered together with its browser extension which is called WeatherGenie. If you notice that such an application is offered to you, we advise you to refuse such propositions without any hesitation. In fact, you should never install programs that are additionally offered during installation processes. If you do, your security might be compromised. If you are not careful during Setup Wizards, your operating system could be appended with potentially unwanted programs. Select advanced/custom modes for installers and be certain that no unwanted content will trouble you.

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Manual removal of Search.weather-genie.com virus

How to remove weather-genie virus using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Search.weather-genie.com virus install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to weather-genie virus . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Search.weather-genie.com virus easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove weather-genie virus from macOS

Delete Search.weather-genie.com virus from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the weather-genie virus app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Search.weather-genie.com virus from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.weather-genie.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser 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 Search.weather-genie.com virus from Firefox:Top

• 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 Search.weather-genie.com virus 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.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to weather-genie virus, 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.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Search.weather-genie.com virus from Microsoft Edge:Top

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

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.weather-genie.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• 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 Search.weather-genie.com virus from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall weather-genie virus and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Search.weather-genie.com virus, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

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