QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar

By GoldSparrow in Potentially Unwanted Programs

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 10 % (Normal)
Infected Computers: 11
First Seen: December 8, 2016
Last Seen: October 1, 2021
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar software is developed by Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. and can be downloaded at Free.quickweatheralert.com. Web surfers that are using Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox for their online activity can install the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar for free. Mindspark does not charge users who install the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar. The QuickWeatherAlert software is promoted to help users get local weather forecast including the forecast for parts of the country you are interested in. Data regarding weather is pulled by the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar from several sources and arranged in news feed.

The QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar is designed to introduce several changes to your browser, which include altering your new tab page. You may be urged to allow QuickWeatherAlert set a new homepage for your browser and benefit from extended services. Security researchers classify the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that does not offer services on its own but provides links to third-party sites such as Hint.fm/wind, Weather.com and Tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov. Computer users that installed the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar and approved changes to the start page and new tab page of their browser will notice that Hp.myway.com/quickweatheralert/ttab02/index.html is loaded by default. The custom version of Hp.myway.com associated with the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar may provide some useful information concerning weather reports. What you need to take into consideration is the fact that advertisers may record your activity on Hp.myway.com/quickweatheralert and affiliated pages to generate tailor suited ads. Moreover, the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar might send information such as your IP address, browser version, MAC address, browsing history, and downloads log to partners of Mindspark for marketing development purposes. If you are not comfortable with how the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar behaves, you might want to use a reliable anti-spyware instrument to remove the QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar safely. AV vendors are known to flag the QuickWeatherAlert software as:

  • Adware.AdLoadCRT.Win32.544
  • Adware.MyWebSearch.120
  • Application.Win32.BrowseFox.nlnbg
  • MyWebSearch.J (v)
  • PUA.Mindsparki.Gen
  • PUP.Optional.MindSpark
  • W32.HfsAdware.1166
  • W32/Trojan.MHJA-2086
  • Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]

SpyHunter Detects & Remove QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar

Directories

QuickWeatherAlert Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\QuickWeatherAlertTooltab

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