Threat Database Browser Hijackers Search.searchlwr.com

Search.searchlwr.com

By CagedTech in Browser Hijackers

Threat Scorecard

Threat Level: 50 % (Medium)
Infected Computers: 1,065
First Seen: October 6, 2016
Last Seen: June 2, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Search.searchlwr.com is linked to the Local Weather Radar extension that is part of the SaferBrowser line of applications. Users may encounter the Local Weather Radar extension under the name Local Weather Reports as well. Both versions are re-branded copies of the Easy Weather Access, which is a product of Adknowledge, Inc. Web surfers that are interested in regular updates on weather forecast may like to install the Local Weather Radar extension. The Local Weather Radar app is available for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. You should note that the version for Chrome will require access to your apps, extensions themes and permission to change your data on sites you visit. Additionally, the Local Weather Radar will modify the design of your new tab page and load Search.searchlwr.com be default whenever you open a new tab.

Search.searchlwr.com provides links to resources on Weather.com, Weather.gov, Wunderground.com and Google.com, which you may find useful. Web surfers will a find a search service on Search.searchlwr.com as well. However, Search.searchlwr.com is not a real search engine but a redirect portal to a customized version of Search.yahoo.com. The Local Weather Radar extension is recognized as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that requires permissions to access data that is not related to the weather forecast in any way. We should note that Search.searchlwr.com and the Local Weather Radar are sponsored by marketers who might collect data like your IP address, bookmarks and Internet history to show personalized commercials at Search.searchlwr.com. Computer users that like to manage the program access for software on their PCs may not be fond of the activity of Local Weather Radar. You can remove the Local Weather Radar extension manually by going to the Add-ons/Extension manager of your browser. Experts add that you may not need a credible anti-spyware tool to purge tracking cookies that were used by Local Weather Radar.

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Search.searchlwr.com may call the following URLs:

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