WeatherBlink Toolbar
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| Ranking: | 1,173 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 98,779 |
| First Seen: | November 23, 2010 |
| Last Seen: | September 20, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Weatherblink Toolbar is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that is promoted as a weather forecast tool and may change the layout of your new tab page. WeatherBlink Toolbar delivers weather updates directly to an Internet browser such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox via a customized version of Search.Myway.com. The Weatherblink Toolbar application loads content from http://weatherblink.wdgserv.com/ and wunderground.com. The Weatherblink Toolbar changes the layout of your homepage.
The Weatherblink Toolbar changes the layout of your homepage. Web surfers that like to benefit from the Weatherblink Toolbar and continue using third-party search services like Google, Bing, and Yahoo, may need to switch to Search.Myway.com if they want to keep the Weatherblink Toolbar. The Weatherblink Toolbar is likely to change the functionality of the omnibar to enable its operations. Users that installed the Weatherblink Toolbar will be provided with search results in their omnibar from Search.Myway.com automatically. The Weatherblink Toolbar is programmed to work with Search.Myway.com only, and users may be welcomed to switch from Google and Bing to Myway.com.
Experts note that installing the Weatherblink Toolbar means that you will need to change a few aspects of your online experience and you may not enjoy using the Weatherblink Toolbar. The Weatherblink Toolbar is developed by Mindspark Interactive Network Inc. who are working with advertisers to produce free apps. Users will need to comply with the terms of service on Eula.mindspark.com if they want to employ the services of the Weatherblink Toolbar in their browser. Users that are not content with the Weatherblink Toolbar can delete the software with the help of a credible anti-spyware tool.
Table of Contents
Aliases
15 security vendors flagged this file as malicious.
| Anti-Virus Software | Detection |
|---|---|
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win32.Buzus |
| AVG | Zango |
| Fortinet | Riskware/MyWebSearch |
| Panda | Adware/WebSearch |
| Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.MyWebSearch |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.si |
| Avast | Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP] |
| Ikarus | Win32.SuspectCrc |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.gen |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.MyWebSearch.gi |
| Avast | Win32:FunWeb-K [PUP] |
| DrWeb | Tool.InstallToolbar.5 |
| ClamAV | Adware.Funweb-12 |
| Avast | Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
SpyHunter Detects & Remove WeatherBlink Toolbar
File System Details
| # | File Name | MD5 |
Detections
Detections: The number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular threat detected on
infected computers as reported by SpyHunter.
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | gcbrmon.exe | 1dda5d18db53fb71e929a757ed540635 | 6,049 |
| 2. | gcbarsvc.exe | 13c26933d5ea859a6ef552c67b26261f | 6,038 |
| 3. | gcSrcAs.dll | c2d4f2eed945ae91756c4fc89d1c6037 | 5,011 |
| 4. | gcbarsvc.exe | 59d94ed5d23e9f5a7656ea2eb26aefdb | 1,824 |
| 5. | gcbrmon.exe | 5ba8a203382cb055fde6f975cd68895b | 1,809 |
| 6. | gcbar.dll | 0284ff1243453cbd373fdbc5ebe47998 | 1,648 |
| 7. | gcbar.dll | 95d3a1373b38808fa9e3d1ffa436c319 | 97 |
| 8. | gcSrcAs.dll | ab80608519c5fff22b53b720578d99fb | 97 |
| 9. | gcbarsvc.exe | 0e585fa90827013059dab5a0f37b2500 | 92 |
| 10. | gcSrcAs.dll | 1b530bc105260db4be31af39c6337006 | 42 |
| 11. | gcbar.dll | 4f4d9afb1f64d9b0c7a6b551da7ebd98 | 42 |
| 12. | gcbar.dll | 9c102f2e54d7d40e5163a56104d0293c | 20 |
Registry Details
Directories
WeatherBlink Toolbar may create the following directory or directories:
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherBlink |
| %LOCALAPPDATA%\WeatherBlinkTooltab |
| %PROGRAMFILES%\WeatherBlink |
| %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\WeatherBlink |
| %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\WeatherBlink |
| %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\WeatherBlink |
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