Weather Forecast Finder
The Weather Forecast Finder software from hweatherforecastfinders[.]com is published by a marketing company called Polarity Technologies Ltd (h[tt]p://www.polarity.com[.]cy) that works with many advertising publishers to provide free browser extensions to users. The Weather Forecast Finder extension is configured to work with the latest versions of Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. When installed, the application changes the user’s new tab page, start page and primary search provider to Search.hweatherforecastfinders.com. The Weather Forecast Finder New Tab is powered by a custom Yahoo search service and includes a weather forecast from h[tt]ps://nationalweatheragency[.]org. Also, the Weather Forecast Finder New Tab includes links to h[tt]ps://weather[.]com/maps/severealerts, h[tt]ps://www.weather[.]gov and h[tt]ps://www.pollen[.]com that many Web surfers may find useful.
As mentioned above, the development and services of Weather Forecast Finder are supported by advertisers. The Weather Forecast Finder software requires access to the user’s browsing history, downloads logs, search settings and installed extensions. The data gathered by Weather Forecast Finder is transmitted to Polarity, and the company pulls targeted advertisements to be displayed on your screen. Additionally, Polarity shares the collected data with partners, and you may see advertisements facilitated by Polarity on pages outside Search.hweatherforecastfinders.com. It should be noted that you don’t have to install the Weather Forecast Finder extension if you want to access content and services at h[tt]ps://nationalweatheragency[.]org, h[tt]ps://weather[.]com/maps/severealerts, h[tt]ps://www.weather[.]gov and h[tt]ps://www.pollen[.]com. The built-in search on the Weather Forecast Finder New Tab page can’t be changed, and you may not be comfortable with the monetization model employed by Polarity. Computer security experts classify Weather Forecast Finder as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that may download persistent tracking cookies and Web beacons from ad publishers. The Weather Forecast Finder can be removed with the help of a trusted anti-spyware utility safely.
