Weather It Up
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| Ranking: | 1,928 |
| Threat Level: | 10 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 8,264 |
| First Seen: | April 15, 2014 |
| Last Seen: | September 21, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Weather It Up is a Web browser add-on that is rated as an adware infection or as a Potentially Unwanted Program by malware experts. The main purpose of Weather It Up is to add advertising content to websites viewed on the affected Web browser. PC security researchers have observed that when an affected Web browser accesses a Web page, numerous advertisements that would normally not be there appear. This advertising material is added to the affected Web page by Weather It Up. PUPs like Weather It Up generate revenue through advertising for a third party.
Whenever the affected Web browser is launched, the computer user is greeted with numerous advertisements for various questionable websites and online services. Malware researchers have linked Weather It Up to a variety of advertisements, including sponsored links, pop-up windows, banner advertisements, video and audio advertisements and several other types of marketing material. Another issue surrounding Weather It Up is that this adware infection may track your online activity for marketing purposes.
The Weather that Brings Advertisement Floods to Your Computer
Weather It Up is developed and distributed by Phoenix Media. As soon as Weather It Up is installed, Weather It Up makes changes to the Windows task scheduler to ensure that Weather It Up starts up automatically whenever the affected computer starts up. Weather It Up then adds a toolbar to the affected computer's Web browser. Most Weather It Up infections occur in the United States, with Germany in second and Brazil in third place. In most cases, Weather It Up is distributed by bundling Weather It Up with freeware software or other third party programs that may be distributed through questionable online platforms. Normally, PC users may refuse the installation of Weather It Up.
Weather It Up belongs to a family of Web browser extensions that use the Crossrider framework. These types of Web browser toolbars are used to generate revenue by adding unwanted content to affected Web browsers. Typical problems associated with Weather It Up and similar PUPs include browser redirects, unwanted advertisements and modifications made to the Web browser's settings.
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.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | C:\Program Files\weather it up\utils.exe | 7f44d95a3983d98f793820ebdf19c3f4 | |
| 2. | C:\Program Files\weather it up\Weather It Up-bg.exe | ||
| 3. | C:\Program Files\weather it up\Weather It Up-bho.dll | ||
| 4. | C:\Program Files\weather it up\Weather It Up-bho64.dll | ||
| 5. | C:\Program Files\weather it up\Weather It Up-buttonutil.exe | ||
| 6. | C:\Program Files\Weather It Up-buttonutil64.exe | ||
| 7. | C:\Program Files\Weather It Up-chromeinstaller.exe | ||
| 8. | C:\Program Files\Weather It Up-codedownloader.exe | ||
| 9. | C:\Program Files\Weather It Up-enabler.exe | ||
| 10. | C:\Program Files\Weather It Up-firefoxinstaller.exe | ||
| 11. | C:\Program Files\Weather It Up-updater.exe |
